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...took a while for Spielberg to realize he needed the 6-ft. 4-in. Irishman as his Schindler. He knew Neeson as the vengeful Darkman, as a man accused of child molesting in The Good Mother, as the one decent fellow in Woody Allen's Husbands and Wives. Spielberg had even tested the actor for Schindler. Then in January the director saw Neeson play the passionate, saintly seaman in a Broadway revival of Anna Christie. And that's when he made the top of Spielberg's list. The director told himself, "I want that great actor in this movie...
...DARKMAN Directed by Sam Raimi...
...Darkman wants to be Batman. Its hero, a scientist (Liam Neeson) scarred in body and soul after being left for dead by venal thugs, is a cloaked crusader bent more on vengeance than on justice. Director Sam Raimi, whose cheapo slasher film The Evil Dead achieved cult status, mines familiar comic-book terrain with a plucky heroine (Frances McDormand), a couple of corporate villains -- one slick (Colin Friels), the other slimy (Larry Drake) -- and plenty of explosive violence that virtually reads KA-BOOM! in block letters across the screen...
...DARKMAN. Director Sam Raimi mines comic-book terrain with a plucky heroine, a couple of corporate villains and plenty of explosive violence that virtually reads KA-BOOM! in block letters across the screen...