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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...DARKMAN Directed by Sam Raimi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Ka-Boom! | 9/17/1990 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Ka-Boom! | 9/17/1990 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Voices: Sep. 10, 1990 | 9/10/1990 | See Source »

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