| | The Flick Filosopher | Darkman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26) |
 | | Darkman is only a step away from parodying comic books -- the near perfection of Peyton's life before Durant blows up him and his lab; the almost-too-convoluted plot involving Strack and his real-estate deal -- but it never crosses that line, because Raimi knows the rules of this game. |
 | | The protagonist must lose much in his transformation from ordinary man to superhero, and the superhero is the defender of the good people of his city -- the corruption of public officials must not go unpunished -- as much as he is the avenger of his own violent creation. |
 | | Darkman spawned two sequels -- neither of which was directed by Raimi or starred Neeson, and neither of which is worth seeing -- but what it really wanted was a television series, one in which, week after week, Peyton, aka Darkman, ostensibly fights crime but actually fights with himself. |
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