I love how this movie was shot as 1950s sci-fi style horror action movie. Those close-ups and dutch camera angles with the heightened music work perfectly!
This scene sold me on Peyton’s revenge quest. He knew NOTHING about whatever shady business deals Strack was up to. Hell, he put a coffee mug on the papers cause he had no clue what it was or why it was important. All he cared about was his work that would’ve changed the lives of so many people and his girl. That’s it! What does he get instead? Watching his assistant gunned down, beaten, drowned, disfigured, burned, his hands ruined and his mind damn near shattered.
@@gregelliott5016 A PIECE OF PAPER THAT HE KNEW NOTHING ABOUT!!!! If he never met Julie he wouldn’t have had that paper and he would’ve changed the world with his synthetic skin.
@@gregelliott5016 Wow, it really seemed I was screaming at you. No I was passionately agreeing with you. The paper was there but he knew nothing about it just saw it as Julie's business. Business that killed Dr. Peyton Westlake and gave rise to Darkman.
I remember a scene in the Sopranos were something like that happened too. Tony's brother goes into an asian man's shop and starts running amuck. The Asian starts using martial arts on him, giving him some blows.
@@tovolume No, not really. That villain, whoever his name was, was completely forgettable. He's nothing like Mr. Durant, Dr. Osborn, Dick Jones, Clarence Bodicar.
@@fairytaleandfablebooks High Evolutionary and Ego The Living Planet did something despicable plus, the actor playing High Evolutionary did a great job as the villain you hate and makes you pissed at what he did, they are not silly soft meddling villains
That footage of where the building gets blown up from this movie was used in the Home Improvement episode "The Tool Man Delivers" where Tim lights a fuse to his cigar at the gas station hurling Ned in the air!
Lol, I watched it as a little kid, real early childhood memories of seeing it in Portuguese subtitles at night and being shocked with the absolute cruelty of those men towards that scientist. I am surprised I remembered this scene all of the suddenly after a joint, of all things.
Spoilers: Well you could argue that when zombie Dr. Strange got half burnt, he sorta sounded like Darkman. Maybe that could be a reference. Or i might just be reaching here
If Franny MacDormand (Julie) haven't left those flipping papers at the house then Liam and his assistant wouldn't be attacked by Larry Drake and his gang and as a result that Liam wouldn't be Darkman.
Peyton and his assistant didn't deserve this. They were trying to help burn victims. Given time, I'm sure that they would've succeeded in perfecting the skin. The irony is that Peyton became a burn victim himself in need of this technology. These thugs just had to take the memorandum and leave; mutilating Peyton and murdering Haikitito was sadistic and monstrous, done only for sick pleasure.
I love Darkman he also wants revenge on these bastards for also killing his lab assistant who was also his friend who just wanted to use science to help people with burn injuries like Darkman.
Don't worry, Peyton copied what they did him in this scene, (Brutally interrogated Ted Raimi's character Ricky, by almost drowning him in sewer water and had his head crushed by a incoming truck), (He had Smiley's friend Guzman killed, and savagely beat up Smiley and Peyton set up that tilting bird on the on the lighter blowing them up in it)
I love Raimi. theres a campy earnestness in his movies. I always thought it unfair that he and Wes Anderson have similar quirky styles but where Wes is praised, Raimi isnt.
Paulie was also in Swamp Thing. Another superhero film about a scientist becoming a monster where the actor plays one of the bad guys who sabotage the lab.
they really didnt have to do this, they could have snuck in and take the document, but no, what they did eventually came back to not only bite them in the ass, but rip em a new one
The scene where they grab Neeson's character and smash him through the cabinets is freakishly reminiscent to the scene in Spider-Man 1 where Peter does the same exact thing to the thug in the warehouse. Raimi was sharpening his skills here for Spider-Man and beyond.
Thats your 90s movies plus its made by Sam Raimi the guy who is known for spiderman trilogy and it is corny but in an good way (sorry for essays but theres many information)
Despues de escuchar los respiros originales de neeson al caminar por el suelo y casi llegar tarde gracias a que el pajaro presiono la bomba y cuando explota se escuchan los gritos de jorge ornelas
I know people like to view this movie as a black comedy, but i personally could never see past the tragedy of the main character. We watch a good man be about as thoroughly destroyed as is humanly possible. Not my idea of a funny romp.
They need to make a proper sequel. The main pieces are all still here (RIP Larry Drake, but he was actually blown the F up in DM1). Liam/Sam/Frances can probably make one hell of a cult classic if not more.
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This scene is up there with how Alex Murphy got massacred to death with shotguns in Robocop.
Also, like Robocop, the goons are fairly memorable with personalities and such... Basically, they weren't faceless henchmen.
Nearly the same plot as robocop
Or Eric Draven's death in The Crow, anyone who watched it and Darkman and Robocop, did anyone notice the similar pattern between them?
@@tovolumeOr The Wraith (1986), that’s the same too.
Does it hurt?
Payton's body flying off the sky is pure Raimi
Indeed
Yep.
EVERY shot is pure Raimi
They used that clip in an episode of Home Improvement 😂
@@RyanMichero
I was just about comment those exact words haha
I love how this movie was shot as 1950s sci-fi style horror action movie. Those close-ups and dutch camera angles with the heightened music work perfectly!
This is why Raimi did homework on these close ups when he was in film school.
5:47 “WOOO! NOW THAT’S REFRESHING!”
- Tim Allen
This scene sold me on Peyton’s revenge quest. He knew NOTHING about whatever shady business deals Strack was up to. Hell, he put a coffee mug on the papers cause he had no clue what it was or why it was important. All he cared about was his work that would’ve changed the lives of so many people and his girl. That’s it! What does he get instead? Watching his assistant gunned down, beaten, drowned, disfigured, burned, his hands ruined and his mind damn near shattered.
His life was destroyed over a piece of paper
@@gregelliott5016 A PIECE OF PAPER THAT HE KNEW NOTHING ABOUT!!!! If he never met Julie he wouldn’t have had that paper and he would’ve changed the world with his synthetic skin.
This is all Julie’s fault for leaving it there in the first place.
He had that piece of paper they were looking for and he didn't know it until Guzman found it
@@gregelliott5016 Wow, it really seemed I was screaming at you. No I was passionately agreeing with you. The paper was there but he knew nothing about it just saw it as Julie's business. Business that killed Dr. Peyton Westlake and gave rise to Darkman.
This scene still gets me. The bad guys went too far attacking Westlake. It's similar to Murphy's death in RoboCop.
Yes it is
After I watch after few years it’s not as bad
But as a kid it gives me nightmares
Especially Murphys death I have to forget
After his assistant gets shot you can hear Peyton say fuck
One of the most underrated films ever
Wow...that was brutal. These guys just didn't care at all, complete evil. When Neeson got mad when his assistant was shot, I felt that.
Yes i felt when Neeson got angry like i felt he was going to attack Durant to kill him
I agree with Peter Smithyy.
@@christopherburksjr.5012 what i agree
I think anyone would be pissed if they watched their friend get murdered in front of them
@@gregelliott5016 You right but i thing Payton was also angru that his friends were killed 😩
Liam Neeson and Sam Raimi working together is a reason this film is one of my favorite films.
Did you see 2 and 3?
@@gregelliott5016no
That's with Vosloo.
They REALLY made the Asian lab assistant have kung fu skills 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I remember a scene in the Sopranos were something like that happened too. Tony's brother goes into an asian man's shop and starts running amuck. The Asian starts using martial arts on him, giving him some blows.
@@ricardogalvan1031 Tony's cousin! That animal Blundetto!😂
@@MultiEvil85 You're right, it was his cousin. Not sure why I wrote "brother" in my original post. Brain fart.
What's Yakitito's supposed ethnicity?
Don't all Asians have martial arts skills.
Ah. I miss movies with unsympathetic villains.
James Gunn brought those type of villains in his Guardians of the Galaxy movies
@@tovolume No, not really. That villain, whoever his name was, was completely forgettable. He's nothing like Mr. Durant, Dr. Osborn, Dick Jones, Clarence Bodicar.
@@fairytaleandfablebooks High Evolutionary and Ego The Living Planet did something despicable plus, the actor playing High Evolutionary did a great job as the villain you hate and makes you pissed at what he did, they are not silly soft meddling villains
@@tovolume The fact that I don't remember 'high evolutionary's name is a bad sign.
@@fairytaleandfablebooks I guessed you have to watch the movie multiple times or go to the internet or write his name so you won't forget
That footage of where the building gets blown up from this movie was used in the Home Improvement episode "The Tool Man Delivers" where Tim lights a fuse to his cigar at the gas station hurling Ned in the air!
That is refreshing!
I Just thought of this scene. That was funny! 😁
Classic series.
I thought that was Tim flying into the air into the cold water.
Pauley smashing Peyton's head through the glasses are also an Easter egg in Spider-Man when Peter confronts Uncle Ben's killer in the warehouse.
Which Pauley i thought Durant killed Peyton
@@srdjanveselinovic7002 At Peyton's lab when they dunk his head in the acid.
He was in Swamp thing
That's right Steven. At some abandoned factory.
Lol, I watched it as a little kid, real early childhood memories of seeing it in Portuguese subtitles at night and being shocked with the absolute cruelty of those men towards that scientist. I am surprised I remembered this scene all of the suddenly after a joint, of all things.
You ain’t by yourself. I saw this in the theatres when it first came out when I was 7. It’s this scene that stuck with me the most.
Durant's dialogue in this scene is exceptional.
Sophisticated villain with the right touch of brutality, lmao.
Clarence Boddicker vs Robert G Durant. These are the kind of movies we need 🤣
Or T-Bird from The Crow
What about Jason Wynn from Spawn
The guy that played Durant is dead
Darkman better make a cameo in Doctor Strange 2
At the very least, there should be some kind of Easter egg for Raimi's fans.
THE PINK FUCKING ELEPHANT!
@@borntogazeintonightskies The Evil Dead car might make an appearance, along with Bruce Campbell.
Spoilers:
Well you could argue that when zombie Dr. Strange got half burnt, he sorta sounded like Darkman. Maybe that could be a reference. Or i might just be reaching here
The Delta car appeared and also Bruce Campbell
This movie has the same feel as Batman '89.
That is because both had Danny Elfman as the composer for both films.
And Dick Tracy too.
Darkman has a more similarity to Robocop and The Crow, notice the similar pattern between those three R rated movies?
"No foolish heroics if you please" So quotable!
Remember watching this movie and wanting the drinking bird toy after😂
Oi I did too😂😂
Me too.
Before Liam Neeson was a bad ass tough guy.
If these thugs were in Taken, it would have been a different story.
I mean he did fuck them up in the end.
@@NPCSingularityum yeah.
They wouldn’t have ever shown up lol
5:42 neeson yelling while he is burned
De nuevo se escuchan los gritos originales de neeson al salir volando de su casa quemandose
5:41 used to always crack me up when I saw it
I just like how Sam Ramey's brother stars in some of his movies like how he played Henrietta in Evil Dead 2 and as the employee from Army of Darkness
He also voiced some of thedeaditws and was one of the villagers when Ash gave his inspirational speech. “You can count on my steel. “
He was also working with JJ in Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy. He took a ton of abuse from that man btw 😂
Ted Raimi most definitely.
@@HMSL86 "HOFFMAN!"
Liam neeson these days would never get his ass kicked like he does here
laim neeson is an actor, he doest get beat up for real
@@gregtronica3569 i thought it was a documentey? Im talking about the way he is in his movies now
Remember the technology was different then.
@@squimpopolis lol got to admit that was a good one
Because he will look for you, and find you, and he will kill you!
Classic movie...love it
If Franny MacDormand (Julie) haven't left those flipping papers at the house then Liam and his assistant wouldn't be attacked by Larry Drake and his gang and as a result that Liam wouldn't be Darkman.
Sam Raimi loved speeding the resolution of the film during certain shots. As well as, do zoom in shots of the reactions of the characters.
Yeah....Id go on a mad, unchecked, adrenaline fueled rage induced vengeance crusade too if they did this to me...
20 years ago this scene would make me laugh but today as I watch it it makes me cry hard and I'm a hardened man at 40 years old! Amazing!
I love how he got his revenge
I think some of them got off too easy, for what they did to him
@@SignOfTheTimes008Not a single criminal got away with it like Skip Peyton killed him with his prosthetic leg those sons of bitches deserved theirs 😡
But never got his life back
Sadly but true Greg.
@@SignOfTheTimes008 The one who got off easy is Skip, we never saw him get his comeuppence from Peyton Westlake, i wonder what happened to him?
Watched this as a kid, all I could remember was 'the belasarius memo"!🙃🙃
Peyton and his assistant didn't deserve this. They were trying to help burn victims. Given time, I'm sure that they would've succeeded in perfecting the skin. The irony is that Peyton became a burn victim himself in need of this technology. These thugs just had to take the memorandum and leave; mutilating Peyton and murdering Haikitito was sadistic and monstrous, done only for sick pleasure.
6:24 Hold on I know him, Julius Harris! He’s the necromancer from my fav movie Maniac Cop 3!! :D
A reboot is in order and love to see it happen
Absolutely not!!! I don’t want a PG-13 rated Darkman.
I love Darkman he also wants revenge on these bastards for also killing his lab assistant who was also his friend who just wanted to use science to help people with burn injuries like Darkman.
If you listen closely after his friend is shot you can hear Peyton say fuck
Don't worry, Peyton copied what they did him in this scene, (Brutally interrogated Ted Raimi's character Ricky, by almost drowning him in sewer water and had his head crushed by a incoming truck), (He had Smiley's friend Guzman killed, and savagely beat up Smiley and Peyton set up that tilting bird on the on the lighter blowing them up in it)
Skip and Westlake s assistant are like hugging buddies
I lost it when he went flying into the sky hahaha
I thought I was the only one bout pissed myself laughing so hard
@@TheUndisputedQueso The funny thing is, that probably scared the shit out of me as a kid, but watching it again as an adult, it's jokes.
Love the Danny Elfman score. Thanks La La Land Records for releasing the much needed 2CD expanded edition of the score.
I love Raimi. theres a campy earnestness in his movies. I always thought it unfair that he and Wes Anderson have similar quirky styles but where Wes is praised, Raimi isnt.
My All Time Favorite Liam Neeson movie
I always liked how his assistant did that little move to get the gun out of the henchmen’s hand.
5:38
Ned: Don't strike that match Don't!!!
Tim: *strikes match*
Ned: My...
*building explodes*
Tim: AAAAAAHHHH!!!!
*lands in water*
Tim: whooo...now that's refreshing
The hell are you talking about
@@RinatEramal Home improvement used this scene on the episode The Toolman delivers.
@@cutemimi25 oh thanks for explaining
I love how the bad guys took the time to flip round those desk lamps :-)
Paulie was also in Swamp Thing. Another superhero film about a scientist becoming a monster where the actor plays one of the bad guys who sabotage the lab.
And alec holland (swamp thing) was played by ray wise who was part of clarence boddicker:s gang that murdered alex murphy 😊
Late Nick Worth aka Paulie.
@@burnikshrapnelhe also Leland Palmer.
Westlake's last words before his life is changed forever...
"Fuuuuuuuck....!"
Damn I know this is only a movie but gahhhhhh damn they did that scientist extremely dirty
He flies away like Santa in Christmas Vacation
This clip was also used in one of the episodes of Home Improvement
I remember “Home Improvement” using the scene of his body flying out in an edit. Haha!
Liam neeson is actually really like this.
Excellent movie
Pauley was in Swamp Thing
Great director.
They gruesomely killed two people to just take a paper. Yes!
In Darkman 2 the scene before the explosion is recreated.
"Don't strike that match!"
Don't answer the phone Pauley knows😂
Superhero is born💥👊
Great film this loved this one growing up 😃
This is CINEMA, folks.
5:09 neeson breathing
What is this are you trying to get sound clips?
Peyton was in serious pain
5:42 off he goes HAHAHAHAHAHA
they really didnt have to do this, they could have snuck in and take the document, but no, what they did eventually came back to not only bite them in the ass, but rip em a new one
Yes and Payton later took revenge because they killed them
@@srdjanveselinovic7002 because they killed Payton?
actually that makes sense, on that day, Payton died, but Darkman was born
@@ellnats No i didn't mean to say i wish Peyton had arrived in time to warn them but i think Peyton called the phone 😟 i thing the Peyton
The scene where they grab Neeson's character and smash him through the cabinets is freakishly reminiscent to the scene in Spider-Man 1 where Peter does the same exact thing to the thug in the warehouse.
Raimi was sharpening his skills here for Spider-Man and beyond.
The better flick that I’ve ever seen.
Both of Liam's hands were definitely fried as a result of this.
The thumbnail of this video was a deleted scene where Darkman turned himself into Bob Odenkirk.
Peytons burned body is found in a lake next to an exploded building and no one makes the connection.
Apparently not. The doctor said he was found on the river bank or something
@@gregelliott5016 what a doctor i dont remember much of the movie but you thing he drowned it in some water
@@srdjanveselinovic7501 maybe he wasn't in the water long before he was found
@@gregelliott5016 Yes but you think that Peyton was killed by Durant but it is not clear to me through which glasses he killed him
Not only did Durant take his face and hands and everything else but he also lost his good friend Nikatito.
That's right,i saw that he was angry that the killed his friends,but i think Peyton was probably also angry when they were killed.
Yes Peyton love the partner and friend Yakikito
I love this movie so much, but it’s so laughably bad sometimes 😂
I mean…the dialogue is extremely corny. The Asian lab assistant knows kung fu 😂
Thats your 90s movies plus its made by Sam Raimi the guy who is known for spiderman trilogy and it is corny but in an good way (sorry for essays but theres many information)
HAHAHAHAHA
That transition scene is up there with the coffin scene in final destination lmao
they should of gave the asian guy a little more time to shine, I mean the guy got killed in 2 seconds lol.
That woman could have been dead since she was so near the big explosion, its a miracle she was still alive and standing🤣
作品は秀逸💝💝
Really good film
3:22 how was it at the lab?
So comical. I love it.
If only Liam had been given a black suit after suffering those burns.
Waooooo
Full HD good action
This movie is a gem ...call it uncut or cult gem but it is awesome ...its teaser to some beloved actors and director. If you know you know
5:36
Despues de escuchar los respiros originales de neeson al caminar por el suelo y casi llegar tarde gracias a que el pajaro presiono la bomba y cuando explota se escuchan los gritos de jorge ornelas
How would things be different if yakitito was the one who lived and had his face burnt and westlake be the one who died in the lab explosion?
The movie probably wouldn't have been as good
darkman would have had kung fu skills
Id like to see Darkman 4 happen with Liam Neeson back in the role.
I know people like to view this movie as a black comedy, but i personally could never see past the tragedy of the main character. We watch a good man be about as thoroughly destroyed as is humanly possible. Not my idea of a funny romp.
That brutality was just unnecessary. Just drug them, search for the document, then disappear. True gangsters have standards.
Killing people is a common scare tactic.
5:42 Haha!!
Not fany
2:28 This foreshadow Peter Parker fighting the gunman who shot Uncle Ben.
Red hot soda in the bottom yellow rice falling out the top this factory was ahead of its time
😮 I had no idea DarkMan was played by Luam Neesan
DARKMAAAANNN... DARKMANNNNN...Me too darkman😊
I want to see that movie...🙏
The DVD part of Netflix has it or you might be able to find the full movie on here
Having a bad day bet not that bad - darkman
Darkman is one of the most weirdiest superheroes movies ever made, directed by Sam Raimi.
That's why it's beyond awesome.
@@byrondouglasdean I know is great 😆, but this scene you don't know if is funny or dramatic for the shots 😆
It sure has a dark side of humor in it😂
Without this film, he would've never directed Spider-Man 8 years later.
@@PowerRangersLostGalaxyFanFilm that's right
What kind of scene transition was at 6:02?
Not sure. But the limo driver was in an episode of tremors the series
@@gregelliott5016 Yeah? As who?
@@dennisdrozdov1424 he was in the episode ghost dance
No wonder, why Peyton become vengeful person.
I'm sure you would be as well if you were put through all of that and survive just to look the way Peyton did
They need to make a proper sequel. The main pieces are all still here (RIP Larry Drake, but he was actually blown the F up in DM1).
Liam/Sam/Frances can probably make one hell of a cult classic if not more.
They should pick up after the third movie
More than terror, this scene makes me laugh 😅
My god these cold ❤ 🤬's Destroy 😫 this poor 😢 Man's life Mankind is it's own Worst enemy