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Arnold Vosloo, Jeff Fahey, Darlanne Fluegel, Roxann Biggs, Nigel Bennett

Dr. Westlake/Darkman (Arnold Vosloo) is up to his old tricks, stealing from the bad and keeping for himself while still trying to perfect his synthetic skin which only lasts 99 minutes in the light. A... read more read more...fter stealing from industrialist and mobster/drug dealer Peter Rooker (Jeff Fahey), Westlake is approached by Dr. Bridget Thorne (Darlanne Fluegel) who is engaged to perform an operation to relieve his pain, but instead she implants in his brain a special device that enables his enemies to control him by inducing unbearable pain. With the help of double-crossing Dr. Thorne, Rooker wants to create a new drug based on Darkman's research. But Darkman strikes back by infiltrating Rooker's gang and his life. Darkman even starts to feel drawn to Rooker's wife Angela (Roxann Biggs-Dawson) and her daughter, who are neglected by the real Rooker. But in disguise, Darkman is able to cling to a normal life, posing as a family man. Even though this sequel was filmed before Darkman II: The Return of Durant, it was ultimately decided that it should be bumped back to part three. This direct-to-video sequel is however, in many ways, superior to the first sequel. Fahey makes an excellent villain combining the best of what made Larry Drake and Colin Friels so enjoyable in the original. Vosloo still can't capture the essence and power of Liam Neeson's character portrayal, but he does a good enough job. Fans of the saga will go feverish over this sequel and others with find it fun as well. ~ Sean D. MacLaggan, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 27 min.

Directed by: Bradford May

Release Date: June 1, 1995

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DVD Release Date: December 28, 2004

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  • deano
    March 9, 2011
    deano
    This third Darkman series is not great than the second one with Arnold Vosloo who returns again as the title role.
    Vosloo seems alternatively bored and exuberant from scene to scene, to be honest, he still does okay, and Jeff Fahey, while a joy to watch as an over-the-top ... read morevillain, just doesn't quite fit in with the series.
    The use of OTT visuals and nightmare vision scenes is retained and very like Sam Raimi's style - in fact some of the shot almost mirror the first film. While Westlake lacks some of the craziness that he had in the first film he is still a tortured soul - it's just a shame that this is mixed with the image of him as a sort of Batman figure.
  • stormyweather980
    August 15, 2009
    stormyweather980
    ok but not as good as the first two
  • bbcfloridabound
    January 16, 2009
    bbcfloridabound
    This should have been named Go Away Darkman and please don't comeback, its about as good as Rocky 56 would have been, Its been over 10 years so I guess we will not see anymore of Darkman. Not with this crew of actors anyway. Now that I have seen all 3 Darkman films I like the 1s... read moret one best. Liam Neeson made the best Darkman, when making the sequels they should have either waited for Liam or offered him more money and maybe this Trilogy would have taken off. Larry Drake Made the best bad guy in this series and it also sky rocked him in the bad guy roll. But again he didn?t return for Darkman III after all how could he arise from the dead a second time. At the end of Darkman 3 you can see where there is the possibility of a Darkman 4 but it never happen, Thank the Stars. I wouldn?t put Darkman in the class of Indiana Jones , Nightmare on Elm Street, or Die Hard when it comes to Movie Collections, If you get the trilogy as I did for under $10 go for it, if not I wouldn't pay for a copy of this nor would I rent it.
  • xxdebxx
    March 9, 2011
    xxdebxx
    This time around, the disfigured anti-hero Peyton Westlake (portrayed by "Mummy" actor Arnold Vosloo) continues to live in the City's sewer system, hiding his horridly scarred face and working on his synthetic skin. He locks horns with evil crime-lord Peter Rooker (played in a br... read moreilliantly over-the-top performance by Jeff Fahey), but when he finds himself double crossed by a doctor whom he assumed was going to help him out on his skin regeneration formula, he seeks revenge the only way he knows how, using his synthetic skin to impersonate Rooker's henchmen and changing his voice to sound like theirs. Darkman 3 gives us a new villain in the form of Jeff Fahey who's into marketing steroids. He is also a lousy husband and father and soon Westlake who believed he lost the ability to love, begins to have sympathetic feelings for Rooker's wife and daughter who he feels sorry for since they are treated by dirt.
  • kenscheck
    September 5, 2011
    kenscheck
    And I thought the last movie was bad...Darkman 3 is really bad, even though I want to like Jeff Fahey, I really don't. The movie is just hard to get through, and you are just counting down until the nonsense is all over. It is a shame this series couldn't sustain itself without... read more Raimi.
  • psyclock7
    May 14, 2010
    psyclock7
    None of the Darkman movies paid any homage to the comic books...They could have stopped at movie number one"
  • darkman670
    September 28, 2007
    darkman670
    I know there is a 4th book out there of the series. An in that one he does invent s skin that does last forever. At the end of the 3rd they show you he has it. he used it on the girl to save her face....
  • AcaciaJules
    July 22, 2006
    AcaciaJules
    I admit, I saw this. Though I haven't seen any of the others. Perhaps that's why I didn't really enjoy it.

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Critic Reviews

Scott Weinberg
August 13, 2007
Scott Weinberg, FEARnet

Suffers from the normal low-budget sequel afflictions (spotty FX, lesser actors, skimpier action, lamer dialog). Full Review

Kevin A. Ranson
April 6, 2003
Kevin A. Ranson, MovieCrypt.com

Perfect for USA Network's Up All Night.

Emanuel Levy
October 7, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

No review available.

Dragan Antulov
January 27, 2003
Dragan Antulov, rec.arts.movies.reviews

No review available.

KJB
August 8, 2002
KJB, IGN Movies

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    • Bridget Thorne: Synthetic skin?... Wow! This is really quite brilliant!
    • Peyton Westlake/Darkman: Yeah, for ninety-nine minutes... then it's a total failure.
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