Relentlessly kinetic and bursting with style, Darkman is a giddy, Grand Guignol masterpiece by schlock auteur Sam Raimi.

The film stars Liam Neeson as Peyton Westlake, a mild-mannered scientist who runs afoul of ruthless mobster Robert Durant (Larry Drake).

Grievously injured and hideously disfigured at the hands of Durant, Westlake resorts to an experimental treatment whose side effects include superhuman powers and barely contained psychosis.

Reborn as Darkman, Westlake turns sadistic vigilante and proceeds to extract his gruesome revenge.