Still holds up 18 years later
I haven't seen this film since it was in the theatres. "Darkman" still hold up to me. In many ways I liked it more than the overly cg'd superhero films of today.
Darkman came out in 1990, before computer effects really became used a whole lot. There are some very brief scenes that used computer effects, but it was mostly for the skin creation scenes.
"Darkman" is a great comic-book style movie, at a time when Hollywood still wasn't getting it right. Sam Rami appears to have created his own comic style film, and it plays like some of the classic horror films by universal, most notably The Mummy" I also sense the invisible man was greatly paid homage to.
Darkman holds up 18 years later, it's silly in parts, but I think that's why I like it. The make-up is cool and of course Danny Elfman hits the soundtrack out of the park. This is a film that I wish the studio would treat to a special edition, especially with Rami's fame now that he's forever linked with Spider-Man.
For those would have not seen it in a long time, I saw go back and have some fun, if you have never seen it, and like what is going on with the comic book movies from the past 8-10 years, this would be a good one to watch. Even if it's just to see what a movie looks like when digital effects are not the focus.