And no, it's not 'Batman Begins' either.
The Big Picture Over the last decade and a half, Liam Neeson has gone from being one of our most consistent dramatic actors to one of the leading faces in revenge movies, but his very best revenge movie came out 33 years ago — Darkman. This 1990 superhero movie came along at a time when superhero movies were hardly the norm, and in today's day and age, barely feels like a superhero movie at all.
When Did the Liam Neeson Action-Revenge Boom Begin? The late 2000s saw an interesting shift in this actor's career. As stated before, Liam Neeson's early career was largely populated by genre fare, with your occasional drama popping in for a moment as well. These genre-heavy pictures remained a constant for him, but instead of being the guy doing all of the action, Liam Neeson became more of a wise figure in these movies.
'Darkman' Is Gothic Revenge at Its Finest Liam Neeson has his fair, weighty share of iconic roles, that much is true. Many of his pre-Schindler's works have fallen by the wayside, and all of his post-Taken action roles have brought on a new tough-guy image of the actor in general. That's what makes it all the more tragic when we realize that his best revenge movie, Darkman, is often left out of the conversation when discussing this wing of his filmography.
Darkman follows Peyton Westlake, a scientist who is horribly burned and psychologically damaged by a group of mobsters after they search his lab for incriminating documents. Westlake survives though, and while doing what he can to continue his work, the main thing that keeps him going is a drive to get revenge on those who destroyed his body and mind. Darkman isn't a superhero based on a comic book or any sort of intellectual property, it's an original creation from director Sam Raimi.
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