This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place

Brilliant and touching

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Sam Raimi made comic book cinema history with his gritty Darkman, which was solid entertainment, but the real dark and demented side of the franchise came through on the two sequels, which tossed aside stalwart leading man Liam Neeson as the titular antihero and went for offbeat, edgy character actor Arnold Vosloo (Imhotep in Stephen Sommer's The Mummy) as the doomed Dr. Peyton Westlake, a once brilliant and handsome scientist reduced to a disfigured, monstrous vigilante known as The Darkman. Raimi's film played it with a mix of straight and subversive, going for the underdog hero approach, while the third sequel, which is my favourite, is literally called Darkman III: Die Darkman Die, because someone at the studio boardroom table had too much caffeine and brainstormed the shit out of that abrasively hilarious title. Dr. Westlake is still doing his research on synthetic skin and skulking out there in the night pilfering supplies from random warehouses, one of which he'll wish he didn't mess with. Enter tyrannical, psychopathic drug lord Peter Rooker, played with moustache twirling, freaky panache by Jeff Fahey. Said warehouse belonged to him, and now he's zeroed in on Darkman and his super strength abilities, shrewdly trying to pirate them for his organization's nefarious deeds. The two wage a bloody war, with both of their families as collateral damage in between, an exploitation palooza of trashy, effects oriented fun. The first two films housed the villain Durant, embodied by inherently weird looking actor Larry Drake, who left big shoes to fill. Fahey seems to know this and plays up every campy aspect of this scumbag, his greased back hair lit perfectly, every mannerism an over-pronounced, garish villainous flourish to be savoured. I think the very concept of Darkman suits the tasteless excess of these two sequels better than it does Raimi's upright origin story, as classic as it is. I actually prefer the B Movie Glory approach to the material, and this third one is schlock incarnate.

Nothing amazing here. This trilogy went very evenly downhill after the first. There was a distinct lack of anything new. There were some good sets but we have seen them all before. It felt like whole scenes were lifted from the first and especially second film. Overall uninspiring and unimaginative sequel. The weakest in the series suffers because it clones the second and not the first.

Expectations were low for this second sequel which has the wide reputation of being the worst in the trilogy. Well, I can safely say that this one is a lot more enjoyable than DARKMAN II: THE RETURN OF DURANT, as it's not just a rerun of Raimi's original film. Here Darkman finds himself up against another evil villain, this time played by a hammy Jeff Fahey, and also falls in love. As both this and the first sequel were made back-to-back on a low budget of $7 million, the special effects are fairly basic and there's no way this rises above a typical straight-to-video level. At least it's fairly entertaining.Arnold Vosloo returns as Darkman, but (if that's possible) he's given even less characterisation here than he was previously! Instead he just runs around a lot and tries to get back his special skin formula which the bad guys have stolen from him. Along the way he falls foul of a corrupted scientist (played by Darlanne Fluegel, in a similar role to her one in SCANNER COP), and falls in love with the criminal's wife, played by STAR TREK actress Roxann Biggs-Dawson.For entertainment value this film offers up an exciting action set piece around the middle of the film, which sees Darkman escaping from the bad guys by hopping over some exploding drums, lots of rubber mask hijacks like in the previous instalments, and the presence of Jeff Fahey, who is by far the best thing in this film. An actor consigned to star in straight-to-video films and television movies, Fahey cuts an imposing presence as the villain here, and the ending is absolutely hilarious and very nearly makes the film for me. Movie fans also might like to note that the script is by the guys who went on to do FACE/OFF for John Woo, and if you look closely there are a lot of similarities and similar scenes between the two films - it's interesting to compare them. Otherwise, DARKMAN III is more of the same for fans of the series, a step up from the previous entry but still below average. Not one to go out of your way to see.

The second sequel to Darkman is action packed but lacks the greatness of its prequel, Darkman.The action scenes are good and the acting by the returning Darkman played by Arnold Vosloo are good.This sequel is a good film but I prefer the original Darkman first.