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As the subtitle would suggest, even after blowing up Durant (Larry Drake) in a
helicopter 'accident' at the end of the first film, he's back for more. Death clearly
isn't the career set-back it used to be.
Since he's been away, the arms trade has gone out of their reach with prices going below
cost. So, the answer is to make their own weaponry and something that's a bit special too
- high-tech laser-sighted doobries powered by mini-nuclear generators, each capable of
producing 450 Gigawatts of power. Considering it took just 1.2 Gigawatts to send Marty McFly
'back to the future', this new gun is a SPICY meat-ball!
Vosloo proves himself easily adaptable to B-movie action nonsense - as proved in
Hard Target - and I
presume Neeson, being the close-to-A-list celebrity that he is, had better things to do.
As a result, this film even had to go to the point of recreating scenes from the first
film with Vosloo's face in place.
Darkman, in his Peyton Westlake human form, gets to know a Dr. David Brinkman who has managed
to break the 99-minute barrier in polymer skin substitutes, i.e. Darkman will be able to
wear his liquid skin face for longer. Brinkman has managed a 3-hour limit, but together
as partners they could look for a permanently stable variety.
Potential love interests come to light in the form of Jill Randall (Kim Delaney) -
a television journalist enlisted by Darkman to help prove to the world that Durant is
still alive - and Brinkman's sister Laurie (Renee O'Connor, better known
as Gabrielle in
Xena: Warrior Princess).
The 3 Darkman DVDs.
The picture is framed at the original 1.85:1 widescreen ratio and is anamorphic.
It's mostly excellent with just a few artifacts and sparklies to mar the presentation
on occasion - certainly nothing to really worry about.
The average bitrate is a very high 8.21Mb/s.
The sound is very good too. The film wasn't made in Dolby Digital 5.1 so all the SFX
are standard ProLogic, but they sound superb, particularly when the new style of tommy
guns let rip.
Extras :
Chapters :
There are 18 chapters, which is fine for this just-under-90-minute film.
Languages & Subtitles :
Dialogue comes in five flavours: English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.
Subtitles are in nine: English for the hard of hearing, French, German, Dutch, Spanish,
Italian, Swedish, Norwegian and Danish.
And there's more :
Three 4:3 Trailers, for each of the three Darkman films, plus a DVD-ROM weblink to
Universal's website:
Universal Studios.com
(There, I've saved you the trouble)
Menu :
Silent and static with all the usual options and a shot of the cover. The only whiff
of Dolby Digital 5.1 this disc gets is in the opening Universal logo.
Overall, this is a very entertaining film and worthy of the 90-minutes you'll spend watching
it, but it's firmly stuck in straight-to-video terrority and as such I'd advise a rental,
but only a purchase if you really want to watch it over and over again.
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