Darkman
Dir: Sam Raimi
1990
*****
Probably my favorite 'alternative' superhero movie. It's Sam Raimi back when he was allowed to do his own thing, Batman mixed with The Phantom of the Opera in a noir comic book style. A cult classic and I love it. Like Evil Dead and Crimewave, Raimi does horror/thriller/action with a brilliant undercurrent of humour like no other director. It's cheesy and it's fun, not really what you expect from a horror/thriller but it's thoroughly entertaining and saddens me that films like this aren't made anymore. I'd watch this over Spiderman any day of the week! My only gripe is that there was not enough of Bruce Campbell!