Review of Darkman III: Die Darkman Die (1996) by Allan C — 18 Jun 2016

I was quite surprised as the quality of the Darkman direct-to-video sequels. They're not brilliant, but they are tonally very true to the original, even if they're lacking the budget and star power of the original.

The original film's writer/director/producer is still on hand here as producer and I think that helped the film greatly. Robert Durant is finally dead after being the villain in the first two films, so Jeff Fahey takes the reigns as the slick new villain who Darkman, Arnold Vosloo, must take down.

The story is genuinely interesting when Darkman poses as Fahey and inadvertently finds himself being a better father to Fahey's family for the short time he was with them. Director Bradford May apes Raimi's style and has some clever visual moments, though it's still far short of Raimi's level of inventiveness.

Overall, this is nowhere as good as the original, but it's pretty entertaining if you liked the first film.