Mediocre low-budget straight-to-video sequel

Anyone who saw the original knows Durant can not be back, but here he is.

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So, what are we having this evening? Lobster florentine. Beef wellington. Perhaps grilled ahi on a bed of Belgian endive.

Arnold Vosloo in Darkman II: The Return of Durant (1995)

With his gang, ruthless crimelord Robert G. Durant (Larry Drake, center) prepares to launch a merciless assault upon those who stand in his way.

Horribly disfigured, Darkman (Arnold Vosloo) searches for the scientific breakthrough that will make him whole - and vengence upon the man who destroyed his life.

Larry Drake in Darkman II: The Return of Durant (1995)

Renée O'Connor and Arnold Vosloo in Darkman II: The Return of Durant (1995)

Larry Drake

Arnold Vosloo

Kim Delaney

Robert Eisele

Lawrence Hertzog

Steven McKay

Darkman and Durant return and they hate each other as much as ever. This time, Durant has plans to take over the city&apos;s drug trade using high-tech weaponry. Darkman must step in and try to stop Durant once and for all.

Bradford May

Darkman II: The Return of Durant

Surprisingly watchable sequel

This first sequel to Sam Raimi&apos;s Darkman is directed by Bradford May, who worked also as a cinematographer in this film. The story begins where the first film left and there are the same characters again, but Liam Neeson is replaced by Arnold Vosloo as the Darkman/Dr. Westlake. The story is okay and not too stupid considered this is a fantasy film. The actors do fine job and no one acts stupidly. The main point in this film is to deliver action and thrills, and that it does with talent, and especially the cinematography, by the director, is very great and looks almost as fantastic as Raimi&apos;s use of camera. The scenes are often exciting, stylish and interesting, and there are only couple of usual cliches and faults which make this film pretty mediocre and worth watching for real fanatics only.

But after all, this could&apos;ve been MUCH worse and so I am very pleasantly surprised that May could make the film this effective and watchable. Just remember those horrible sequels like Species 2! Darkman 2 is definitely not a masterpiece or important piece of sci-fi cinema, but it works fine as a sequel and as a proof that talented directors appear also from these direct-to-video films. Hopefully May has a fine future as a film maker.

5/10 but don&apos;t watch if you prefer mainstream movies or movies that have nothing fantastic or unreal in them. This is science fiction and people who don&apos;t understand it, only waste their time by trying to watch these.

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This first sequel to Sam Raimi's Darkman is directed by Bradford May, who worked also as a cinematographer in this film. The story begins where the first film left and there are the same characters again, but Liam Neeson is replaced by Arnold Vosloo as the Darkman/Dr. Westlake. The story is okay and not too stupid considered this is a fantasy film. The actors do fine job and no one acts stupidly. The main point in this film is to deliver action and thrills, and that it does with talent, and especially the cinematography, by the director, is very great and looks almost as fantastic as Raimi's use of camera. The scenes are often exciting, stylish and interesting, and there are only couple of usual cliches and faults which make this film pretty mediocre and worth watching for real fanatics only.

But after all, this could've been MUCH worse and so I am very pleasantly surprised that May could make the film this effective and watchable. Just remember those horrible sequels like Species 2! Darkman 2 is definitely not a masterpiece or important piece of sci-fi cinema, but it works fine as a sequel and as a proof that talented directors appear also from these direct-to-video films. Hopefully May has a fine future as a film maker.

5/10 but don't watch if you prefer mainstream movies or movies that have nothing fantastic or unreal in them. This is science fiction and people who don't understand it, only waste their time by trying to watch these.

Darkman and Durant return and they hate each other as much as ever. This time, Durant has plans to take over the city's drug trade using high-tech weaponry. Darkman must step in and try to stop Durant once and for all.

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