Hey, remember when I watched Darkman? That Sam Raimi-directed comic book movie with Liam Neeson as a dude with no face? They made two sequels to that. Except that by 1995, Liam Neeson was too good to do a no-budget B-movie (or he read the script, which is legitimately terrible) so they recast him with Arnold Vosloo. Yeah, Imhotep from The Mummy played the good guy.Dr. Peyton Westlake (Arnold Vosloo) is still knocking over criminals to fund his research into a stable skin solution when he gets word that another scientist, Dr. Daniel Brinkman (Jesse Collins) may have broken the 99-minute UV barrier. Unfortunately, Brinkman is holed up in his family's old electrical plant (what, your family doesn't have one?) that just so happens to be exactly what crime lord Robert G. Durant (Larry Drake) needs to power his new super-weapons. Yeah, see, he survived the massive helicopter crash from the first movie and was just in a coma this whole time. You can tell because he has a scar on his face now. Anyway, he's a bad guy and he does bad things. Westlake is a good guy and does slightly less bad things.
This went straight to video, unsurprisingly, and has all but disappeared. It's watchable, if you can enjoy extremely low-budget offerings.
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