1989
Scientist Peyton Westlake, disfigured and left for dead by gangster Robert G. Durant who sought incriminating memos his girlfriend Julie Hastings uncovered, escapes and uses his synthetic skin technology to become the vigilante Darkman. Darkman infiltrates Durant's gang, seemingly killing him, but Durant survives and, under the orders of the true mastermind Louis Strack Junior, kidnaps Julie. Darkman confronts Strack, rescuing Julie from his skyscraper in a final, brutal showdown. However, Peyton's disfigured appearance and unstable mental state prevent him from returning to a normal life with Julie, forcing him to disappear into the city as a darker persona.
Save the Cat beat sheet
Darkman opens with a tense property dispute that escalates into personal tragedy for scientist Peyton Westlake.
Open full beat sheetPeyton Westlake is listed as Scientist / Protagonist. Earnest scientist, later disfigured and vengeful. In the parsed data, Peyton Westlake is connected to 44 scenes, 38 dialogue lines, 38 text mentions, first appearing around scene 11.
44 scenes / 38 dialogue linesJulie Hastings is listed as Attorney. Young, attractive, conservative business suit. In the parsed data, Julie Hastings is connected to 24 scenes, 29 dialogue lines, 29 text mentions, first appearing around scene 10.
24 scenes / 29 dialogue linesRobert G. Durant is listed as Underworld leader. Well-dressed, immaculately groomed man of forty. In the parsed data, Robert G. Durant is connected to 19 scenes, 9 dialogue lines, 9 text mentions, first appearing around scene 3.
19 scenes / 9 dialogue linesRudy Guzman is listed as Durant's henchman. Wears a powder blue leisure suit, broken nose from boxing. In the parsed data, Rudy Guzman is connected to 12 scenes, 4 dialogue lines, 4 text mentions, first appearing around scene 38.
12 scenes / 4 dialogue linesLouis Strack Jr. is listed as Businessman. Powerfully built, debonair fifty-year-old. In the parsed data, Louis Strack Jr. is connected to 9 scenes, 10 dialogue lines, 10 text mentions, first appearing around scene 14.
9 scenes / 10 dialogue linesSkip Natick is listed as Durant's henchman. Walks with a pronounced limp. In the parsed data, Skip Natick is connected to 8 scenes, first appearing around scene 2.
8 scenes / 0 dialogue linesPauly is listed as Durant's henchman. Middle-aged, balding, hangs onto a bottle of Maalox. In the parsed data, Pauly is connected to 6 scenes, 1 dialogue line, 4 text mentions, first appearing around scene 39.
6 scenes / 1 dialogue linesLouis Strack Sr. is listed as Businessman. No-nonsense octogenarian. In the parsed data, Louis Strack Sr. is connected to 5 scenes, 2 dialogue lines, 2 text mentions, first appearing around scene 63.
5 scenes / 2 dialogue linesCorky Corcoran is listed as Durant's henchman. Thatch of blond hair, spits tobacco juice. In the parsed data, Corky Corcoran is connected to 5 scenes, first appearing around scene 2.
5 scenes / 0 dialogue linesSmiley is listed as Durant's henchman. Wears a permanent psychotic smile. In the parsed data, Smiley is connected to 5 scenes, first appearing around scene 2.
5 scenes / 0 dialogue linesTrumayne Johnson Mc Sam is listed as Durant's henchman. Large black man with a quiet, studied cool. In the parsed data, Trumayne Johnson Mc Sam is connected to 4 scenes, first appearing around scene 2.
4 scenes / 0 dialogue linesRick is listed as Durant's henchman. Wiry twenty-year-old, stylishly dressed with slicked back black hair. In the parsed data, Rick is connected to 3 scenes, 4 dialogue lines, 5 text mentions, first appearing around scene 27.
3 scenes / 4 dialogue linesYakitito Yanagita is listed as Graduate student. Japanese student with thick glasses. In the parsed data, Yakitito Yanagita is connected to 3 scenes, first appearing around scene 4.
3 scenes / 0 dialogue linesEddie Black is listed as Dock boss. Paunchy, powerful black man, bald with a gray fringe. In the parsed data, Eddie Black is connected to 2 scenes, 2 dialogue lines, 2 text mentions, first appearing around scene 1.
2 scenes / 2 dialogue linesGovernor Bryant is listed as Politician. Red-faced man in his late forties. In the parsed data, Governor Bryant is connected to 1 scene, 2 dialogue lines, 2 text mentions, first appearing around scene 26.
1 scenes / 2 dialogue linesHung Fat is listed as Underworld figure. Tailored white linen suit, cigarette smoker. In the parsed data, Hung Fat is connected to 1 scene, 1 dialogue line, 1 text mention, first appearing around scene 48.
1 scenes / 1 dialogue linesHugo Von Hoffenstein is listed as Aristocrat. Bald, hook-nosed Austrian with cold beady eyes. In the parsed data, Hugo Von Hoffenstein is connected to 1 scene, first appearing around scene 5.
1 scenes / 0 dialogue linesMyron Katz is listed as Attorney. Attorney for Von Hoffenstein. In the parsed data, Myron Katz is connected to 1 scene, first appearing around scene 5.
1 scenes / 0 dialogue linesEddie Black is in a pier building talking on a phone about a property dispute while his men prepare for a confrontation with Durant's group.
Eddie BlackDurant and his men arrive at the pier and are searched by Black's dock workers.
Robert G. Durant, Rudy Guzman, Skip Natick, Trumayne Johnson Mc Sam, Rick, SmileyBlack confronts Durant, but Durant and his men overpower Black and torture him.
Eddie Black, Robert G. Durant, Rudy Guzman, Skip Natick, Trumayne Johnson Mc Sam, SmileyPeyton Westlake and Yakitito work on a synthetic skin project, struggling with cell stability.
Peyton Westlake, Yakitito YanagitaJulie Hastings negotiates a property deal with the Stracks and Baron Von Hoffenstein.
Louis Strack Sr., Louis Strack Jr., Julie Hastings, Hugo Von Hoffenstein, Myron KatzStrack Jr. discovers Julie bribed the wine steward.
Louis Strack Jr., Julie HastingsThe Stracks are in a limo when it stops at a gas station.
Louis Strack Sr., Louis Strack Jr.Durant assassinates Strack Sr. at the gas station.
Robert G. Durant, Louis Strack Sr., Louis Strack Jr.Julie arrives at the lab and is trapped by an automated security system.
Julie HastingsJulie triggers a security system in the lab, causing a presentation about love to play on a screen.
Julie Hastings, Peyton Westlake, Yakitito YanagitaPeyton reveals the presentation to Julie and they share a romantic moment.
Peyton Westlake, Julie HastingsJulie discovers incriminating memos regarding the Von Hoffenstein deal while Peyton makes her coffee.
Peyton Westlake, Julie HastingsPeyton catches up to Julie to propose marriage, but she is hesitant.
Peyton Westlake, Julie HastingsJulie confronts Strack Jr. about the incriminating memos.
Louis Strack Jr., Julie HastingsDurant and his gang attack Peyton and Yakitito to retrieve the memo.
Peyton Westlake, Yakitito Yanagita, Robert G. Durant, Rudy Guzman, Skip Natick, Trumayne Johnson Mc SamThe lab explodes with Peyton inside.
Peyton Westlake, Julie HastingsJulie mourns Peyton at his funeral.
Julie HastingsJulie visits a grave, is overcome with grief, and is comforted by a priest.
Julie HastingsA resident physician demonstrates the Rangeveritz technique on a bandaged patient.
Peyton WestlakeThe resident continues his lecture to the interns.
The doctors discover the patient has escaped.
Peyton WestlakePeyton escapes into the city and spots Julie.
Peyton Westlake, Julie HastingsPeyton wanders the city in despair.
Peyton WestlakePeyton discovers his own death notice.
Peyton WestlakePeyton returns to his destroyed lab.
Peyton WestlakeA party is held where Strack and the Governor celebrate.
Louis Strack Jr., Julie Hastings, Governor Bryant, Robert G. DurantPeyton confronts Rick.
Rick, Peyton WestlakePeyton visits Julie while she sleeps.
Peyton Westlake, Julie HastingsPeyton gathers supplies for his new base.
Peyton WestlakePeyton establishes his new hideout.
Peyton WestlakeDarkman returns to his warehouse, surveys his lab, and prepares to reconstruct his face.
Peyton WestlakeDarkman sets up his lab equipment and begins the reconstruction process.
Peyton WestlakeDarkman uses his computer to begin the facial reconstruction.
Peyton WestlakeDarkman experiences the loss of his hands while working.
Peyton WestlakeDarkman observes Pauly, Skip, and Guzman from an alley.
Skip Natick, Rudy Guzman, Pauly, Peyton WestlakeDarkman creates a synthetic hand based on Pauly's.
Peyton WestlakeDarkman incapacitates Pauly to assume his identity.
Pauly, Peyton WestlakeDarkman, disguised as Pauly, meets with Skip and Guzman.
Skip Natick, Rudy Guzman, Peyton WestlakeDurant confronts the real Pauly.
Robert G. Durant, Rudy Guzman, PaulyDurant throws Pauly from a high rise window.
PaulyStrack visits Julie.
Louis Strack Jr., Julie Hastings, Peyton WestlakeDarkman has a breakdown in his warehouse.
Peyton WestlakeDarkman, disguised as Peyton, meets Julie at the cemetery.
Peyton Westlake, Julie HastingsPeyton and Julie share coffee and pie while Peyton hides his true condition.
Peyton Westlake, Julie HastingsDarkman prepares his mask and listens to recorded tapes of Durant.
Peyton WestlakeDurant visits a convenience store and records himself on security footage.
Robert G. DurantPolice arrest Durant at his home.
Robert G. DurantDarkman, disguised as Durant, confronts Hung Fat for money.
Robert G. Durant, Rudy Guzman, Peyton Westlake, Hung FatThe real Durant and the disguised Darkman meet in the revolving doors.
Robert G. Durant, Rudy Guzman, Peyton WestlakeDurant and his men hunt Darkman in the subway tunnels.
Robert G. Durant, Rudy Guzman, Trumayne Johnson Mc Sam, Peyton WestlakeDurant runs for his life from a train, narrowly escaping by hiding in a depression in the tracks.
Robert G. Durant, Rudy GuzmanDarkman calls Julie while tending to his wounds.
Peyton Westlake, Julie HastingsPeyton and Julie visit a carnival, but Peyton's condition causes a violent outburst.
Peyton Westlake, Julie HastingsJulie discovers Darkman's lab and confronts him.
Peyton Westlake, Julie HastingsStrack revels in his wealth before Julie arrives to confront him.
Louis Strack Jr., Julie HastingsStrack orders Durant to eliminate Peyton.
Robert G. Durant, Louis Strack Jr.Durant's men kidnap Julie and attack the warehouse.
Robert G. Durant, Rudy Guzman, Smiley, Peyton Westlake, Julie HastingsDarkman hunts down Durant's men inside the warehouse.
Robert G. Durant, Rudy Guzman, Skip Natick, Smiley, Corky Corcoran, Peyton WestlakeSkip and Corky infiltrate the warehouse, which is then sealed and filled with gas by Darkman.
Skip Natick, Corky Corcoran, Peyton WestlakeDarkman attacks Durant in the helicopter, dragging him toward the roof.
Robert G. Durant, Peyton WestlakeSkip and Corky discover a holographic trap involving a drinking bird toy.
Skip Natick, Corky CorcoranDarkman and Durant struggle on the helicopter, leading to an explosion.
Robert G. Durant, Peyton WestlakeStrack meets with a battered Durant to discuss Westlake.
Louis Strack Sr., Robert G. DurantStrack confronts Darkman (disguised as Durant) and reveals Julie's location.
Louis Strack Sr., Robert G. Durant, Peyton Westlake, Julie HastingsDarkman and Julie share a final, painful moment before he disappears into the city.
Peyton Westlake, Julie HastingsOf course, there are serious emotional side effects to this operation. When the body ceases to feel, when so much sensory input is lost, the patient becomes alienated. The mind, cut off from its regular diet of input, has a never-satisfied thirst; alienation gives rise to loneliness, anger; uncontrolled rage is not uncommon. And the rage problem is exacerbated by the chemical effect of severing the nerve. Now, surges of adrenaline flow unchecked through body and brain-- giving him the strength of dozen men. Hence the leather restraints.
Don't be childish, I had every right. He doesn't want to lose you--said he'll fight tooth and nail to keep you at the firm. Good! I like a good scrap! If it's not worth fighting for it's not worth having. Just consider that I won't be outbid. Think about it. I know you, Hastings. You're ready for something... we understand each other? Because we both worked for it. We both sweated for it. We both know what it's like to be at the bottom. Well now I'm at the top, and I'm offering you...
No foolish heroics, if you please. We have come only for documentstell us where to find the Bellasarious memorandum and we shall disappear--like a nightmare before the breaking day.
No. No. I've considered it. but the police ruled out arson. It burned hot. A gas fire. There was an acetylene leak -- the tiniest spark COULD HAVE--
I'm talking about the Riverside development program. Louis, you've breathed new life into a neighborhood long ago lost to the democrats.
No! No, please. I don't want you to see me there. I don't want you to think of me as...an invalid or... some kind of f--ff-fff--FREAK!
Louis, he's alive. He's back. He was burned, horribly, horribly burned--I don't understand what happened but I know he needs my help.
When I'm... Do you still love me, now... just some repulsive thing you can no longer recognize? When I sicken YOU. When you run.
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