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as far as I'm concerned, anyone who likes skydiving is a madman
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Its abstraction feels less evasive than connective, demanding engagement with the core fear rather than the distraction of specifics; the threat can no longer be imagined as some specific other — some other government, some other madman.
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Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
During one of the harrowing trips, 11-year-old Spike (Alfie Williams) learns from his father, Jamie (Taylor-Johnson), of the location of a strange doctor named Kelson (Fiennes), but warns his son to stay away from the madman.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
In this 1980-set thriller, Brolin is all brawny and hunky (his shirt knows few buttons) as a desperate dad and former New York cop on a relentless pursuit of a madman (Cliff Forman) who has mistakenly kidnapped his daughter.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
Rex Wilkins plays both title roles — passionate and romantic scientist Dr. Henry Jekyll and the madman his experimental serum produces.
—Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2025
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Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
During one of the harrowing trips, 11-year-old Spike (Alfie Williams) learns from his father, Jamie (Taylor-Johnson), of the location of a strange doctor named Kelson (Fiennes), but warns his son to stay away from the madman.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
In this 1980-set thriller, Brolin is all brawny and hunky (his shirt knows few buttons) as a desperate dad and former New York cop on a relentless pursuit of a madman (Cliff Forman) who has mistakenly kidnapped his daughter.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
Rex Wilkins plays both title roles — passionate and romantic scientist Dr. Henry Jekyll and the madman his experimental serum produces.
—Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Madman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/madman. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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madman
noun
mad·man
ˈmad-ˌman 
-mən
: a man who is or who acts as if mentally unsound
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