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Daredevil (Two-Disc Widescreen Edition) (2003)

Daredevil (2003)

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The Daredevil delviers blind justice ....

Dec 30, 2009

by Lopez15
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This film for me was not a favorite of mine until I hit about the age of fifteen. Seeing as before that I could never grasp the idea of a blind guy kicking some serious criminal butt. But now that I'm much older and have read up on daredevil(the comics and anything else I can find on him.) He is a favorite of mine as well as the movie.

Daredevil is dark, gloomy, smart , intense and emotional it's a great well made film that has been overlooked greatly for it morbid story and it's lack of conviction and depth. But I'd have to say that it had great depth and great conviction and was a high class comic book adaption. This film was good to me for three reasons: 1.( It told it's story straight out and didn't side step it with meaningless inter plot turns. 2.) It's story is well thought out and played out on the screen and it's depth of emotion is very powerful and convincing almost to the point you want to cry.almost. 3.) Mark Steven Johnson's near-perfect script is not without witty dialog and dark , moving sincerity. But all in all this film is not as bad as it is lead to be and it is a great entry in the Marvel comic book series.

Ben Affleck(Who finally makes a movie I can like.) plays Matt Murdock AKA Daredevil,Affleck plays daredevil with a dark and gloomy sense of style that echos the most down and out moment of Matt Murdock form the comics. Jennifer Garner(who this film could have done without.) Was a massive let down in this film she really brought down the high production values of this film and mired it with her poor performance(I mean come on! she wasn't even eye candy in this film.) Michael Clarke Duncan(Who again they could have had someone else do this part.) Does alright as the Kingpin, hes' not really convincing as the villain and not as threatening as he could have been(the cartoon version was more threatening.) But none the less he does alright. But none the less the cast doe pretty good with there assigned parts and brings this film up to comic book greatness.

Daredevil is a personally favorite of mine. I don't know I guess I like underrated film and movies that people personally don't like. But in my opinion this was a great film that if your forgiving it will deliver a great movie experience. Daredevil delivers.

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FM_ALEX October 21, 2010

I actually really liked Affleck in this, also cool to see Kevin Smith in this.

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review by Andre_H. January 01, 2005

this is the cut they should have shown in the theatres

Wooow! Dark, tough, violent. But also so much more funny than the theatrical version. By adding the additional minutes and scenes (even a complete small story on the side) this movie finally gets the pace it needs. Slow at times, to let you suck in the characters, then all of a sudden the pace takes off, taking you with it through the dark and rainy skies over Hell's Kitchen and into the depth's of Daredevil's soul. Terrific!!!

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Blinded by Surprise

"Daredevil" has always been one of my favorite Marvel characters. It truly was a surprise to me when I first learned that a film was actually going to be made about him. He teamed up with Lou Ferrigno's "Hulk" when that TV series was used to crank out a few TV movies, but that particular flick was wretched. It did no justice to the "Daredevil" character. This "Daredevil," however, stays fairly true to the comic book, although I felt the story dragged somewhat. The worst part of the movie … more

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review by Tom_Knapp. July 07, 2003

Suffers from a lack of identity.

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Darker than its popular comic-book predecessorSpider-Man, the $80 million extravaganzaDaredevilwas packaged for maximum global appeal, its juvenile plot beginning when 12-year-old Matt Murdock is accidentally blinded shortly before his father is murdered. Later an adult attorney in New York's Hell's Kitchen, Murdock (Ben Affleck) uses his remaining, superenhanced senses to battle crime as Daredevil, the masked and vengeful "man without fear," pitted against dominant criminal Kingpin (Michael Clarke Duncan) and the psychotic Bullseye (Colin Farrell), who can turn almost anything into a deadly projectile. Daredevil is well matched with the dynamic Elektra (Jennifer Garner), but their teaming is as shallow as the movie itself, which is peppered with Marvel trivia and cameo appearances (creator Stan Lee,Clerksdirector andDaredevildevotee Kevin Smith) and enough computer-assisted stuntwork to give Spidey a run for his money. This is Hollywood product at its most lavishly vacuous; die-hard fans will argue its merits while its red-leathered hero swoops and zooms toward a sequel.--Jeff Shannon

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