This well-cast movie packs a lot of story into one film. I remember growing up that Daredevil was always different than other comics after all what other hero was sightless? Also, the artwork of Gene Colon was much more like the artwork of the Dark Knight versions of Batman that come out in the mid-80's. The movie had the same feel. It was a heck of a lot better than the Val Kilmer/George Clooney Batman films but nowhere near the Spiderman movie.
As in the comic, Matt Murdock grew up in Hell's Kitchen in lower Manhattan. His father was a fighter that went against a mob boss and decided not to throw a fight. He winds up murdered as a result. Matt is involved in a street accident where some radioactive waste gets in his eyes, removing his sight highly enhancing his other senses.
Matt graduates law school and becomes a Legal-aid lawyer for the people of the neighborhood with his pal Foggy Nelson. The neighborhood crime is being controlled by a powerful mob boss nicknamed, The Kingpin. Matt, using his enhanced abilities trains himself to become a masked vigilante named Daredevil who tries to thwart the Kingpin's activities (the Kingpin was behind Matt's father's murder).
With his business seriously wounded, Kingpin employs a hired assassin called Bullseye. Bullseye can make a weapon out of any object by throwing it with pinpoint accuracy at his intended victim.
Matt meanwhile meets a Greek heiress named Electra. The two begin dating. During a business squabble the Kingpin has Bullseye kill Electra's father, causing her to become a vigilante herself set on getting revenge.
There is one corny scene where Matt and Electra mix it up in a battle in a children's playground. It looked like the director wanted to just throw in a scene from The Matrix.
I don't want to give too much more of the film away, but if you had followed the storyline in the comics you probably know how the film will turn out. I know I highly enjoyed this film. Colin Farrell is phenomenal as Bullseye and Jennifer Garner looks hot as Electra. The actor who plays Kingpin has been in a lot of movies lately and he had to gain weight to play a convincing Kingpin, which he does well. The movie will probably not appear to smaller children because of the blood and violence but anyone that liked The Matrix films should really like this one! It is one of the films that is better to own than rent because you can watch it over and over.
