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Daredevil - Single Disc Edition [2003]
Daredevil tells the story of Matt Murdock (Ben Affleck), a young lawyer who spent his youth getting kicked around by life in Hell's Kitchen, NYC. He's blinded at an early age in an industrial accident, but when he recovers, he discovers that his remaining senses are superhumanly acute. When his father, a boxer, is killed by gangsters for refusing to throw a fight, Matt Murdock vows to dedicate his life to fighting for what's right. To that end, he becomes a lawyer by day and a masked vigilante by night--Daredevil, the Man Without Fear. Using as its source material a classic (well, to comics fans, at least) Frank Miller story line, the film manages to find room for Daredevil's origin, his love affair with Elektra (Jennifer Garner) and his first meetings with his two arch-nemeses, Bullseye (Colin Farrell) and Kingpin (Michael Clark Duncan). Colin Farrell has fun with the psychotic Irish assassin Bullseye, who can use nearly any object as a deadly projectile (and who, as he proudly states, never misses). Michael Clark Duncan adds stone-cold menace to the Kingpin of Crime, the criminal mastermind at the nexus of New York's underworld. Yet Daredevil tries to cram too much into its relatively short running time, and ultimately it's the relationship between Matt Murdock and Elektra that suffers--Garner does all she can with the character, but she could have benefited from a bit more screen time. And the action sequences--particularly the faster-paced, Matrix-style wire fights--only succeed in making Affleck and Farrell look a bit awkward (unlike Garner, neither are natural martial artists). Still, Daredevil is a film by comic-book fans, for comic-book fans, packed with cameos and in-jokes sure to appeal to the die-hards. If that's you, then there's much to love here. --Robert Burrow ReviewsTHE BEST MARVEL FILM Review date: 2007-11-19 Rating: 10 out of 10 Daredevil is a brilliant film. it has stunts, gripping fights and a love story that makes peter parker and mary jane look board and unromantic. The plot is not one of the best but it still great and keeps you on the edge of your seet. the background music is good and is well suited to the scenes of the film. Overall Daredevil is a film you can watch over and over and each time enjoy it eaqually as much. Casting problem Review date: 2007-08-20 Rating: 2 out of 10 Comic book films have a habit of being bad. So why o why cast Ben Affleck. The guy has very limited acting ability and brings down any film he's in. A SO-SO COMIC BOOK ADVENTURE Review date: 2007-08-07 Rating: 6 out of 10 Having never read the adventures of Daredevil in comic book format, I was, however, familiar with the interesting story so I awaited the film with interest. Ben Affleck may have looked the part, but I was worried that he would too bland to carry it off, but alas I have to say the film it a success. Sure it ain't art, it's not striving to be. The film is after all starring a fan of the comics and has been written and directed by a fan. Mark Stephen Johnson was an unusual choice, having directed Simon Birch, but like Peter Jackson starting of doing zombie films and then moving on to Lord of The Rings, having a fan at the helm is a help to the film. Johnson treats the film with respect, he's not afraid to go into darker routes, like Tim Burton with Batman and creates a film that is very entertaining. The darker elements work brilliantly here. If Spiderman is Marvel's Superman then Daredevil is undoubtedly the Batman of the Marvel universe. Although he has enhanced senses, Matt Murdock is at the end of the day human. He scars easily and has to take pain killers and is at heart only in this gig for revenge, although the fighting for justice element is there in a more fuller way than in Batman. Murdock is a lawyer for his day job. Affleck is surprisingly effective here as Murdock/Daredevil. Scenes of him doing his usual routine (folding his money up so as to know which bill is which) and trying to see Elekra in the rain work fantastically and Affleck is, I have to say, superb at times. His performance as a blind man is spot on and while the character is a darker hybrid over Spiderman, the emotional elements are here too and they work fantastically. Having been in love with Jennifer Garner since Alias I am biased over her performance here. She is superb as Elektra, and even better is that unlike Mary Jane she ain't no mere love interest, this is a tough girl and despite the film's ending, I think it's safe to say a spin-off movie is on the cards. On an extra note that ending is shocking, not to mention brutal. Then there's the baddies. Michael Clarke Duncun is good as always as Kingpin, but Colin Farrell is the revelation here. Like The Joker in the first Batman film, Farrell is over the top and fun to watch and never outstays his welcome. His electric delivery and his sticking to his Irish accent works wonders and the character can be both fun, yet unflinchingly brutal (once again I point to the ending). Hopefully this is a franchise in the making. While I did love Spiderman and I can't wait for its sequel, it would be nicer to see the darker cousin in his own series. Only just misses the mark Review date: 2007-08-01 Rating: 6 out of 10 Now, there are plenty of superhero movies coming out these days in the wake of Spider-Man's massive success. Many appeal mainly to children (e.g. Fantastic Four) whilst some try to provide a more grown up experience without alienating the younger audience (e.g. Batman Begins), Daredevil was an attempt to make a superhero movie aimed at adults. And it nearly works, sadly it is heavily marred by some unknown force (presumably the production company) clearly not understanding the premise and trying to make it into Spider-Man. So, Daredevil, a young boy blinded by toxic waste which also turned all his other senses up to eleven meaning he uses hearing as a 'radar-sense' to substitute sight along with being extremely strong and agile due to lots of time in the gym. As a grown-up he acts as a lawyer by day and as a crime-fighting leather clad vigilante with a penchant for attacking those he knows to be guilty (he can hear heart-rates and tell if someone's lying) but who escape him in the courtroom. He hangs around above a catholic church and has a basically solitary existence, desperately searching for an answer in his complex and troubled world. The whole character is just perfect for something really dark and cool to come out of this film and there's a few scenes which start to make reveal this, sadly not enough. The film really suffers from a severe sense of confusion, just as things start to get darker or more interesting the film snaps itself back into a worse written and attempt at kiddy-friendly comic book flick. Ironically the darker material contains violence enough that this gets a non-kid-friendly rating leaving the film at a very bad compromise. The music is another area of severe disappointment, almost completely devoid of original material and consisting mostly of OK goth/rock/pop stuff it feels very tacked on and doesn't normally gel with what's happening on screen. What this film would have benefited enormously from is either better choice of music (i.e. get the guy who does Michael Mann movies) or more of it's own music. So in conclusion what could have been the best superhero movie in a long time ends up as purely mediocre due to too many forces pushing in in too many directions at once. Hopefully the Director's Cut edition is better but I have yet to see that. Product Details/SpecificationsActor(s): Michael Clarke Duncan Ben Affleck Jennifer Garner Jon Favreau Colin Farrell Creators: Ben Affleck (Primary Contributor) Jennifer Garner (Primary Contributor) Mark Steven Johnson (Writer) Arnon Milchan (Producer) Avi Arad (Producer) Becki Cross Trujillo (Producer) Bernard Williams (Producer) Bill Carraro (Producer) Bruce Devan (Producer) Director(s): Recording label: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment EAN: 5039036014922 Binding: DVD Number of items: 1 Format: PAL, Release date: 2003-10-13 Number of discs: 1 Audience rating: Suitable for 15 years and over Region code: 2 Running time: 99 minutes Theatrical release date: 2003-02-14 Language: English (Original Language) Language: Greek (Original Language) Language: Italian (Original Language)
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