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List Price: $14.98 | | Label: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Salesrank: 43339
Released: July 29, 2003 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
For Daredevil, justice is blind, and for the guilty?there's hell to pay! Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner ignite dangerous sparks and nonstop thrills in this "dazzling action-adventure" (The Film Journal) about the newest breed of superhero. By day, blind attorney Matt Murdock (Affleck) toils for justice in Hell's Kitchen. By night, he's Daredevil, The Man Without Fear - a powerful, masked vigilante stalking the dark streets with an uncanny "radar sense" that allows him to "see" with superhuman capabilities. But when the love of his life, fiery Elektra Natchios (Garner), is targeted by New York City's ruthless Kingpin of crime (Michael Clarke Duncan) and his deadly assassin Bullseye (Colin Farrell), Daredevil may be about to meet his match.
Description of Daredevil (Full Screen Edition):
Darker than its popular comic-book predecessor Spider-Man, the $80 million extravaganza Daredevil was 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, Clerks director and Daredevil devotee 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
Daredevil (Full Screen Edition) Reviews:
Wow, this is terrible 
2009-12-19 - This is one of the worst super hero films I've ever seen. It is definitely the second worst Marvel Comics movie so far, second only to Elektra, which is a spin-off of this movie. This is one of the worst movies I've seen in the last ten years.
So not only are they dumb enough to cast Ben Affleck in a movie, but they make him a super hero. I want someone to give me an example, excluding Good Will Hunting, of a movie which starred Affleck and didn't tank. Maybe they just thought comic book movies don't require a lot of acting, and they didn't need good actors. Guys, look at some of the best comic book movies, from Iron Man to The Dark Knight. Both of those films had strong leading actors. I don't know who thought had the idea of casting Affleck. The rest of the cast could e described as slightly better, but not by much. Jenniffer Garner portrays Elektra Nachios, the love interest/assassin. She was pretty wooden and whiny. The only scene with her that I enjoy is the scene where she is sparring with the sacks of rice. I only enjoy this scene because I like to make fun of it. She wasn't as bad in this movie as she was in her spin-off, but that's probably just `cause she had more screen time in the spin-off. Michael Clarke Duncan was just barely passable as the Kingpin, in my opinion. The small problem is that, at the risk of sounding racist, Kingpin is supposed to be white. This may not sound like a big deal, but what if they made a Batman movie and cast a black actor to play the lead role? Or what if they did the same thing with Spider-man? It just wouldn't work. Duncan's performance is passable at best. The only actor who I thought did a decent job was Colin Ferral, who played Bullseye. Now he wasn't perfect, and he wasn't a hugely memorable super villian. But he looks great compared to the rest of the cast. His demeanor, his jokes, his playfullness, they all make him at least a good villian, if not a great one.
I didn't understand what they were doing with the character Daredevil. He's not supposed to be some crazed murdering vigilante. He's supposed to be an honest super hero, someone who will not kill under any circumstances. But this movie has him going on a rampage, murdering convicts who were unjustly cleared of rape charges to beating up drunken fathers. We can't really like this protagonist when he is not much better than the bad guys. There is so much drama in this movie, and none of it really works because Ben Affleck's reaction to all of the deaths around him is so wooden. He never really changes the expression on his face much. The death of Elektra didn't mean anything to me because I the writers didn't make me care about her enough. The drama didn't work because I didn't care about the characters. Also, the action scenes in this movie are very mediocre. The punches and kicks look very fake in some scenes, and this is made worse by the fact that Affleck is just not an action hero. Jenniffer Garner's action scenes were slightly better, and she seemed to be in better shape than Affleck. Maybe that's why she kicked his butt towards the end of the movie.
To wrap up, Daredevil is a very poor attempt to try to cash in on a great super hero story. The actors are mostly terrible, and this drags the movie down. This movie is proof that just because you cast big names doesn't mean you get good actors.
The Director's Cut is now an All-Time Classic 
2009-12-09 - One of the best comic book movies I have ever seen. It is dark, gritty, violent and fun. One thing is for certain, if you've never seen the Daredevil Director's Cut you're missing out on a great film. It's remarkably better than its theatrical release and I remember that the theatrical version received two thumbs up from Ebert & Roeper. Imagine how much they would love this improved version? I'm glad they didn't include a copy of the initial release on Blu-Ray. That film should be ignored. Honestly, the DD DC is one of the best comic based films regarding any origin. It's better than Batman Begins, Spider-Man and Superman. It looks great in Blu-Ray and should be on any action/comic book fans top ten list all-time.
Like a "3d" computer game from the mid 1990's
2009-10-14 - The graphics on bluray remind me of the video games from the mid 90's like the origional doom games and quake.
The graphics of the 6th sense he has sickend me to my core.
The extra film in the directors cut selfshows why it had been cut in the first place; BECAUSE 90% OF IT HARMED THE FLOW OF THE STORY! some extra scenes even made the comic hero more comedic then heroic.
If you liked the movie in theaters and dvd, i pray and beg you dont get it in Blu and make the mistake i sadly did.
LOgans review 
2009-09-23 - I thought that this movie was quite well written and thought out clearly. I do think that it could have been better but was still a very very very good movie.
Daredevil Director's Cut well worth watching 
2009-06-04 - This version of the movie is much more enjoyable that the theatrical version. Seeing it on Blu-ray was a real pleasure.
