Directed by:
Mark Steven JohnsonScreenplay:
Mark Steven JohnsonCinematography:
Ericson CoreComposer:
Graeme RevellCast:
Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Michael Clarke Duncan, Colin Farrell, Joe Pantoliano, Jon Favreau, David Keith, Erick Avari, Paul Ben-Victor, Derrick O'Connor (more)VOD (3)
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He dwells in a world of external night--but the blackness is filled with sounds and scents, tastes and textures that most cannot perceive. Although attorney Matt Murdock is blind, his other four senses function with superhuman sharpness. By day, Murdock represents the downtrodden. At night he is Daredevil, a masked vigilante stalking the dark streets of the city, a relentless avenger of justice. For Daredevil justice is blind--and for the guilty, there's hell to pay. (official distributor synopsis)
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If the rule applied that the better the villain, the better the movie, Daredevil would be the best comic book adaptation. But even Colin Farrell, who thoroughly enjoys his role as Bullseye, cannot save the unremarkable action. On the other hand, I can't say that I was bored, even though Ben Affleck wanted to push me in that direction. Critics of Ben's acting always make me laugh, but here, unfortunately, he truly is a tragic blind hero. When combined with an unexpectedly overly romanticized central storyline and the absence of Daredevil's typical grittiness, this was a missed opportunity, and combined with the Elektra spin-off, a perfect blind alley.
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An ordinary comic book adaptation with all the flaws of early millenium. Visually hyped, sprinkled with new technologies and gimmicks that were all the rage back, and of course full of clichés and pathos. In addition, the action is surprisingly often confusing. It's hard to say whether it's good or not, but this film always comes to mind whenever someone mentions Evanescence. Ben Affleck is ordinary and Jennifer Garner is for decoration. The interesting insights of the main protagonist and the director's cut also help with that.
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I liked this film in its day. Even though Ben looks pretty odd with highlights and as a blind man, I still think it's better than, say, Green Lantern. I quite enjoyed the film in the movie theater those years ago, mainly because there wasn't as much of the comic book genre yet, although films of this type were already on the rise with much less clichéd scripts and characters. Fortunately, the comic showed me that this character doesn't need to be condemned. Moreover, thanks to this, I developed a crush on Jennifer Garner. But Ben was faster...
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It’s been a long time that I have sympathized so much with the hero of a movie. I was incredibly jealous of Matt’s blindness - at least he doesn’t have to watch hogwash like this. On the other hand, I wouldn’t like to be gifted with his acute hearing, since I would probably have gone stark raving mad listening to the teen hit-parade soundtrack. That devil should be rotting in hell, with Johnson rotting with him. And they could take Jennifer Garner too, in fact the whole cast for good measure. Maybe only Farrell deserves to be left behind on the earth’s surface. In any case, this is a criminal failure at depicting one of the few engaging superheroes who, when approached seriously, darkly and in psychological noir style (hi there, Bendis), he doesn’t even need his action superhero alter ego.
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For the first half I enjoyed how briskly and insightfully it was filmed. But then I got bored with it and even the great Farrell couldn't save it. The fight scenes have pizzazz, Daredevil's perception was well presented, but the rest wasn't worth much. It needed more action and less posing and pathos. Bullseye had very little space and Affleck doesn’t fit in the role of a super-hero, although he wasn’t that bad.
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