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Daredevil

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Daredevil (2003)

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Reviews Counted:204

Fresh:90

Rotten:114

Average Rating:5.2/10

Consensus: Passable entertainment even if it is a little derivative.

Runtime: 2 hrs 14 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: The latest Marvel Comics superhero to hit the big screen is Daredevil (Ben Affleck), a man blinded by a radioactive chemical accident as a young boy but left with superhuman senses and agile... The latest Marvel Comics superhero to hit the big screen is Daredevil (Ben Affleck), a man blinded by a radioactive chemical accident as a young boy but left with superhuman senses and agile acrobatic ability. Like his Marvel compatriot Spider-Man, Daredevil attempts to lead a normal life by day as Matt Murdock, a Hell's Kitchen defense attorney. By night Matt becomes Daredevil, a brooding superhero fighting for justice in the dark and squalid New York streets overrun with vermin and criminal injustice. Wearing a red leather suit and mask, Daredevil leaps from high skyscrapers and tracks his enemies with his radar-like vision, punishing those who are guilty but who he cannot tackle in the courtroom. At the center of the city's villainous underbelly is Daredevil's nemesis Kingpin (Michael Clarke Duncan), and his psychotic, knife-wielding deputy-assassin Bullseye (Colin Farrell). Daredevil fights their powerful forces alone, until he meets Elektra Natchios (Jennifer Garner of ALIAS fame), a skilled martial artist and sexy superheroine who is after Bullseye and Kingpin for murdering her father. Sparks fly as the two heroes take on the underlords of crime together in this action-packed adventure fantasy that will surely delight fans of SPIDER-MAN, X-MEN, or BATMAN. [More]

Starring: Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Colin Farrell, Michael Clarke Duncan

Starring: Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Colin Farrell, Michael Clarke Duncan, Jon Favreau, Paul Ben-Victor, Scott Terra, Ellen Pompeo, Joe Pantoliano, Leland Orser, Lennie Loftin, Erick Avari, Derrick O'Connor

Director: Mark Steven Johnson

Director: Mark Steven Johnson
Screenwriter: Mark Steven Johnson
Producer: Arnon Milchan, Gary Foster, Avi Arad
Composer: Graeme Revell
Studio: 20th Century Fox

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There are enough strong moments to guarantee a good night out.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
12/30/06
Kim Newman
Kim Newman
Empire Magazine
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Convincing in the physical demands of the role, Affleck persuades us of the pain of sightlessness and supersensitive hearing, although writer/director Johnson's scrappy construction fails him and everyone else as the showdown approaches.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
01/26/06
Trevor Johnston
Trevor Johnston
Time Out
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Unconvincing touches aside, it's exhilarating stuff showing the kind of darkness Tim Burton once shed on the Batman legend.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
03/25/03
Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]
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'What kind of superhero can be rendered helpless by a loud noise?'

Full Review Source: Teletext | comment Comment
02/27/03
Paul Arendt
Paul Arendt
Teletext

For all its clichés, it has a cracking third act, helped by doses of 15-rated violence.

Full Review Source: FilmFour.com | comment Comment
02/18/03
Matthew De Abaitua
Matthew De Abaitua
FilmFour.com

A crushing disappointment.

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
02/15/03
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

Surprisingly good.

Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | comment Comment
02/13/03
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

Spectacular set-piece shunts spectacular set-piece, without a strong narrative arc to hook the viewer.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
02/10/03
Nev Pierce
Nev Pierce
BBC
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N/R

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Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
04/29/09
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed

It may not have the heart of Superman, the charm of Spider-Man or the thrills of X-Men, but Daredevil is an engaging B movie in the tradition of good Saturday afternoon entertainment.

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
10/18/08
Urban Cinefile Critics
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Urban Cinefile

Affleck's lanky, offhand softness hardly suits the superheroic archetype...[but] The R-rated Director's Cut...deserves an extra half-star. [Blu-ray]

Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews | comment Comment
09/21/08
Peter Canavese
Peter Canavese
Groucho Reviews

No review available.

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08/07/08
Mark Halverson
Mark Halverson
Sacramento News & Review

I enjoyed Daredevil while it lasted, but ... very little of it has stayed with me.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
07/29/07
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

A disappointment at nearly every turn.

Full Review Source: Big Picture Big Sound | comment Comment
07/14/07
Joe Lozito
Joe Lozito
Big Picture Big Sound

[A] dull actioner.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
04/18/07
J. R. Jones
J. R. Jones
Chicago Reader

It's not bad so much as it is disposable and forgettable.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
05/26/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

The shame of this mess of a movie is that it could have been quite good.

Full Review Source: Three Movie Buffs | comment Comment
09/30/05
Scott Nash
Scott Nash
Three Movie Buffs

A faithful translation of the character and one of his more memorable tales on the page; it satisfies as an adventure and as a more intimate story.

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01/15/05
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
Movie Poop Shoot

Du cinéma préfabriqué qui donne envie de revoir Hulk et X2.

Full Review Source: Panorama | comment Comment
12/16/04
Louis-Jérôme Cloutier
Louis-Jérôme Cloutier
Panorama

The relationship between Murdock and Elektra could have made for an interesting film.

Full Review Source: Looking Closer | comment Comment
12/06/04
Jeffrey Overstreet
Jeffrey Overstreet
Looking Closer
 
 
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