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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 acrobatic ability. Like his Marvel compatriot Spider-Man, Daredevil attempts to lead a normal life by day as Matt Murdock, a Hell's Kitchen defence 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 whom he cannot tackle in the courtroom. At the centre 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 super heroine 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.
Daredevil Review
"Daredevil" is the latest Marvel Comics character to follow fellow superhero stablemates the X-Men and Spider-Man from the printed page to the silver screen, and stars Ben Affleck as Daredevil, the man without fear, aka blind lawyer Matt Murdock, whose other senses where raised to superhuman levels following the childhood accident that robbed him of his sight. Jennifer Garner (of TV's "Alias") co-stars as his troubled would be paramour & martial arts master Elektra, Michael Clarke Duncan is the larger than life Kingpin of crime, Colin Farrell hams it up magnificently as psychopathic super assassin Bullseye, while Jon Favreau steals every scene he is in as the film's comic relief, our hero's over keen lawyer partner.
The film was something of a labour of love for long time fan Mark Steven Johnson, who spent thousands of dollars of his own money on storyboards that helped convince the powers that be at Fox that he should be allowed to direct his own screenplay. It was a gamble that definitely paid off as Johnson has succeeded in recreating much of the comic's dark mood in a noir-ish tale more reminiscent of Tim Burton's 1989 "Batman" than the film's more recent predecessors. Surprisingly brutal and violent (hence the family unfriendly '15' certificate) this is a melodrama that is almost unrelentingly dark in tone. It is also refreshingly short at a mere 100 minutes, although that does mean that the film's almost non stop momentum doesn't allow much time for a great deal of character development, as we're never too far away from the next spectacular set piece. Still, it's a rare thing these days when the worse thing you can say about a movie is that it could benefit from being twenty minutes longer!
Special Features
Fantastic Four Comic Creator CDROM
Technical Information
Region 2
Running Time: 99 minutes
Production Year: 2003
Main Language: English
Classification: Action Adventure
Certificate: 15 Suitable for Persons Aged 15 or Over
Director Name: Mark Steven Johnson
Release Date: 21-11-2005
