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Daredevil (2003)

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Reviews Counted:33

Fresh:8

Rotten:25

Average Rating:4.4/10

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

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for action/violence and some sensuality

Runtime: 2 hrs 14 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Theatrical Release:Feb 14, 2003 Wide

Box Office: $102,469,640

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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Apr 21, 2009

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DVD Features:

  • 2-Disc Set
  • Region 1
  • NTSC
  • Keep Case
  • Special Edition
  • Disc 1: DAREDEVIL (Feature with Bonus Material)
  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
  • Dolby Digital Surround - French
  • Dolby Digital Surround - Spanish
  • DTS 5.1 - English

Additional Release Material:

Alternate Subtitles:

  • 1. Text Commentary
  • Audio Commentary: Mark Steven Johnson - Director and Gary Foster - Producer
  • Alternate Audio Tracks: Visually Impaired Track

Interactive Features:

  • Interactive Menus
  • Scene Access
  • Multiple Angles: 6 Scenes
  • Enhanced Viewing Mode

DVD-ROM Features:

  • Weblinks
  • Disc 2: (Bonus Material)

Additional Release Material:

  • Bonus Footage: Screen Test - Jennifer Garner

Music Video:

  • 1. "Won't Back Down" by Fuel
  • 2. "For You" by The Calling
  • 3. "Bring Me to Life" by Evanescence

Documentary:

  • 1. BEYOND HELL'S KITCHEN: MAKING DAREDEVIL
  • 2. THE MEN WITHOUT FEAR: THE ART OF DAREDEVIL

Featurette:

  • 1. DAREDEVIL: HBO First Look Special
  • 2. DAREDEVIL #1: Virtual Comic Book
  • 3. SHADOW WORLD: An Indepth Look at "Daredevil's Sight"
  • 4. KINGPIN: From Comic Book to the Big Screen
  • 5. MODELING SHEET: Bios of Villains and Heroes

Interactive Features:

  • Interactive Menus

Text/Photo Galleries:

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[A] dull actioner.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
04/18/07
J. R. Jones
J. R. Jones
Chicago Reader
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The numerous fight scenes have been filmed in Confuse-o-Rama, a headache-inducing technique that mixes a dozen too many cuts per minute, projectile P.O.V., and intermittent glimpses of the hero's sonar sensorium.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
02/19/03
Ed Park
Ed Park
Village Voice
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A collection of false starts interrupted by an awful lot of angst-ridden contemplation, the picture serves up soul-searching gush with scant pulse-pounding rush.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
02/19/03
Michael Rechtshaffen
Michael Rechtshaffen
Hollywood Reporter
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Daredevil has electric energy, a wickedly dark sense of humor, some ingenious fight scenes and that high-powered cast.

Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper | comment Comment
02/18/03
Richard Roeper
Richard Roeper
Ebert & Roeper
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Perfectly satisfactory without being deeply satisfying.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
02/14/03
Michael O'Sullivan
Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Post
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Daredevil doesn't take a single dare.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
02/14/03
Stephen Hunter
Stephen Hunter
Washington Post
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A pretender in the realm of bona fide superheroes.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
02/14/03
Todd McCarthy
Todd McCarthy
Variety
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There'll be plenty of ragging to go around once audiences get a dose of the dullest live-action comic strip on record, one that lacks even an interesting villain.

Full Review Source: USA Today | comment Comment
02/14/03
Mike Clark
Mike Clark
USA Today
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Even in February, it feels like the worst movie of the year.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
02/14/03
Geoff Pevere
Geoff Pevere
Toronto Star
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With the appearance in movie theaters of Daredevil, we have now officially arrived at the bottom of the comic-book pile.

Full Review Source: San Jose Mercury News | comment Comment
02/14/03
Bruce Newman
Bruce Newman
San Jose Mercury News
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One of the biggest misfires in its genre since Godzilla.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
02/14/03
Mick LaSalle
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
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Daredevil isn't laugh-out -loud lousy, it's something worse: deeply, depressingly average.

Full Review Source: Rolling Stone | comment Comment
02/14/03
Peter Travers
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone
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After sundry Batmans and last summer's Spider-Man, the comic-book formula of childhood loss, filial revenge, and freakish physical prowess doesn't seem all that fresh anymore.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Inquirer | comment Comment
02/14/03
Steven Rea
Steven Rea
Philadelphia Inquirer
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The best Marvel movie to date.

Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment Comment
02/14/03
Bruce Westbrook
Bruce Westbrook
Houston Chronicle
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Completely devoid of subtlety or sense, the film is a series of bad scenes connected by empty characters, most of whom seem like leftovers from scripts abandoned long ago.

Full Review Source: Detroit News | comment Comment
02/14/03
Tom Long
Tom Long
Detroit News
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A well-crafted introductory course.

Full Review Source: Denver Post | comment Comment
02/14/03
Ricardo Baca
Ricardo Baca
Denver Post
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Too hollow and pedestrian to dramatize the conflict between its hero's vigilante streak and his moral straits imaginatively.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
02/14/03
Wesley Morris
Wesley Morris
Boston Globe
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Not woeful, not wonderful, merely watchable.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
02/14/03
Globe and Mail
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The flick misses the bull's-eye by such a length that nobody except hard-core fanboys and leather fetishists will be panting for the sequel promised at the end.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
02/14/03
Lou Lumenick
Lou Lumenick
New York Post
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A decent version of a comic book brought to the big screen with moments of gleaming intensity.

Full Review Source: Denver Rocky Mountain News | comment Comment
02/14/03
Robert Denerstein
Robert Denerstein
Denver Rocky Mountain News
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