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Daredevil tells the story of Matt Murdock (Ben Affleck), a young lawyer who spent his youth getting kicked around by life in Hell's Kitchen, NYC. He's blinded at an early age in an industrial accident, but when he recovers, he discovers that his remaining senses are superhumanly acute. When his father, a boxer, is killed by gangsters for refusing to throw a fight, Matt Murdock vows to dedicate his life to fighting for what's right. To that end, he becomes a lawyer by day and a masked vigilante by night--Daredevil, the Man Without Fear.
Using as its source material a classic (well, to comics fans, at least) Frank Miller story line, the film manages to find room for Daredevil's origin, his love affair with Elektra (Jennifer Garner) and his first meetings with his two arch-nemeses, Bullseye (Colin Farrell) and Kingpin (Michael Clark Duncan). Colin Farrell has fun with the psychotic Irish assassin Bullseye, who can use nearly any object as a deadly projectile (and who, as he proudly states, never misses). Michael Clark Duncan adds stone-cold menace to the Kingpin of Crime, the criminal mastermind at the nexus of New York's underworld. Yet Daredevil tries to cram too much into its relatively short running time, and ultimately it's the relationship between Matt Murdock and Elektra that suffers--Garner does all she can with the character, but she could have benefited from a bit more screen time. And the action sequences--particularly the faster-paced, Matrix-style wire fights--only succeed in making Affleck and Farrell look a bit awkward (unlike Garner, neither are natural martial artists). Still, Daredevil is a film by comic-book fans, for comic-book fans, packed with cameos and in-jokes sure to appeal to the die-hards. If that's you, then there's much to love here. --Robert Burrow
Special Features
- Audio commentary from the Director and Producer of Daredevil
- Pop-up Trivia text commentary
- Behind the scenes footage branched into the film
- Multi angle scenes
- Beyond Hell’s Kitchen documentary
- The World of Daredevil: four featurettes
- HBO special
- Jennifer Garner screen test
- Easter Egg
- Music videos
- Trailers and Stills Gallery
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Much Maligned,
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This review is from: Daredevil [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)
There are a lot of haters of this movie out there, and that is something I've never understood.
This, despite what a lot of people say, is a great and faithful adaptation of the comic. The film looks and sounds fantastic on Bluray. If you own the movie it's well worth shelling out again as it has the director's cut of the movie and all the extras from both versions of the dvd. Loved the comic, loved the movie and I love the Bluray.
35 of 37 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I have seen this, honest!,
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This review is from: Daredevil (Director's Cut) [DVD] (DVD)
Didn't think this was coming to the UK so bought the US version of it and all I can say is why didn't this version of the film get released at the cinema?I used to be a massive fan of the Daredevil comic book and the theatrical release of Daredevil left me crying. It was terrible. But this version is so so much better. The story flows better, far more character development and inter-action between Matt and Foggy. There is also a good balance between the lawyer and the vigilante in this version as well. All in all a huge improvement. The theatrical release I would give 2 out of 5, this is definitely a 5 out of 5. Throw that first version in the bin and buy this instead, you'll be happy you did!
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
This IS the Director's Cut!,
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This review is from: Daredevil [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)
Just to let everyone know this is indeed the Director's Cut of Daredevil, and a nice release it is too.
Matt Murdoch is a morale driven lawyer in New York by day, but at night he transforms into a superhero, Daredevil, a man guided by sound alone, as he lost his sight during a toxic accident as a child. He's in love with Electra, but he has to make things right before he can make things work between them. With the difficult task of staying anonymous, he has to fight crime, and stay a sympathetic lawyer during the day. This is a fantastic director's cut of Daredevil, totalling 2hrs and 13mins in total. Yes, there are unecessary scenes in my opinion that don't really add much to the story, but the remastering, the sound and the atmosphere really does make this film worthwhile. Knowing blind people in my everyday life I bet they'd love to be Daredevil, and I think a bit of us all whether we've got partial sight or not, we really wish we had his sound perception. The Blu-Ray is fantastic, simply, and the picture is very good, with 30MB/s average. The 5.1 mix is actually terrifying at times because it's like it was happening in your living room. I also enjoyed the featurettes, and the commentaries with Mark Steven Johnson. There's also quite a lot of music video on this, 3 in total and a look at the music of Daredevil. Really this BD disk is packed to the very edge with goodies and I reckon you can easily spend 4 hours in total with the disk. Impressive on all counts, shame we didn't get audio description, especially as it's about a blind superhero!
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