Daredevil (2003) Movie Info
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Movie Name | Daredevil (2003) |
| Director | Mark Steven Johnson |
| Screenplay Writer | Mark Steven Johnson |
| Based on Novel by | — (Based on Marvel Comics character Daredevil) |
| Lead Actor | Ben Affleck |
| Cast | Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Colin Farrell, Michael Clarke Duncan, Jon Favreau |
| Genre | Action, Crime, Superhero |
| Release Date | February 14, 2003 (USA) |
| Duration | 1h 43m (103 minutes) |
| Budget | ~$78 million |
| Language | English |
| Country | United States |
| Box Office (Worldwide) | ~$179 million |
Daredevil (2003) Ratings
| Platform | Rating |
|---|---|
| IMDb | ⭐ 5.3 / 10 |
| Rotten Tomatoes (Critics) | 🍅 44% Tomatometer |
| Rotten Tomatoes (Audience) | 🍿 35% Popcornmeter |
| Metacritic | 🎬 42 / 100 |
| Letterboxd | ⭐ 2.5 / 5 |
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Summary
Ben Affleck and a director who seems to think the audience is composed of 9 year old fanboys insult the material and the viewer with this abortion of a superhero movie.
Review
When I said I was going to take on Daredevil for this section of the site, Matthew Levi started foaming at the mouth, decrying this film as “stupid” and “awful,” and I can’t disagree with him one bit. See, I’m a massive fan of Daredevil when the character is done right, which is rarely. What made this movie especially insulting for me was the fact that they pillaged Frank Miller’s two and a half year epic run (one of those few times that everything was nailed together perfectly) on the comic and managed to feel that they were doing a good job by compressing it into a 100 minute mess. You can see that sort of arrogance dripping from each frame Daredevil wants to be taken seriously, but I simply can’t give it an iota of respect it’s just plain silly.
The first few minutes of the movie boded well it’s a straight up adaptation of the original origin, where a young Matt Murdock gets radioactive goo splattered in his face and finds out that, while he’s blind now, his other senses are amped up. This means that, while he may not be able to see you when you tell him a bald-faced lie, he can detect your heartbeat. His boxer father’s death at the hands of fight-fixers inspires Murdock to become a lawyer to prevent further injustices by day and Daredevil by night to beat up those who contributed to his defining tragedy.
This group of folks includes Michael Clarke Duncan’s Kingpin, who hires the assassin Elektra (Jennifer Garner, with the world’s worst Greek accent) to off Matt. She decides that making out with him is more fun so they’re all cuddly and stuff until the Kingpin decides to make sure that Daredevil gets shut down thanks to Bullseye, played by Colin Farrell, who is the only bright spot in this lifeless, by the numbers movie that can’t decide what it wants to be. Yes, Daredevil is a superhero thanks to his senses, but he’s still just a man the scenes showing his leaping over tall buildings and dropping several stories while he fights with the assassin Bullseye are some of the worst examples of post-Matrix combat out there. There is nothing at all remotely engaging for the viewer I’ve seen commercials that made me care more, and they don’t feature one of my favorite superheroes.
If you like the idea of watching a TV movie with a huge budget, here’s your flick. Otherwise, just go pick up The Princess Diaries for more entertainment value.
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