DareDevil Description
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.
"...Mr. Farrell finally gets a chance to
uncork the charisma that magazines have been proclaiming....Here,
he makes a showpiece of a role with almost no dialogue..."
"...Affleck is a vision in maroon
leather....Jennifer Garner looks equally fetching in a stretchy
vinyl ensemble..."
"...An efficient and entertaining
adaptation of Marvel Comics' DAREDEVIL...Well crafted..."
"...The movie is, in short, your money's
worth, better than we expect, more fun than we deserve..."
Theatrical Release Date: February 14, 2003
"...This is a noirish, faithful conversion
that shares a spot-on comics sensibility with its superhero
stablemates..."
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