Review of Daredevil (2003) by Mrmoviebuff — 24 Apr 2017

While 'Daredevil' is most certainly dark and daring (no pun intended), there does seem to be some form of miscalculation regarding to the movie's overall execution to its plot. Ben Affleck stars as respected lawyer Matt Murdock, who, as a child, lived with his wasted father who was a boxer, but one day, after seeing his father as a gang member, he runs into an accident involving bio-hazard oil splashing directly into his eyes causing him to lose his sight and go blind.

As he wakes up in his hospital bed, he notices that his four other senses have become heightened, and can visualize what is going on, as long as he concentrates on his four other senses allowing him to direct what he must do.

Matt, one night, hears that his father's in trouble, and it turns out that the murder of his father was done at the hands of the Kingpin (Michael Clarke Duncan), and Matt will never forget this night.

Time and time again, Matt tries to bring "justice" to the city, he fights crime at night as his "Daredevil" alter ego, nobody seems to know who this strange vigilante is, but he has gone on record for stopping some of the most vicious criminals in the city.

We are then introduced to "Bullseye" (Colin Farrell), who is recruited by the Kingpin to assassinate Nikolas Nacheos (Erick Avari), the father of Elektra Nacheos (Jennifer Garner), whom Matt falls in love with, and it turns out that they both share the same skills in fighting.

The movie does have its moments of pleasure, and some pretty neat action thrown here and there, but overall, some of the dialogue, some of the direction and just the overall execution of the story comes off a little ridiculous and unintentionally hilarious.

I liked the tone, and I liked the actors and what they brought to their performances, but overall, the movie could have been better... a lot better.