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Craig Younkin
Movie Review
Daredevil
By Craig Younkin Published February 15, 2003
US Release: February 14, 2003
Directed by: Mark Steven Johnson
Starring: Ben Affleck , Colin Farrell , Michael Clarke Duncan , Jon Favreau
PG-13
Running Time: 96 minutes
Domestic Box Office: $102,544,000
Directed by: Mark Steven Johnson
Starring: Ben Affleck , Colin Farrell , Michael Clarke Duncan , Jon Favreau
PG-13
Running Time: 96 minutes
Domestic Box Office: $102,544,000
D+
Really unfulfilling and also one of the worst superhero movies ever
Daredevil is the most recent Marvel comic superhero turned movie star.
This guy was blinded many years ago (in his youth) by some toxic waste, but luckily enough, his other senses increased in productivity. He begins to train his body as a boy, and when a local gangster kills his father he commits himself to fighting for justice.
By day, he is Matt Murdock (Ben Affleck), a lawyer who is only interested in defending clients who are innocent. By night, he is Daredevil, a guy in a red leather suit who looks kind of like the old Dominos pizza mascot; only he is a conflicted hero. A guy who believes he's doing right by ridding the world of its scum, but also a guy who is doing it through violence and evil himself. The rest of the movie deals with two villains; one called Kingpin (Michael Clarke Duncan), and the other, an assassin who would be a sure thing for NBA MVP called Bullseye (Colin Farrell). Neither one is that interesting nor evil, but through two very good performances we get two fun villains. The love interest here is the very sexy Elektra (Jennifer Garner), a woman who is also looking for revenge herself.
Despite the absence of anything that even resembles a plot, this movie's biggest problem is the lame, boring characters. This movie only scratches the surface of Stan Lee?s comic book characters. Murdock and Elektra's back-stories have dramatic possibilities, but their not given much chance to express the anger and sadness that would make them compelling heroes. Affleck also isn't the right choice for this movie. His good looks combined with blank expression don't make him seem like the right choice to join the ranks of the great superheroes. Murdock is much like Batman, only Affleck doesn't look like the reclusive, vengeance-addicted sort.
Other than the boring characters, there are also a lot of incomprehensible action sequences. Director Mark Steven Johnson wants us to understand how Daredevil makes it through a battle, but everything moves so fast and Johnson is throwing so much at the screen that it's almost impossible to make anything out. Not to mention that there are about four actions sequences in this movie and none of them come anything close to exciting. Then you also have those scenes where Johnson and apparently the studio had no confidence in their product. Somehow Daredevil manages to jump fifty feet in the air and jump from building to building with no trouble whatsoever. It looks like a blatant rip-off of Spiderman.
Daredevil is really unfulfilling and is also one of the worst superhero movies ever, positioned right before Batman and Robin. With any luck, this won't become a franchise.
This guy was blinded many years ago (in his youth) by some toxic waste, but luckily enough, his other senses increased in productivity. He begins to train his body as a boy, and when a local gangster kills his father he commits himself to fighting for justice.
By day, he is Matt Murdock (Ben Affleck), a lawyer who is only interested in defending clients who are innocent. By night, he is Daredevil, a guy in a red leather suit who looks kind of like the old Dominos pizza mascot; only he is a conflicted hero. A guy who believes he's doing right by ridding the world of its scum, but also a guy who is doing it through violence and evil himself. The rest of the movie deals with two villains; one called Kingpin (Michael Clarke Duncan), and the other, an assassin who would be a sure thing for NBA MVP called Bullseye (Colin Farrell). Neither one is that interesting nor evil, but through two very good performances we get two fun villains. The love interest here is the very sexy Elektra (Jennifer Garner), a woman who is also looking for revenge herself.
Despite the absence of anything that even resembles a plot, this movie's biggest problem is the lame, boring characters. This movie only scratches the surface of Stan Lee?s comic book characters. Murdock and Elektra's back-stories have dramatic possibilities, but their not given much chance to express the anger and sadness that would make them compelling heroes. Affleck also isn't the right choice for this movie. His good looks combined with blank expression don't make him seem like the right choice to join the ranks of the great superheroes. Murdock is much like Batman, only Affleck doesn't look like the reclusive, vengeance-addicted sort.
Other than the boring characters, there are also a lot of incomprehensible action sequences. Director Mark Steven Johnson wants us to understand how Daredevil makes it through a battle, but everything moves so fast and Johnson is throwing so much at the screen that it's almost impossible to make anything out. Not to mention that there are about four actions sequences in this movie and none of them come anything close to exciting. Then you also have those scenes where Johnson and apparently the studio had no confidence in their product. Somehow Daredevil manages to jump fifty feet in the air and jump from building to building with no trouble whatsoever. It looks like a blatant rip-off of Spiderman.
Daredevil is really unfulfilling and is also one of the worst superhero movies ever, positioned right before Batman and Robin. With any luck, this won't become a franchise.
Craig's Grade: D+
Craig's Overall Grading: 340 graded movies
| A | 10.9% | |
| B | 41.8% | |
| C | 31.8% | |
| D | 15.3% | |
| F | 0.3% |
