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Year of first release: 2003 | |
Director: Mark Steven Johnson (Ghost Rider) | |
Actors: Ben Affleck (Paycheck), Jennifer Garner (Dude Where is my Car, Pearl Harbor, Elektra), Colin Farrell (Kill the Boss), Michael Clarke Duncan (The Green Mile), Jon Favreau (Iron Man 1-3), Joe Pantoliano (The Matrix) | |
Country: USA | |
Genre: Action | |
Conditions of visioning: 19.05.2015, HD VOD, Home cinema | |
Synopsis: After getting blind when he was kid but compensating with special powers, Matt Murdock (Affleck) fights crimes at night and practices law during the day. | |
Review: This adaptation of the Marvel comics is widely considered as bad, but I remembered little of it and wanted to see what was done ten year ago now that I have seen the first season of the Netflix TV-series Daredevil. There are indeed only a few good things in this movie, like some aerial views of the city and other scenes that actually look like Sin City, and the dynamic choreography of some fight scenes that resembles a bit the ones in the series. I could recognize some thematics that were also tackled in the TV-series, which allows me to better pin-point the spirit of the original comic book without even reading it: the religious side thanks to the priest character, the side-kick aspect of Foggy, Daredevil getting often beaten down like his father was, Matt Murdock's obsession of defending only innocents, and his internal struggle to remain a "good guy". Apart from that, it was interesting to see another vision of the characters I have learned to know in the TV-series but none of them is nearly as good as good as their counterpart from the TV-series. The love relationship with Elektra is out of place and the character of Wesley is weak and useless. I also didn't like the unrealistic stunts (Daredevil jumping incredible lengths, or from the top of a building SpiderMan-style) that strays away from the identification between the audience and the character. Another annoying aspect: Daredevil is killing people while a strong argument in the series is that he doesn't do that. Finally, the worst may be the music that is most of the time inappropriate. On the positive side I laughed at the cameos by Daredevil creator Stan Lee and super-geek Kevin Smith, and loved the inspired acting of Colin Farrell (the only valuable in this movie) reminding me of his crazy role in Horrible Bosses. |
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Rating: 3 /10
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Wednesday, May 20, 2015
Daredevil (2003)
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