Daredevil

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Daredevil

PG-13

2003

1h 44m

Action

Fantasy

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Attorney Matt Murdock (Ben Affleck) is blind, but his other four senses function with superhuman sharpness. By day, Murdock represents the downtrodden. At night, he is Daredevil, a masked vigilante, a relentless avenger of justice. When Wilson Fisk (Michael Clarke Duncan) hires Bullseye (Colin Farrell) to kill Daredevil, Murdock must rely on his own senses and search out the conspirators against justice -- which may include his own girlfriend, Elektra (Jennifer Garner).

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Critics Consensus

While Ben Affleck fits the role and the story is sporadically interesting, Daredevil is ultimately a dull, brooding origin story that fails to bring anything new to the genre.

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Namrata Joshi

Outlook

Daredevil has a brooding dark and dank air about it, much like Batman. That's about the only element that lends the movie any character.

Rated: 1/4

Jan 4, 2019

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Alexander Walker

London Evening Standard

From start to finish, the film is death-ridden and employs overamplified sound to pump up its many pornographic images.

Dec 14, 2017

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Joe Morgenstern

Wall Street Journal

It isn't a great film, or even a greatly original one. Still, it has many grace notes, and interesting oddities.

Jul 14, 2015

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

Worst of all is the finale, which features a protracted duel with villain Bullseye, utilizing copious amounts of bad CG that cheapens the choreography and any potential for a satisfying demise.

Rated: 3/10

Sep 25, 2025

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Sean Axmaker

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... a strange, sometimes maddening movie. It’s shot with a hyperactive camera that jitters like the Flash on a dozen cups of espresso and written as if the actors were speaking the archly pulp dialogue balloons of a real comic book ...

Aug 9, 2024

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Justin Brown

Medium Popcorn

This was brutal to get through...I was in an utter state of confusion during the entire film.

Rated: 1/5

Jul 24, 2023

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Hayden H

me and my dad watch the director cut on Blu-Ray not as bad as people say

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

11/02/25

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Bill V

Too much time being back story and not enough focusing on the character. The first fight with Elektra was funny but the actors really didn't look like they were putting much into it. Cinematography was generally too dark (and yes, I get they were playing into the visual aspect, but it still has to stand as a film that the audience can watch and enjoy), but able to be followed, just. Not a total waste of two hours, but hardly a film I'll ever watch again.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

10/21/25

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Leaburn O

Better than pretty much every marvel film since they turned the franchise into a lame teen jokes theme. Ok so it’s still not great, has the thinnest of plots and little to get excited about. At least it has a reasonable origin story and the fight scenes aren’t too long to labour through. In fact the relatively short runtime for a superhero film is a true blessing. Could have been a lot worse. Watched it on DVD.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

10/04/25

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David b

Ben Affleck Is single handed the worst superhero actor ever he completed ruined the character of dare devil

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/27/25

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matt m

i like the gadgets that he has cuz charlie cox version doesn’t have those that i would associate with the character and the double d logo was nice to see but it was a bad movie the show is MUCH better

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

08/19/25

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Renaldo D

Too boring. But once a movie of the character Hellboy that doesn't work.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

07/25/25

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Synopsis

Attorney Matt Murdock (Ben Affleck) is blind, but his other four senses function with superhuman sharpness. By day, Murdock represents the downtrodden. At night, he is Daredevil, a masked vigilante, a relentless avenger of justice. When Wilson Fisk (Michael Clarke Duncan) hires Bullseye (Colin Farrell) to kill Daredevil, Murdock must rely on his own senses and search out the conspirators against justice -- which may include his own girlfriend, Elektra (Jennifer Garner).

Director: Mark Steven Johnson
Producer: Arnon Milchan, Gary Foster, Avi Arad
Screenwriter: Mark Steven Johnson, Brian Helgeland
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: New Regency Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Regency Enterprises, Marvel Enterprises, Horseshoe Bay Productions
Rating: PG-13 (Some Sensuality|Action/Violence)
Genre: Action, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 14, 2003, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $102.5M
Runtime: 1h 44m
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, DTS-ES, Dolby A, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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