Daredevil

Daredevil 2003

• Director: Mark Steven Johnson
• Based on the book: no
• Cast: Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Colin Farrell, Michael Clarke Duncan, Jon Favreau, Scott Terra, Ellen Pompeo, Joe Pantoliano, Leland Orser
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Ben Affleck – Gone Girl, He’s Just Not that into You, Dogma, Shakespeare in Love, Good Will Hunting
• Jennifer Garner – Nine Lives, Juno, Catch Me If You Can
• Colin Farrell – Widows, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Winter’s Tale, Total Recall, Fright Night, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, In Bruges, Intermission
• Michael Clarke Duncan – The Island, The Green Mile, Bulworth
• Why? Given to us by the shop manager when we bought our very first DVD player many years ago.
• Seen: Once before. Now 31 July 2020      

       The first time we saw this we were pleasantly surprised. And Colin Farrell is in it so it can’t be all bad.

        Young Matt (Terra) is blinded in an accident thereafter developing superpowers with his other senses. Adult Matt (Affleck) becomes a lawyer but when he loses cases, he gets the bad guys by becoming Daredevil.

       There is too much church nonsense and too many fist fights but otherwise it’s somewhat… nice. It’s a run-of-the-mill superpower Marvel film but it’s rather… sweet.

       Oh yes, Colin Farrell is cool. Nasty, but cool.

3* of 5