(Rated PG-13, 96 mins.)
Bored attorney by day, vigilante by night, Daredevil Matt Murdoch (Ben Affleck) stars in the next Marvel Comic Strip to sweep the nation post “Spiderman.” The problem with this superhero is he’s blind, thus relying on his other remaining senses to help him avenge justice against the likes of reputed mob boss Kingpin (Michael Clark Duncan) and Bullseye (Collin Farrell) a nut-job assassin. As always there is the lethal love interest, Electra (TV’s “Alias” star, Jennifer Garner) to distract him. Like “Spiderman” this character has his powers from a radioactive accident that allow him to cruise the city skyscrapers. While this movie is right-on with its action scenes, unlike “Spiderman” it’s almost campy B-movie appeal with bad dialog and not much story. Darker like “Batman” rather than kid-friendly “Spiderman,” the movie’s stars are Farrell and Duncan who make Affleck seem more the secondary character to the villains. And Garner, does for this role what Angelina Jolie did in “Tomb Raider.”
Bored attorney by day, vigilante by night, Daredevil Matt Murdoch (Ben Affleck) stars in the next Marvel Comic Strip to sweep the nation post “Spiderman.” The problem with this superhero is he’s blind, thus relying on his other remaining senses to help him avenge justice against the likes of reputed mob boss Kingpin (Michael Clark Duncan) and Bullseye (Collin Farrell) a nut-job assassin. As always there is the lethal love interest, Electra (TV’s “Alias” star, Jennifer Garner) to distract him. Like “Spiderman” this character has his powers from a radioactive accident that allow him to cruise the city skyscrapers. While this movie is right-on with its action scenes, unlike “Spiderman” it’s almost campy B-movie appeal with bad dialog and not much story. Darker like “Batman” rather than kid-friendly “Spiderman,” the movie’s stars are Farrell and Duncan who make Affleck seem more the secondary character to the villains. And Garner, does for this role what Angelina Jolie did in “Tomb Raider.”