Daredevil: Review By Summit10

It's more of a retro, rewind mode culmination of the film where its story begins as a narrated flashback of what is yet to come...

Director Michael Steven Johnson is said to have an understanding on comic book characters, he even made the Screenplay and I found it less of an interest, mediocre to be the least. Daredevil was not a bad film but it's how you made the story happen that counts, it's not always the special effects, the actors and actresses who play in it but what you can derive and aspire for the film to have a lasting impression to the audiences and fans that pays the bill.

Also, he wrote films for Marvel like Elektra a spin-off from this movie and Ghost Rider which in my opinion were horrible! The story was lazy, patched up from the comic books and were only given justification from character's standpoint.

Starring Ben Affleck (The Town, Armageddon, Pearl Harbor) plays Michael Matthew Murdock a lawyer by day and a red skinned masked vigilante at night. He grew up in a tough neighbourhood, bullied and withdrawn he focused his love for his father Jack Murdock, a washed up boxer who only meant greater things for his only son.

After a terrible accident, young Matt became blind and is starting to experience abilities and skills that no ordinary boy will ever have. After a solemn promise was made for both father and son, Jack was given to fight another chance least he knew that all of his previous winnings were fixed and now it was his turn...

Matt found his father's lifeless body in a dank alleyway and a rose to signify his demise and his absolution for justice. Years passed and soon he became a Lawyer with his very close friend Freddy Foggy Nelson. This is where his adventures begin. Hunting down criminals and serving justice his own way has been his road for salvation making more detrimental to his psyche and physical condition and he would not have it any other way.

Enter Jennifer Gardner (Alias, Juno) as Elektra Natchios who falls in love with a bind man and meeting her so called death in the hands of the assassin hired by the Kingpin of Crime.

Supporting actors like Michael Clarke Duncan (Green Mile, Planet of the Apes) is the notorious crime leader while leaving trails of blood for his victims to swallow he takes pride in his favourite killer Bullseye played by Colin Farell (Miami Vice, S.W.A.T) who I believe needs a blockbuster film since most of his films are not making any money.

The story had its moments and I did find it intriguing how does the dynamic work between a Catholic Lawyer who punishes those who escapes justice first hand? It is so ironic and unpredictable that it turns out so streamlined despite its Matt's contradicting philosophies. To add, he even has so many women in his life which was not covered but the thing is, the truth is only goes down to one thing showmanship!

Music is definitely ear candy from Evanescence, The Calling, BoySetsFire to name a few! Full of energy and synchronizes the films moving story. It makes movies more vibrant, more instilled with passion and it hits dead spot on especially with stories like this gritty, melancholic, filled with despair and angst!

I loved its comic books especially the Born Again storyline of Frank Miller but the movie should have been better! To end, I still give the cast credit and stunts, the wirework but the Director should really have his head in these films and its adapted screenplay because all of which was done so far are falling apart and needs to be brought to life!