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In recent years, various comics have been adapted to the silver screen such as Batman in Batman Begins, Superman in Superman Returns, and back in 2003 the highly anticipated Daredevil had his very own movie. Many of these filmmakers are always hoping to ride on the success of the comics themselves, however, many of these films have been pretty bad, except for an exceptional few of course. Unfortunately, Daredevil (2003) doesn't fall into this category of the "exceptional few".

For those who don't know (and I wouldn't be surprised if many don't), Daredevil is a blind superhero whose remaining 4 senses are super enhanced. So much so that he can practically "see" by listening to how the sound waves rebound off objects. First introduced with his own comic series of his own back in 1964, up till today Daredevil has gained a relatively small (as compared to more popular franchises such as the X-Men or Spiderman) but loyal fanbase. Up till this day, fans of the series undoubtedly enjoy the new comics featuring the blind superhero. Alas, I doubt they could say the same for the movie.

It features Ben Affleck as the Daredevil himself and Jennifer Garner as his love interest Elektra Natchios with the Kingpin and Bullseye as the main evil-doers (or rather the only ones featured in the film). Almost the entire first half of the movie is devoted to pretty unimportant backstory most of the time. It's not until halfway through after Elektra mistakes Matt Murdock (Daredevil's secret identity) for killing her father, that she defeats him by stabbing his shoulder with a sai when he's reluctant to fight back. When she realises who the Daredevil is underneath his mask, she starts to regret her actions when Bullseye attacks her, ultimately stabbing her in the stomach with a sai. Daredevil then miraculously gets up and throws Bullseye out of a window before going to the Kingpin and defeating him by kicking him in the knees. After that the story ends.

My brief summary of the movie might sound boring, but that's because the movie itself is boring. Sure, you see all the usual fight scenes that all of us have grown accustomed to in any action movie and they're all pretty great. The acting skills of all the actors are up to par as well. Other than that, I wish there was something else that I could praise the movie for. The storyline is pretty boring honestly, and there's nothing in this movie that sets it apart from other mediocre movies out there. Just some dialogue, then a fight scene, then a funeral scene with absolutely nothing going on for minutes, then another fight scene, then a completely predictable ending. That pretty much sums up Daredevil.

All in all, if you're a Daredevil fan, I'm quite sure you'll enjoy this movie regardless of how bad it is (though some of you might be insulted that they could have made such a bad movie out of such a promising character). Even for non-fans of the comic (including myself), the concept of a blind superhero who can fight just as well as one who can see due to his enhanced senses is pretty interesting and exciting as well. Yet, the filmmakers could have done so much more, it's just sad that they let a great character look like any other superhero out there in Daredevil (2003).

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