Daredevil (2003)

Director:

Mark Steven Johnson

Writer (WGA):

Mark Steven Johnson (screenplay)

Release Date:

14 February 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Fantasy | Thriller

Tagline:

A Guardian Devil.

Plot:

A man blinded by toxic waste which also enhanced his remaining senses fights crime as an acrobatic martial arts superhero.

Plot Keywords:

Daredevil | New York City | Lawyer | Justice | Vigilante

Awards:

4 wins & 14 nominations

Cast

Ben Affleck	...	Matt Murdock / Daredevil
Jennifer Garner	...	Elektra Natchios
Colin Farrell	...	Bullseye
Michael Clarke Duncan	...	Wilson Fisk / The Kingpin
Jon Favreau	...	Franklin 'Foggy' Nelson
Scott Terra	...	Young Matt
Ellen Pompeo	...	Karen Page
Joe Pantoliano	...	Ben Urich
Leland Orser	...	Wesley Owen Welch
Lennie Loftin	...	Nick Manolis
Erick Avari	...	Nikolas Natchios
Derrick O'Connor	...	Father Everett
Paul Ben-Victor	...	Jose Quesada
David Keith	...	Jack Murdock
Frankie J. Allison	...	Abusive Father (as Frankie Jay Allison)

Also Known As:

Daredevil: A Daring New Vision (USA) (director's cut (DVD title))

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for action/violence and some sensuality.

Runtime:

103 min | USA:133 min (director's cut)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Greek | Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #39586) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Zurich) | Iceland:12 (video rating) | Iceland:14 (theatrical rating) | Netherlands:12 | India:UA | USA:R (director's cut) | Germany:16 (also director's cut) | Brazil:12 | USA:TV-14 (edited tv version) | Malaysia:U (2008 director's cut DVD release) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M (director's cut) | Canada:13+ (Québec) | Canada:14A | Finland:K-15 | France:-12 | Germany:12 (cut) | Hong Kong:IIB | Malaysia:(Banned) | Mexico:B | New Zealand:M | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Philippines:PG-13 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:NC-16 (director's cut) | Singapore:NC-16 | Singapore:PG (cut) | South Korea:15 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 | Greece:K-13

Filming Locations:

Biltmore Hotel - 506 S. Grand Avenue, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Marvel Enterprises

Trivia:

The woman on the answering machine is Claudine Farrell, Colin Farrell's sister. She was also in the pub scene when we first see Bullseye, and was Colin's assistant during the movie

Goofs:

Factual errors: When Elektra is firing a gun at Daredevil, after her father has been murdered, she empties a clip, and then continues to click the pistol. Since she is using a Glock pistol that has "safety action" that would not have been possible. Also when a clip is emptied the pistol is locked in a mode making it easier to reload.

Quotes:

Wesley Owen Welch: There's been a problem.
Kingpin: Bullseye failed.
Wesley Owen Welch: Correct.
Kingpin: Send the guards home.
Wesley Owen Welch: [confused] But, sir...
Kingpin: I was raised in the Bronx, Wesley. This is something *you* wouldn't understand.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Elektra (2005)

Soundtrack:

Right Before Your Eyes

The Director's Cut is GREAT!

I enjoyed the original version but the new director's cut version of this film is just fabulous. I really like fact that Matt/DD was more a tortured loner (no Priest confidant, no Elektra love scene). The fight sequences are much better and much more complete. Make no mistakes about it, the director's cut now makes Daredevil a great action flick that's the proper mixture of quality acting, deep emotion and dark violence. The plot is now much more coherent .... (for instance, now we know why the police came for the Kingpin at the end of the movie!) The Daredevil DC is a shining example of vigilante-style justice done right. It's also yet another comic book adaptation done properly.