With Marvel's Daredevil already receiving rave reviews on Netflix, it seems as if the Man Without Fear has finally found a place to call home.
Granted, it wasn't always that way: few attempts to bring Daredevil to the screen have succeeded in any capacity, with most flat-out hurting the character's reputation.
Many cite the 2003 film adaptation as one of the best examples of this trend, as the film is consistently regarded as one of the worst Marvel adaptations ever.
Though, to be honest, there have been plenty of moments throughout the years in which overly enthusiastic fans slam a piece of work because it didn't live up to their expectations.
That being said, not only is Daredevil a terrible Marvel movie, it's just a terrible movie in general.
At its core, the film is about lawyer-turned-superhero Matt Murdock. As a child, Murdock is involved in a chemical spill that blinds him — however, the rest of his senses are heightened. Murdock develops his overpowered sense of hearing into a form of bio-radar — with these newly-found powers and a walking cane that doubles as a weapon, Daredevil is born.
It's far from the worst origin story that Marvel has to offer, and it's easily the best part of the film. The young Matt Murdock (played by Scott Terra) isn't that great an actor, but the tragedy that befalls him and his father is enough to pull viewers in.
However, once the film's main story begins (roughly 35 minutes in), everything starts to fall apart. The main plot focuses on Murdock trying to bring the Kingpin of Crime (Michael Clarke Duncan) to justice for the murder of his father, but that's only one of several different storylines. There are subplots for just about every character, and, while the threads are connected to one another, everything is presented in the most confusing and arbitrarily backward way possible. What begins as a simple revenge plot turns into a needless complex mess, and simply put, it's not going to hold anyone's attention.
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