He dwells in a world of eternal night, but the blackness is filled with sounds and scents, tastes and textures that most cannot perceive. Although attorney Matt Murdock is blind, his other four senses function with superhuman sharpness. By day, Murdock represents the downtrodden. At night he is Daredevil, a masked vigilante stalking the dark streets of the city, a relentless avenger of justice.
Better than I thought it would be based on the rep it has. The only really bad moment is the playground fight when Matt meets Elektra - Laughable stuff. It seems that many superhero movies go into too much detail about the origin of well-known superheroes, but here I don't think we learn enough about the genesis of Daredevil's abilities. The other main issue is the thin story. Scenes including a whole subplot were removed to reduce the running time and I don't think that helped the film. Despite Stan Lee apparently disliking the film, because he felt the film was "too tragic", the darker tone it has compared to most Marvel films works. There is some decent action and at only 80 minutes it doesn't overstay its welcome.
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