Daredevil [Blu-ray]

Director: Mark Steven Johnson Mark Steven Johnson

Overview

One of Marvel Comics' most popular characters comes to the screen for the first time in this sci-fi action-thriller. Matthew Murdock (Ben Affleck) is a lawyer whose father, a prizefighter, was killed by gangsters when Murdock was just a boy. Since then, Murdock has devoted his life to bringing wrongdoers to justice and is willing to help others by taking on cases no other attorney will touch. Murdock is also blind, after being struck down by a truck while trying to save a man from being hit. What no one knows is that Murdock was also doused with an unusual radioactive isotope which had a strange effect on him -- while Murdock's sight may be gone, his other senses have been raised to such a keen pitch that they act like radar, allowing him to tell where he's going and what happens around him, both near and far away. Murdock puts his gifts to use at night as the costumed crime-fighter Daredevil, whose pursuit of justice has earned him the wrath of underworld leader Kingpin (Michael Clarke Duncan). Kingpin wants Daredevil out of his way once and for all, and hires Bullseye (Colin Farrell), a super-assassin with an uncanny ability to throw blades, to do the job. Daredevil also makes the acquaintance of Elektra Natchios (Jennifer Garner), a woman with super-heroic talents who is also on Kingpin's bad side, though it remains to be seen if she has aligned herself with the forces of good as Daredevil has done. Jon Favreau, Joe Pantoliano, and David Keith highlight Daredevil's supporting cast.

Product Details

Release Date:	09/30/2008
UPC:	0024543550006
Original Release:	2003
Rating:	R
Source:	BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, DTS 5.1-Channel Surround Sound]
Language:	English
Time:	2:04:00
Sales rank:	16,121

Special Features

Closed Caption; Audio commentary by writer/director Mark Steven Johnson and producer Avi Arad; Enhancing viewing mode: Takes you behind the scenes as you watch the film; Beyond Hell's Kitchen: Making Daredevil documentary; Men Without Fear: Creating Daredevil documentary; Daredevil: HBO First Look TV special; Jennifer Garner screen tests; Featured Villain: Kingpin featurette; Moving Through Space: A Day With Tom Sullivan featurette; Giving the Devil His Due featurette; 3 music videos; 5 photo galleries

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Ben Affleck	Matt Murdock
Jennifer Garner	Elektra Natchios
Colin Farrell	Bullseye
Michael Clarke Duncan	The Kingpin,Wilson Fisk / le Caïd
Jon Favreau	Franklin "Foggy" Nelson,Actor
Scott Terra	m¿ody Matt
Ellen Pompeo	Karen Page
Joe Pantoliano	Urich
Leland Orser	Wesley
Lennie Lofton	Manolis
Erick Avari	Natchios
Derrick O'Connor	Father Everett
Paul Ben-Victor	Quesada
David Keith	Jack Murdock
Joe J. Garcia	Meat Packer
John Rothman	Quesada Attorney
Jim FitzGerald	Ring Announcer
Casey McCarthy	Angela Sutton
Louis Bernstein	Judge No. 1
Josie DiVincenzo	Josie
Jorge Noa	NY Cop No. 1
Levett M. Washington	Kid No. 1
Albert Gutierrez	Kid No. 2,Kid #2
Lakeith S. Evans	Kid No. 3
Stefanos Miltsakakis	Stavros
Pat Crawford Brown	Sweet Old Lady
Carrie Geiben	Flight Attendant
Luke Strode	Little Boy
Bruce Mibach	Rookie Cop
David Doty	Drunken Englishman
Ron Mathews	Sharpshooter
Kevin Smith	Forensic Assistant Kirby,Swat Leader
Daniel B. Wing	Quesada's Friend
Jeff Padilla	Quesada's Friend No. 2
Dan Brinkle	Referee
Jackie Reiss	Boxing Referee No. 2,Boxing Referee #2
Stan Lee	Old Man at Crossing
Sonya Didenko	Quesada's Friend No. 3
Christopher Prescott	Policeman
Ari Randall	Waitress
John S. Bakas	Greek Priest
Greg Collins	Fisk Bodyguard
Robert Iler	Bully No. 1
Chad Christopher Tucker	Bully No. 2
Jamie Mahoney	Bully No. 3
Jorn H. Winther	Stavros' Friend
Frank Miller	Actor
Graeme Revell	Composer
Frankie J. Allison	Abusive Father
Jude Ciccolella	McKenzie
Kane Hodder	Actor
Les Zoeller	Conductor
Chic Daniel	Conductor
Lennie Loftin	Nick Manolis

Technical Credits

Mark Steven Johnson

Stan Lee

Brian Helgeland

Mark Steven Johnson	Director,Screenwriter,Director
Stan Lee	Executive Producer,Screenwriter
Gary Foster	Producer
Arnon Milchan	Producer
Avi Arad	Producer
Kathleen Courtney	Producer
Eyde Belasco	Casting
Mike Edmonson	Special Effects
Jeff Imada	Stunts
Donna Isaacson	Casting
John McLeod	Special Effects
Jennifer Meislohn	Special Effects
Rich Thorne	Special Effects
Bernard Williams	Executive Producer,Producer
Becki Cross Trujillo	Producer
Kevin Feige	Producer
Bill Carraro	Producer
Bruce Devan	Producer
Erik Akutagawa	Special Effects
Erik Aadahl	Sound Effects
Glenn Berkovitz	Sound Effects
Steve Boeddeker	Sound Effects,Sound/Sound Designer
James Bolt	Sound Effects
Ted Caplan	Sound Effects
Marc Banich	Special Effects
G.A. Aguilar	Stunts
Brian Helgeland	Screenwriter
Phyllis Weisband	Producer
Ben Apley	Producer
Professional Visioncare Associates	Special Effects
Keith Bryant	Producer
Bernie Williams	Executive Producer
James Halty	Stunts
Pete Antico	Stunts
Dr. Morton Greenspoon	Special Effects
Dr. Richard Silver	Special Effects
Dr. Stacey Sumner	Special Effects
Peter Devlin	Sound Mixer
Paul Massey	Sound Mixer
Doug Hemphill	Sound Mixer

Editorial Reviews

In the contradictory comic-book-movie tradition of Tim Burton’s Batman, director Mark Steven Johnson's Daredevil is decidedly dark and dominated by a tragic, vengeful hero, effectively replicating the odd insouciance of its four-color inspiration. Daredevil, like Batman, is a relentless crime fighter who preys on evildoers to avenge the murder of his father. But that’s where the similarity ends, because Daredevil -- lawyer Matt Murdock by day -- is blind. Fortunately, a childhood accident has attuned his other four senses to an incredible degree, and he can "see" adversaries by the way sound waves register in his brain. Matt finds an unlikely comrade-in-arms in the exotic Elektra (played with leathery verve by Jennifer Garner), who’s also looking for revenge. Their common enemy is a veteran crime lord known as the Kingpin (Michael Clarke Duncan), who orders his psychopathic henchman, Bullseye (Colin Farrell), to remove these threats to his dominance of the underworld. Ben Affleck is appropriately stoic as the tormented Murdock and looks great in the form-fitting red rubber suit that is Daredevil’s trademark. He’s also very effective in expansively choreographed fight sequences that rely more on good, old-fashioned stunt work than computer-generated imagery. Performancewise, though, Affleck is nearly upstaged by both Garner and Farrell, whose intriguing characters are sufficiently colorful to warrant movies of their own. Broadly faithful to its Marvel Comics namesake and lavishly mounted, Daredevil is dazzling, dynamic, and delightful.