Told with some humour and all today's high-class special effects and mad-skills wire stunts, Daredevil walks along with a thin, predictable plot that enables the likes of Colin Farrell (playing villain Bullseye) to enjoy themselves. It gives the cinematographer and director an opportunity to paint the big screen with bold compositions and the contemporary muddy colours of American superheroes that have replaced the bright primary clarity of yesteryear.

The best of the superheroes are mythic, their stories are good versus evil, redemption, the struggle of the disenfranchised and the different to make some kind of place in the world. Daredevil the movie has the formula, but lacks the heart and soul. It is so broadly painted and so paced that there is no time or place for the audience to become engaged with the characters.

The best moments and the most interesting redemption in Daredevil is reserved for the newspaper reporter (Joe Pantoliano) -- a member of a group that desperately needs some good press. Sadly, this is not enough to make Daredevil anything more than a uni-dimensional and uninspiring way to pass a couple of hours.

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by Ali Kayn Due for Australian release 20 March 2003 For credits and official site details, see below Search Festivale for more work by the film-makers below. See also: Ben Affleck co-wrote and appears in Good Will Hunting; Jennifer Garner also appears in Catch and Release ; Joe Pantoliano also appears in The Matrix and Memento Search festivale for more superhero movies including Superman Returns ; Batman Begins ; Hellboy ; Aeon Flux ; Mystery Men

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Just the facts: Title: Daredevil (2003) Written by: Mark Steven Johnson Directed by: Mark Steven Johnson running time: 103 mins rating: M The Players: Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Colin Farrell, Michael Clarke Duncan, Joe Pantoliano Official website: IMDb entry For session times of current films, use the cinema listings on the Movie links page. For scheduled release dates, see the coming attractions section. For more information about this movie, check out the internet movie database. For the latest additions to Festivale, check out the change history section.