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Now here is a super hero for the handicapped, Daredevil comics. The only problem is that it does not come in braille. Daredevil made his primary aspect in 1964 developed by Stan Lee. The daredevil slogan is that he is the man without fear. This is understandable since he comes from Hell’s Kitchen in New York City and now he is blind walking a lot of of the meanest streets in our nation.

Most of us recognise his origin, for those that don’t then read on. Matt Murdock lost his sight from radioactive material that fell on him from a passing vehicle. Like most humans that lose one sense, Matt’s other senses became heightened. The divergence is that Matt’s became super heightened. The story would have ended there except his father was murdered by gangsters. The gangsters ran the boxing rings were Matt’s father was a contender. When he refused to take a fall for the duration of a fight, they made him take the permanent fall to death. Matt became the Daredevil to revenge his father.

During the Daredevils career he had galore affiliations and has moved around the country. In the 1970′s he had a girlfriend named the Black Widow. Together they fought crimes in San Francisco. This did not last long and soon Matt was back in Hell’s Kitchen New York right where he started from.

In the 1990′s while still going strong his identity was revealed and like all super hero’s this was the death of him. After faking his own death, the writers of Daredevil took him back closer to what the Daredevil was when he was just starting out in his career as a crime fighter. To this day the Daredevil comics are popular and still syndication strong. One of the reasons the movie was so frequent was the popularity of this handicapped super hero.

Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 09/30/2008 Run time: 124 minutes Rating: Pg13

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172 of 177 people found the following review helpful.
Improved version of “Daredevil”
By WTDK
A marked improvement over the previous version of the film, “Daredevil” (Director’s Cut) allows director and co-writer Mark Steven Johnson to adjust his film to the darker aspects he originally wanted to portray on screen. I won’t be reviewing the previous edition in this review at all (since amazon.com inadvertently combines all editions into one pool this may end up under the previous theatrical DVD release), but will focus on what makes the “Director’s Cut” unique and worth picking up for fans of the movie and the comic book.

41 of 43 people found the following review helpful.
I Kinda Liked the Original Version, but I Love This One!
By Monkdude
This Director’s Cut improves on the original in almost every way. The plot holes are filled in, the fight scenes are more violent, and the romance is trimmed down a bit. And believe it or not, former rapper Coolio was actually quite funny, especially in the court scene when he mentions he uses only shotguns (you’ll know what I mean when you see it). If this was the version released in theaters I think most people would have this one at the top of the Superhero film lists right beside Batman, X-Men 2, and Spider-Man 2. This version is worth buying and I will never watch the theatrical cut again.

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful.
Big improvement over theatrical release
By Raymond A. Wonsowski
Don’t get me wrong, I like the theatrical version of this movie. But, as a lifelong fan of Daredevil in the comic books, the Director’s cut is not just more faithful to the source material, it’s also a more cohesive film.

The added storyline with Coolio puts more focus on Matt (Ben Affleck) as a man, and how precariously he balances his life as a lawyer and as a vigilante. The toning down of the Matt/Elektra romance makes the the love affair all the more tragic. Jennifer Garner comes off much more believable as Elektra this time around because the love is unfulfilled. The subplot with Fisk’s lawyer lends more depth to how insulated Wilson Fisk (Michael Clarke Duncan) really is, and some added footage, really lends to the Kingpin’s cruel and violent nature. The fight sequences have a much better flow now, Ben Urich (Joe Pantoliano) is more fleshed out as a character, and Foggy (Jon Favreau) Nelson’s sense of humour is given more room.

All in all, this is a more satisfying version of the movie. If you felt let down by Daredevil with the old version, give the Director’s Cut a try. As both a movie fan and a Daredevil fanatic, I am more than pleased by this release.

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