Marvel Comics released the first movie to bring its superhero Daredevil to the big screen, February 14, 2003. Daredevil starred Ben Affleck in the title role, with Jennifer Garner as Elektra, Colin Farrell (swoon!) as the supervillain Bullseye, and Michael Clark Duncan as Kingpin.
The movie opened to mixed reviews and didn't fare as well at the box office as some of the other MCU movies did. It did hold the #1 spot for two weeks before falling to #3 in the third week. Afterwards, Ben Affleck vowed that he would never appear in a superhero movie again, but went on to play Batman in several DC movies.
I enjoyed the movie, but felt it could be stronger. A sequel was planned but never materialized. Pity. The second movie is usually better than the first. For example, X2 and Spiderman 2 (the Toby Maguire versions).
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