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This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes back comic book retailer Paul Eaton to the program to discuss the 2003 Daredevil movie.
Attorney Matt Murdock is blind, but his other four senses function with superhuman sharpness. By day, Murdock represents the downtrodden. At night, he is Daredevil, a masked vigilante, a relentless avenger of justice. When Wilson Fisk hires Bullseye to kill Daredevil, Murdock must rely on his own senses and search out the conspirators against justice — which may include his own girlfriend, Elektra.
Daredevil was written and directed by Mark Steven Johnson, based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name created by Stan Lee and Bill Everett. The film stars Ben Affleck as the titular character; Jennifer Garner as Elektra Natchios; Michael Clarke Duncan as Wilson Fisk / Kingpin; Colin Farrell as Bullseye; Jon Favreau as Franklin “Foggy” Nelson; Joe Pantoliano as Ben Urich; David Keith as Jack Murdock; Leland Orser as Wesley Owen Welch; Erick Avari as Nikolas Natchios; Ellen Pompeo as Karen Page; and Derrick O’Connor as Father Everett.
Stan Lee, Frank Miller, and Kevin Smith, each notable for their work on the comics, also have cameo roles throughout the film with the latter playing a forensics assistant named “Jack Kirby”.
The film graced theaters on February 14, 2003 and is available on Amazon.
