For every X-MEN or BLADE, there will be a SPIDER-MAN, a DAREDEVIL and a hundred more disasters. Although in fairness to SPIDER-MAN, DAREDEVIL is much, much worse. Well, when the plot isn’t entirely lame and its implementation inept, it’s still nothing but a rip-off of BATMAN. Hey wait, it sucked even then. In truth, how bad DAREDEVIL is will only hit you afterwards, kind of like a sour aftertaste.

      Michael Clarke Duncan was a good choice for Kingpin, but they still chickened out. I’ll explain. Kingpin is supposed to be grossly overweight, a monstrous behemoth if you will. But since this would’ve required incredible amounts of make-up, time and imagination, the makers opted for the fast approach. Well, it shows. Colin Farrell was good as Bullseye, but he’s so over the top, he’s almost silly. Around this time, Farrell was picked to be the next “it” guy. Unfortunately, his attitude will likely be his undoing. You just can’t be that pompous starting out. Audiences won’t stand for it and critics will kick you even harder when you’re down. In Farrell’s case, once he falls, he probably won’t get back up. Just ask the band OASIS.

      As much as I like the guy, Ben Affleck was a poor choice for lead. Ironically, his buddy Matt Damon would’ve been my pick. From the moment I pictured Matt Murdock in a movie, I thought of Damon. Playing a mild-mannered blind lawyer just isn’t Affleck’s thing. So really, DAREDEVIL is a dud in more ways than one.