- A man blinded by toxic waste which also enhanced his remaining senses fights crime as an acrobatic martial arts superhero.
- Fate deals young orphan Matt Murdock a strange hand when he is doused with hazardous waste. The accident leaves Matt blind but also gives him a heightened "radar sense" that allows him to "see" far better than any man. Years later Murdock has grown into a man and becomes a respected criminal attorney. But after he's done his "day job" Matt takes on a secret identity as "The Man Without Fear," Daredevil, the masked avenger that patrols the neighborhood of Hell's Kitchen and New York City to combat the injustice that he cannot tackle in the courtroom.—Anonymous
- Blinded by toxic waster when he was a young boy, Matt Murdock (Affleck) has gained enhancements in the remaining senses. With his father murdered, he sees this as a perfect opportunity to fight crime and help the New York City. He becomes Daredevil, and every night risks life to stop those escaping prison. One person who is still free is the biggest crime lord in New York, the Kingpin (Duncan). Whilst working as a lawyer, Matt becomes the masked hero to track down the Kingpin before anyone else he loves is taken out.—FilmFanUK
- Left blind for life after a freakish accident, the New York City lawyer, Matt Murdock, has spent nearly his entire life in the darkness. As a result, imbued with acute extra-sensory abilities, Matt vows to become a fearless defender of the weak, and right the wrongs in the name of justice. Now, the city's newest protector takes increasingly dangerous risks to fight crime and the villainous Kingpin until a chance encounter with the beautiful she-warrior, Elektra (2005), brings Matt face-to-face with the world's deadliest assassin-for-hire, Bullseye. Can Matt Murdock, the dauntless Daredevil, rid Hell's Kitchen of injustice?—Nick Riganas
- He dwells in a world of external night--but the blackness is filled with sounds and scents, tastes and textures that most cannot perceive. Although attorney Matt Murdock is blind, his other four senses function with superhuman sharpness. By day, Murdock represents the downtrodden. At night he is Daredevil, a masked vigilante stalking the dark streets of the city, a relentless avenger of justice. For Daredevil justice is blind--and for the guilty, there's hell to pay.—Letter B.
- Matt Murdock (Ben Affleck) is a blind lawyer in New York City's Hell's Kitchen neighborhood, where he runs a firm with best friend Franklin "Foggy" Nelson (Jon Favreau). As a child, Matt was blinded by a toxic waste spill while walking home from school after discovering that his father, former boxer Jack "The Devil" Murdock (David Keith), had become an enforcer for a local mobster. The accident enhanced Matt's other senses and gave him sonar to "see" via sonic vibrations. Matt trained himself in martial arts. Blaming himself for Matt's disability, Jack stopped being an enforcer, returned to boxing, and was killed after refusing to turn in a fixed fight for the mobster who had employed him earlier. After his Father's death, Young Matthew promised to stop all crime that controlled Hell's Kitchen, New York as the vigilante crime-fighter "Daredevil".
In the present day, Matt meets Elektra Natchios (Jennifer Garner), daughter of Nikolas Natchios, a businessman who has dealings with Wilson Fisk (Michael Clarke Duncan), a rich executive who is also the criminal leader known as the Kingpin. When Nikolas tries to bail on his dealings with Fisk, the mobster hires the Irish hit-man Bullseye (Colin Farrell), who has preternatural aim, to kill him. Meanwhile Elektra and Matt develop a friendship that blossoms into romance. Matt doesn't reveal his alter identity to Elektra. Matt takes Elektra to a roof that has a beautiful view of the city. There he asks for Elektra necklace, but braille engravings instead of English.
Matt handles cases of defenseless folks from Hell's kitchen & realizes that most crimes are committed by rich white folks, protected by the Kingpin. Matt is invited to party by Elektra, where Kingpin privately threatens Nikolas. Nikolas leaves the party in haste with Elektra, when he is attacked by bulls-eye.
Matt tries to stop Bullseye, but Bullseye ultimately succeeds in killing Nikolas and framing Matt in the process. Elektra only sees Daredevil on the scene & vows to exact revenge, while reporter Ben Urich (Joe Pantoliano) discovers his secret identity. Believing Matt to have done good things for Hell's Kitchen, Urich tells Matt that Bullseye is going after Elektra next.
Matt tracks Bullseye, but is attacked by Elektra, who plans to use her own extensive training in martial arts to avenge her father's death. After wounding him, she removes his mask, and discovers Matt's secret identity and innocence. Forced to fight Bullseye alone, Elektra is overpowered and killed by the hit-man. A wounded Matt makes his way to a church, where he is looked after by his confidante, Father Everett, who knows his secret identity.
After recovering slightly, Matt fights Bullseye, who had followed him to the church. Bullseye discovers that loud noise is Matt's weakness and prepares to kill him with a spiked piece of wood after incapacitating him. Matt blocks the attack and hears an FBI sniper stationed on the neighboring building preparing to fire (The FBI arrived at the search after reports of gun shots coming from the church). As the bullet is fired, Matt moves out of the bullet's path and pulls Bullseye's hands into it. When Bullseye pleads for mercy, Matt throws him from the church's top floor. Bullseye lands on the hood of Urich's car, wounded but alive.
Upon discovering Fisk is the Kingpin and Bullseye's employer, Matt makes his way to Fisk's office. Fisk proves to be a surprisingly powerful combatant due to his size and brute strength, overwhelming Matt for most of the fight. Lying on the floor, Matt questions Fisk as to why he killed the people Murdock loved, including Jack Murdock years before; Fisk replies it was just business. Angered, Matt regains his strength and breaks Fisk's legs, but refrains from killing him, instead allowing him to be arrested by the police, who have discovered his criminal connections. Before being taken away, Fisk - who had also discovered Matt's secret identity after overpowering him - swears revenge on Matt, who points out that Fisk cannot reveal Matt's secret identity because he will be humiliated by being beaten by a blind man.
Having gained closure over his father's murder, Matt returns to his day-to-day routine, though brokenhearted over the loss of Elektra. He learns she might still be alive after he goes to the rooftop where they had their first kiss and finds a necklace like the one her mother gave her, except with a Braille inscription. Matt meets Urich one last time, in which Urich assures him he will not publish his article about Matt's true identity. In a mid-credits scene, Bullseye, having been moved to a prison hospital and severely bandaged after his confrontation with Matt, is shown to still have his perfect aim after he impales a fly with a syringe needle.
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