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love the director's cut!
I don't agree with the reviews that claim that the director's cut is just a longer version. It's a much better cut that makes more sense than the theatrical cut. GREAT MOVIE!

"Daredevil" Director's Cut Review
Longer and slightly more violent cut of Mark Paul Johnson's 2003 cinematic adaption of the hit Marvel comic series adds more detail to the story and characters but is not likely to convert any of those unimpressed with the original cut. Ben Affleck is blind lawyer/superhero Matt Murdock who battles evil in the court-room by day and on the streets by night. His biggest opposition is criminial master-mind, Kingpin, and his hired assassin, Bullseye, who frame him for the murder of a business associate who happens to be the father of Murdock's love interest, Elektra (the stunning Jennifer Garner). Of course, this sends sweet Elektra over the edge and out for revenge.

The R-rated cut of the film has a few extra curse words and some more intense fight scenes but overall, the movie still plays out like a "PG-13". The most noticeable difference is the addition of a subplot involving a murder suspect played by Coolio who calls on Murdock's firm to represent him. A romance scene between Affleck and Garner has been removed and replaced with a more appropriate post-fight conversation. There are a number of other added scenes which fans will more than likely enjoy but as already mentioned, it really doesn't change the end product much aside from making the movie longer.

"Daredevil" is neither the best or worst of the countless comic book adaptions. It's nowhere near as good as Tim Burton's "Batman" though its far better than a good deal of the films being made as of late (i.e. "Hulk", "The Punisher"). It has a lot of the same over-produced CGI action sequences that are all the rage and a good portion of its all-star cast seems to be content with their phoned-in performances. It does have its share of entertaining moments but even with the extra character moments included in the "director's cut", the film still seems to lack depth in its storytelling. Where superhero films like "X-Men" possessed a dramatic undertone and commentary on society as a whole, there's not much of that to be found here. It's by no means, a mediocre film but even with the added thirty minutes, it still leaves a lot to be desired in certain areas.

Video quality is sub par
Make no mistakes, the director's cut is geared towards fans of the first version and will not win any converts. Although a lot of additional scenes have been added, the characters are still not fleshed out enough and the plot holes remain unanswered.

But the biggest cause for disappointment is the horrible video transfer. On a regular 4:3 TV, the encoding problems are not as noticeable, but viewed on a widescreen television in anamorphic, the heavy pixelation or blurred pixels become distracting. With so many dark scenes and fast action, the bitrate should have been increased, or a better encoding method used.

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