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Daredevil (2003)

★ 5.3 · 5,438 ratings on TMDB

When the streets have gone to Hell, have faith in the devil.

Daredevil poster★ 5.3

A man blinded in a childhood accident fights crime using his superhumanly-elevated remaining senses.

DirectorMark Steven Johnson
CastBen Affleck, Colin Farrell, Ellen Pompeo, Jennifer Garner, Joe Pantoliano, Jon Favreau
GenresAction, Fantasy
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Daredevil keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E11 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing justice, law, vigilantism, corruption, identity.

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Same rung, same subject

Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.

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Same subject, different rung

The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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