Reviews

This is essentially a daredevil movie, but I really liked it. It's low budget , but gets the spirit of the comics. I always liked the guy who played Banner (sorry can't remember his name)in the TV series, he was easy to sympathize with. Haven't been able to bring myself to watch the recent daredevil or hulk films. Stan Lee criticized the movie because of daredevils costume and a few other things, but frankly for the budget (and all the early marvel movies were low budget with an oddly 1970's feel),the director and cast have managed very well. As for Fisk/Kingpin being bald, frankly no one could actually look like the giant bald guy portrayed in the comics, also don't remember anyone commenting about gene hackman playing Lex Luther in the superman movies (he is revealed to be wearing a toupee at the end of one movie)

Think about it: This was about 110 minutes of stunt men bouncing around the screen and 10 minutes of not very good script, read by highly talented actors (maybe they were being paid by the minute). The cast was excellent, but we don't really get to see enough of them actually acting. Especially Jean Reno. This film is not Leon,but he is in real danger of getting typecast and stuck in this kind of film.

Presumably stunt men felt that they weren't getting enough work, so they went on strike until Hollywood was forced to make a film especially for them.

This film didn't make a big impact on me. The plot was interestingly tangled, but the over long car chases seemed boring, repetitive and clichéd.