Just finished bingeing all of The Defenders episodes that dropped today on Netflix. Really fun! I admit that I've like all the individual Marvel heroes (Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Lucas Cage and Iron Fist) that Netflix has presented in the past. Combining all of them into a single eight-episode movie (series?) is very cool with me.
For those not interested in seeing the previous works, the series provides enough exposition for each of the heroes that the reader will be fine viewing this as a stand alone.
Sigourney Weaver pays the Big Bad, and she's excellent. Scott Glenn reprises his role as Daredevil's mentor. Rosario Dawson continues her presence in the Marvel universe as well.
Like most of these multi-episode tales, there is a bit of dragging here and there, but nothing untoward. The pace moves right along.
My one nitpick is that some of the fight scenes seemed too dark (lighting wise) for me to fully appreciate what's going on. In addition, there was a lot of fast cutting that made it hard to follow the action at times. But, overall, the fight scenes were great.
The ending leaves things a bit up in the air, and that's a good thing. I can look forward to the continuation of the superheroes in their individual sequels.
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