D+Season 2Daredevil’s season finale refuses to fix the show’s myriad problemsOliver Sava5/03/16 12:00pmEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkDaredevil is the foundation of Marvel’s line-up of Netflix series, so it’s extremely disheartening to see how far…
D+Season 2Daredevil becomes a disaster when the truth about Elektra is revealedOliver Sava4/28/16 12:00pmEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkThe Hand gets a hold of Elektra in “The Dark At The End Of The Tunnel,” and her character takes major damage once she…
C+Season 2Daredevil commits to making its evil ninjas as generic as possibleOliver Sava4/26/16 12:00pmEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkAn evil clan of immortal ninja bent on world domination isn’t an antagonist that lends itself to rich emotional…
BSeason 2Daredevil lets go of The Hand to regain its footingOliver Sava4/21/16 12:00pmEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkThe Punisher is out of prison and back on the hunt for the people that played a part in the murder of his family, but…
BSeason 2Daredevil is pulled in different directions as The Punisher heads to prisonOliver Sava4/19/16 12:00pmEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkDaredevil second season continues down two very different paths with “Seven Minutes In Heaven,” an episode that splits…
C+Season 2A wave of ninja arrives to knock Daredevil’s second season off courseOliver Sava4/14/16 12:00pmEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkDaredevil has dipped its toe into the mystical, mythical elements of this world in previous episodes, but it dives…
B+Season 2Tensions explode as Daredevil begins the trial of Frank CastleOliver Sava4/12/16 12:00pmEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkAt the end of “Semper Fidelis,” Daredevil throws a flashlight into a giant hole seemingly being dug by the Yakuza, and…
BSeason 2Elektra brings much-needed fun to Daredevil as Frank makes his somber returnOliver Sava4/07/16 12:00pmEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkDaredevil’s second season has been short on fun, and while an argument could be made that superhero narratives don’t …
C+Season 2An uneven Daredevil stumbles with its characterization of ElektraOliver Sava4/05/16 12:00pmEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkElektra Natchios is an essential part of Daredevil mythology, introduced by Frank Miller during his landmark run on the …
B+Season 2The Punisher bares his soul as Daredevil takes a guilt tripOliver Sava3/31/16 12:00pmEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkThe last episode of Daredevil focused on Catholic ideals of hope and redemption as Daredevil tried to convince The…
B+Season 2Daredevil impresses as Matt has a chained-up chat with The PunisherOliver Sava3/29/16 12:00pmEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkChained to a chimney on a rooftop overlooking the Dogs Of Hell’s clubhouse, Daredevil is in an extremely compromised…
B-Season 2Daredevil dips in quality as the plot rushes into darker territoryOliver Sava3/24/16 12:00pmEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkMatt Murdock’s superhero alter ego is referred to as both “Daredevil” and “The Devil Of Hell’s Kitchen” in this show’s…
B+Season 2Hell’s Kitchen gets punished in Daredevil’s bloody season premiereOliver Sava3/22/16 12:00pmEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkIt’s the height of summer in Hell’s Kitchen, and while Daredevil’s neighborhood may be in the middle of a heat wave,…
B+Daredevil’s brutal second season puts superheroes on trialDennis Perkins3/16/16 12:00amEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkWhen new showrunners Marco Ramirez and Douglas Petrie announced that season two of Marvel’s Daredevil would bring the…
C+Season 1Marvel’s Daredevil: “Daredevil”Oliver Sava4/22/15 6:00pmEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkDaredevil is officially coming back for a second season next year, but it won’t have showrunner Steven S. DeKnight…
B-Season 1Marvel’s Daredevil: “The Ones We Leave Behind”Oliver Sava4/21/15 6:00pmEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkLast year, Warner Bros. was in the news for an alleged “no jokes” mandate on all their DC superhero films, spawning a…
ASeason 1Marvel’s Daredevil: “The Path Of The Righteous”Dan Caffrey4/20/15 6:00pmEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkNo villain ever thinks they’re a villain. Not in real life. And yet that doesn’t keep the annals of pop culture from…
A-Season 1Marvel’s Daredevil: “Nelson V. Murdock”Oliver Sava4/19/15 12:00pmEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkFoggy Nelson now knows that Matt Murdock is the masked vigilante of Hell’s Kitchen, and as expected, this revelation…
B+Season 1Marvel’s Daredevil: “Speak Of The Devil”Oliver Sava4/18/15 12:20pmEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkAt the end of yesterday’s review, I pointed out how Wilson Fisk is transitioning into a supervillain role in this…
B-Season 1Marvel’s Daredevil: “Shadows In The Glass”Oliver Sava4/17/15 6:07pmEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkA significant problem with Marvel’s TV programming is that it can very generic. Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. struggled to…
