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Iron Fist is still the least interesting part of Iron Fist
In the battle for New York, Danny Rand, a.k.a Iron Fist (Finn Jones), emerged as the most improved of Marvel’s The…
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Iron Fist’s finale doesn’t enter the dragon, it trips over the finish line
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: In the climatic final battle of a superhero story, a vigilante with parent…
B
Let the rain fall down, Iron Fist is coming clean
The weirdest thing about “Bar The Big Boss” is that it hinges on Bakuto and Davos, two people it feels like we barely…
C
Hints of potential can’t save a weak Iron Fist
On a character and storytelling level, the last eight minutes of this episode (Danny and Davos’ conversation in the car…
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Iron Fist gets better once it admits Danny Rand is the worst
It turns out the biggest problem with Iron Fist wasn’t its so-so action, its lack of a central villain, or even its…
C
A slow Iron Fist offers hellos and goodbyes
Halfway through this episode I started planning a jokey intro to this review in which I was going to talk about the…
B
Iron Fist gets into medium trouble in actual China
Plenty of superheroes live by a code. Superman fights for truth, justice, and the American way. Spider-Man knows that…
B
Iron Fist’s characters lose it, in more ways than one
Characters experience a lot of firsts in “Felling Tree With Roots.” The first time you chop off your finger as a…
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Iron Fist offers extra cheese with its cheesy action showdown
The unwritten rule of live-action superhero properties is that the hero must battle a villain who’s on their level in…
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Iron Fist raises the question, is Danny Rand the Donald Trump of superheroes?
We’re only three months into Donald Trump’s presidency and it’s already cliché to frame TV and film criticism within…
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Iron Fist starts to finds its feet as Danny gains a new ally
After a slow premiere and a largely superfluous second episode, Iron Fist delivers its first solid outing of the…
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Iron Fist flies over the cuckoo’s nest in a lackluster second episode
There’s a meta moment in “Shadow Hawk Takes Flight” where Harold Meachum sits in front of footage of Danny Rand being…
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Iron Fist’s premiere doesn’t make a convincing case for its own existence
“Why does this story need to be told?” That’s the question all writers and directors need to (or at least should) ask…