I’ve recently finished Daredevil season 3 on Netflix. In true B3 format, here is the good, the badass, and the ugly:
Details
# of episodes: 13
Released: October 19, 2018
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 93%
Cast
Charlie Cox – Matt Murdock/Daredevil
Deborah Ann Woll – Karen Page
Vincent D’Onofrio – Wilson Fisk/Kingpin
Wilson Bethel – Benjamin ‘Dex’ Poindexter
The Good
- Jon Paesano’s score is panic-inducing.
- The fight scenes are superb.
- Bethel makes a good Bullseye.
- Jay Ali gives a great performance as FBI agent Ray Nadeem.
The Badass
- Vincent Di is Seriously awesome as Wilson Fisk. I’ve tried to kick ass in a white satin tuxedo, it is much harder than it looks.
- “Give me your jacket” – no spoilers, but that scene is awesome.
- Deborah Ann Woll’s performance is amazing. Karen has more character growth than the rest of the cast combined.
The Ugly
- The “phantom bad guy/taunting version of yourself in your head that only you can see” trope is old hat and very tired.
- What is Foggy’s purpose? Season four needs to open with Foggy being boiled in acid.
- Kingpin’s motivations seems thin. Vanessa? BFD, it’s not like she was a Janet Reno or Baby Spice.
- The dialogue is pretty silly in some spots.
- They can’t seem to decide Daredevil’s on visual limitations. Sometimes he’s blind. Sometimes he pretends to be blind. At one point he ordered a chicken caesar salad off of a menu in a Shoney’s.
- Bullseye’s power is lame when used to throw objects. Many of the objects he throws lack the mass to do anything, but each is treated like a kill shot. At one point he throws a small plastic ashtray and Daredevil dives to stop it like it will rip a hole in space-time. The same happens with a microphone. Silliness.
All in all, season 3 is much better than season 2, though not as good as season one. Worth a watch for sure. As of today, no season 4 has been reported, but seems highly likely*.
*Update: Netflix has cancelled Daredevil.
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