Marvel's The Defenders Gets One More Trailer Before Premiere Day
Marvel's The Defenders premieres on Netflix tomorrow - and to remind fans of that fact, Marvel and [...]
Crossover Payoff
Simply put: The Defenders capitalizes on the "worlds collide" appeal of its premise, in the best ways. Watching Charlie Cox's Daredevil, Krysten Ritter's Jessica Jones, Mike Colter's Luke Cage, Finn Jones' Iron Fist (and all their supporting characters) dispensing trash-talk, punches, and/or soul-searching advice in shifting arrangements is just as (if not more) fun than seeing them actually battle the evil threat looming over them.
Because fans are so deeply intimate and familiar with the characters and worlds of each hero, it makes the experience of seeing all those worlds come together that much richer. Defenders does a great job pulling together story threads that were dangled in each individual series, demonstrating some of the best cohesion we've seen from the MCU.
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The Defenders does deliver great superhero action - and then some. We get to see each individual hero throw down, see them fight in various smaller (but still awesome) combinations, and, of course, fighting as a complete unit.
If you were worried that the show would suffer from some of the weak fight choreography we saw in Iron Fist, then don't. The Defenders has exciting action in just its first four episodes with even bigger fight sequences sure to come.
At four episodes in, the show has only just scratched the surface of The Hand's plans for New York City. The series makes use of Elektra (Elodie Yung) as The Black Sky, as a physical enforcer and action highlight, but has so far only hinted at origins and capabilities of the mysterious antagonist Alexandra (Sigourney Weaver), and her cohorts in the The Hand leadership.
Expect The Defenders to endure some epic battles in order to save New York.
The Defenders premieres on August 18th, on Netflix.
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