Is 'The Defenders' Binge-Worthy?

There is a scene in The Defenders, the latest Netflix series that mashes up four different shows from the Marvel Universe that aired previously on the streaming outlet, that's about as near to perfect as a scene could be.

In the fourth episode Iron Fist, played by Finn Jones, is fully embracing his dubious rich-white-guy background as alter ego Danny Rand, reacting good-naturedly to the light mockery the other more plausibly heroic characters — Luke Cage (Mike Colter), Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter) and Matt Murdock, aka Daredevil (Charlie Cox) —  are subjecting him to. It's a successful meshing of the four characters, something The Defenders fights hard but not always successfully to achieve, and once it feels natural and starts to elicit the "OK, let's do this" vibe from the viewers (and the characters themselves), it's both fun to watch and laudable.

Read the rest of this review at The Hollywood Reporter.

Marvel's Netflix superhero team has finally assembled from the stars of Marvel's Daredevil, Luke Cage, Marvel's Jessica Jones and Marvel's Iron Fist.