Review of The Defenders

The Defenders (2017)
5/10
This could have been so good.
21 August 2017
Warning: Spoilers
There are good parts in this series for sure. But this show did not fulfill its potential. The story is generic and much simpler than Daredevil or Jessica Jones.

The actors are mostly good, but their characters don't really evolve. They just go through the action like they are doing the dishes.

It also feels unrealistic because people they interact with (like the police) don't behave in a natural way.

Halfway thru the series, I started thinking how short this season would have been if the Punisher had been in it. He would have killed the bad guys. Maybe some good guys and finished in about two episodes. The way this series ended it might look like the hand still is not dead and that would be a mistake. The hand worked in the previous series because they were a shadow organization. But they have been used to much and are no longer mysterious or grand.

I hope that they make another season because this has a lot of potentials. But I would change director, writers, and villains.
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