Review - Luke Cage (Netflix), Season 1
Luke Cage (2016), TV-MA, 13 Episodes - Luke Cage hit Netflix last September, and while I made my way through the series at the time (albeit slower than the previous Marvel/Netflix series), my juggling of two jobs kept me from getting a review together. With Iron Fist coming out this Friday (the latest Marvel/Netflix collaboration and the last solo series before team up series The Defenders), I figured there was no better time to finally get my thoughts on Luke Cage down 'on paper'. Since this series has been out for a while, this will likely be shorter and less in depth than my previous Marvel/Netflix reviews. This is also due to my limited familiarity with the character from the comics. This series shows what happens with Luke (Mike Colter) after the events of the Jessica Jones series, where much like in modern comics, he had personal ties to Jessica. Those events are only vaguely mentioned in this series as Luke has moved to Harlem and is trying t...