Daredevil: Born Again
Disney+ | Release Date: March 4, 2025
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70
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 49 Critic Reviews
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32
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16
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100
San Francisco ChronicleBob StraussMar 24, 2026
Season 2 Review: Season 2 is even better. “Born Again” is just as bloody, with big, bone-crunching fights climaxing seven of its eight episodes (the outlier ends in operatic tragedy). But engrossing as all get out. Read full review
100
The Mercury NewsRandy MyersMar 6, 2025
Season 1 Review: “Daredevil: Born Again” is easily one of the best series the Disney+ has offered and is also one of the best shows of 2025. It journeys into dark spaces with its contemporary power struggle and grazes, but doesn’t surrender to, the morally blurry lines set forth in “The Joker” and “The Batman. Read full review
100
San Francisco ChronicleZaki HasanMar 4, 2025
Season 1 Review: The pressure on “Born Again” was immense. But rather than simply meeting expectations, it surpasses them. Read full review
100
VarietyAramide TinubuMar 4, 2025
Season 1 Review: With a cast entirely at ease in their characters’ skins, and a darker tone, the series is a breathtaking example of what it means to revisit a known hero while offering him new reasons to fight for justice. Read full review
91
The PlaylistMike DeAngeloMar 27, 2026
Season 2 Review: That’s why Season 2 works so well: it finally feels like a series that knows exactly what it is, exactly what it wants to say, and exactly how hard it wants to hit. This time, it follows through—blood, guts, fury, and all. Read full review
91
ConsequenceLiz Shannon MillerMar 4, 2025
Season 1 Review: Born Again’s most important achievement is the canny way it continues everything that worked about the original Daredevil series, with some notable improvements across the board elsewhere. Read full review
90
Screen RantFelipe RangelMar 24, 2026
Season 2 Review: By the end of the season, every Marvel fan will want to immediately see what happens next, and that shows why Daredevil: Born Again season 2 is a success. .... Cements the show as one of the best projects the MCU has released thus far. Read full review
90
Screen RantSimon GallagherAug 28, 2025
Season 1 Review: Frankly, I'm annoyed I have to wait another year for Daredevil: Born Again season 2. That's how good it is. It's clever enough to pull its punches, bold enough to deliver huge blows, and packed with enough "holy sh*t" moments that fans of the original - and fans of good TV - will be delighted with it. Read full review
90
LooperCynthia VinneyMar 4, 2025
Season 1 Review: Everyone on this show has come back at the top of their games. Charlie Cox and Vincent D'Onofrio are particularly good as their characters and slip back into them as if they stopped playing them yesterday, not several years ago. Read full review
88
The Mercury NewsRandy MyersMar 26, 2026
Season 2 Review: What makes season 2 stand out is that showrunner Dario Scardapane’s hard-boiled superhero thriller refuses to pluck at the same dramatics notes strummed in season 1. Instead it arrives, to a story destination that challenges and upends expectations while showing how revenge can have its limits. Read full review
87
The PlaylistAug 8, 2025
Season 1 Review: You should be here for it, season two of ‘Born Again,’ that is, because ‘Daredevil’ season one gives you every captivating reason to watch this worthy resurrection. Read full review
83
ConsequenceLiz Shannon MillerMar 24, 2026
Season 2 Review: Born Again ultimately plays like less like the second season of an ongoing show and more like the second half of a complete story. However, there are plenty of directions for a third. Read full review
83
The A.V. ClubJarrod JonesMar 5, 2025
Season 1 Review: Born Again feels more like a sprightly season one than a dutiful season four, more indebted to the relatively recent comic runs of Mark Waid, Chris Samnee, Charles Soule, and Stefano Landini than anything else. Read full review
80
EmpireAmon WarmannMar 24, 2026
Season 2 Review: Thematically timely with some ferocious action to boot, Born Again’s second season largely hits the bullseye. Read full review
80
TheWrapBob StraussSep 4, 2025
Season 1 Review: There are many other new characters, all well-defined, along with plenty of cameos and references to other Marvel folks. But although they only have one extended scene together, Cox and D’Onofrio once again dominate the narrative. Read full review
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EmpireAmon WarmannMar 4, 2025
Season 1 Review: What a relief to have Hell's Kitchen’s finest back. Cox and D’Onofrio power a strong season that feels — more or less — like the Daredevil we know and love. Read full review
80
Boston GlobeMatt JuulMar 4, 2025
Season 1 Review: A worthy follow-up to its predecessor, “Born Again” is a violent crime thriller by way of courtroom drama that’s for adults only. Gritty but polished, it marks a sea change for Marvel, giving it a serious project that finally caters to prestige TV-watching grown-ups and not “Deadpool”-loving teenagers. Read full review
80
SalonMelanie McFarlandMar 4, 2025
Season 1 Review: Cox remains a magnetic lead, although perhaps less so than D’Onofrio who, for all the points discussed here, is the main reason to watch. Read full review
80
The TelegraphKeith WatsonMar 4, 2025
Season 1 Review: A little tightening up would have heightened the tension. But as a snapshot of the state of the world right here and now it’s remarkably visionary. They must have seen it coming. Read full review
80
TV GuideGavia Baker-WhitelawMar 4, 2025
Season 1 Review: It knows its characters well and puts real effort into finding inventive uses for Matt Murdock's multisensory superpowers. Opening with a dramatic and fast-paced debut episode, it makes a persuasive case for Marvel's most popular small-screen hero. Read full review
80
DeciderJoel KellerMar 4, 2025
Season 1 Review: Fans of the original Daredevil series should enjoy Daredevil: Born Again, because it continues the original series’ story and its dark tone, with a story that’s feels like it’s going to build to an exciting climax. Read full review
80
IGNJoshua YehlMar 4, 2025
Season 1 Review: The show captures the signature drama and brutality of Netflix’s Daredevil series while taking the story of Matt Murdock and Wilson Fisk in a bold (and surprisingly topical) new direction. Read full review
80
Radio TimesNicola AustinMar 4, 2025
Season 1 Review: Daredevil: Born Again is a bloody delight and a worthy successor to the Netflix show. While it’s not perfect, it certainly sets up a thrilling future for the character. Read full review
75
The Daily BeastNick SchagerMar 24, 2026
Season 2 Review: Strikes a more assured balance than before between Matt/Daredevil’s belief in the rule of law, his desire to take matters into his own hands, and his Catholicism-driven struggles with guilt, salvation, repentance, and grace. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubJarrod JonesMar 24, 2026
Season 2 Review: Born Again is finally less concerned with reconciling legacy status with its new place at the MCU’s vanguard. That conviction, to be the best Daredevil show it can be within the Marvel schematic, is admirable. Read full review
75
IndieWireProma KhoslaMar 5, 2025
Season 1 Review: Cox slides back into playing the “really good lawyer” like he never left. .... Fisk’s own arc is notably slower, and both are fairly obvious, but they intertwine while making engaging detours. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineRoss McIndoeMar 4, 2025
Season 1 Review: This wildly entertaining new series is exactly the sort of smaller, self-contained victory that Matt and his friends are always striving for. Read full review
70
LooperDominic GriffinMar 24, 2026
Season 2 Review: For the most part, "Daredevil: Born Again" Season 2 walks the tightrope of producing an affecting and relevant drama while still keeping cape comics fans engaged and catered to. It is one of the better efforts to come out of a recently troubled MCU. Read full review
70
ColliderTherese LacsonMar 24, 2026
Season 2 Review: Although Daredevil: Born Again has corrected some of its biggest mistakes, more issues have sprung up in their place that largely all stem from the season feeling a little too jam-packed as it tries to tackle several concurrent storylines that are all meant to eventually lead back to the same conclusion. Read full review
70
IGNEric GoldmanMar 24, 2026
Season 2 Review: It’s a good show that offers a more focused story than Season 1, as Daredevil and his allies attempt to push back against Mayor Fisk’s reign of terror. ... At the same time, it feels like there are simply too many characters. Read full review
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The Hollywood ReporterAngie HanMar 4, 2025
Season 1 Review: What saves Born Again from drudgery, though, are the same things that made Daredevil so beloved to begin with. One is D’Onofrio, who has not missed a step as Fisk. .... The other is Cox. Read full review
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What's Alan Watching?Alan SepinwallMay 4, 2026
Season 1 Review: Marvel has struggled the last few years, but the company has still made several large fortunes for Disney. Scrapping everything the fired creative team did would have been costly in the short term, but would have been much better over the long haul for Matt Murdock and friends. Read full review
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