Marvel's Luke Cage

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Season 2
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 30, 2016
Season #: 2, 1
User Score
6.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 170 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 111 out of 170
  2. Mixed: 31 out of 170
  3. Negative: 28 out of 170
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  1. thunderbeans
    Jul 4, 2018
    2
    Even though this season is slightly better than season 1, it suffers from the same problem. It feels like you are watching the same short story over and over again with no actual movement forward until the last 2 episodes. Everything inbetween introducing bushmaster and the last 2 episodes is basically soul searching filler where the characters go around and around until enough time hasEven though this season is slightly better than season 1, it suffers from the same problem. It feels like you are watching the same short story over and over again with no actual movement forward until the last 2 episodes. Everything inbetween introducing bushmaster and the last 2 episodes is basically soul searching filler where the characters go around and around until enough time has passed that the story can actual do something of consequence.

    The bad guys were just so boring, its a story I have seen over and over again in countless other shows and there is very little originality here.

    Overall it was a dissapointing show in season 1 and dissapointing show in season 2. I think netflix used up all their creativity on daredevil and jessica jones and at this point are pretty much out of ideas.    … Expand
  2. jimimojo
    Jul 5, 2018
    3
    Repeated story-lines and scenes throughout the season in which we same the same characters confronting each other over the same issues in the same way multiple times. The acting from many of the 'bad guys' was way over the top and some repeated monologues. Some episodes were incredibly boring. No development in the antagonist. Could see the end coming in episode 2.
  3. ozymandias79
    Jun 24, 2018
    3
    This season was meh. Uninteresting character arcs, comically bad acting, using (albeit cool) live music as filler. Some of the Jamaican accents were too thick and hardly understandable. The only highlight was the upgraded villain to Bushmaster. He was awesome.
  4. herms3
    Jun 27, 2018
    1
    The acting so far this season is comparable to the unforgettable Iron First. Even the beautiful and talented Rosario Dawson couldn't elevate season 2. The fake and unintelligible Jamaican accents makes listening and watching an unpleasant experience. I've watched 4 episodes so far and it's very disappointing compared to season 1. I'm going to skip to episode 10 so I can see Misty's bionicThe acting so far this season is comparable to the unforgettable Iron First. Even the beautiful and talented Rosario Dawson couldn't elevate season 2. The fake and unintelligible Jamaican accents makes listening and watching an unpleasant experience. I've watched 4 episodes so far and it's very disappointing compared to season 1. I'm going to skip to episode 10 so I can see Misty's bionic arm. It just feels like Marvel threw in towel on Luke Cage.… Expand
  5. kmj
    Jul 20, 2018
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Oh dear was this season slow. It started to lose steam way early on and really got tiring right about the time Claire left(was it episode 3? 4? idc). Watching people beat each other up and have Luke show up to stop them got tiring fast. Bushmaster was portrayed brilliantly, but good lord he got old. Shades never had the menace that the show wanted him to have. Mariah never really lived up to her potential. It took way too long for her to be a convincing crime lord, rather than a paranoid and flustered politician. She really came into her own at the end, but we only got a glimpse of her potential before she died. They should have cut 5 hours out of this season.
    The only reason i slogged through all 13 hours of it is that it's a marvel property. I gave up a few times along the way. By the time the season ended i was irritated and frustrated at both the show and myself. Don't make the same mistake. Maybe skip this season. Put it on fast forward. Read the episode synopsis. You ain't missing out, I promise.    … Expand
  6. Adelthorne
    Oct 16, 2018
    3
    I liked him in the Defenders, but 2 whole seasons for him self. Lets face it he is not Jessica Jones or Daredevil. Not much better then Iron Fist.

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Metascore
64

Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Angelica Jade Bastien
    Jun 28, 2018
    50
    Despite its improvements in season two, that reality is something that Luke Cage still struggles with. In many ways, Luke Cage reads as a would-be groundbreaking superhero show from the ’90s displaced into 2018: earnest, a bit hollow, and more primed toward political resonance than artistic grace.
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  2. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Verne Gay
    Jun 25, 2018
    50
    Too much canvas with wild splashes of paint deployed to fill it. Compared with the first, the second is a disappointment, but far from a failure. Best experienced in small bites instead of huge indigestible chunks.
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  3. IndieWire
    Reviewed by: Liz Shannon Miller
    Jun 22, 2018
    75
    The show is, to be clear, worth admiring for the way it deeply cares about its ensemble and their journeys--Misty (Simone Missick) in particular is well-served with plenty to do. But that’s where most of the bloat lies: long scenes, with pretty quick emotional conclusions.
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