'Daredevil' season 2 starts slow, heats up fast (review) - CNET

There's a heat wave in New York City, and the heat is on for masked vigilante Daredevil as new threats push him to the limit of both his superpowers and his morality. After the masked hero and his chums took down Wilson Fisk in the first season of the Netflix show, rival criminal gangs are jockeying for power -- but a new player is dishing out his own brand of vigilante punishment that's rather more permanent than Daredevil's.

Season two of "Daredevil", based on the Marvel comics character, is on Netflix everywhere now. We've avoided spoilers, but if you want to go in completely clean, then bookmark this page and come back when you've seen the first few episodes.

The action is once again beautifully shot, sickly neon light silhouetting the stylish battles. But the first episode isn't a flying start: It begins with a pretty generic superhero scene as masked robbers come up against flying fists of justice while cops look on in amazement. OK, that sets the scene, but the first season led us to expect a more inventive take on superheroics.

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What really felt like a wasted opportunity was the introduction of fan favourite character the Punisher. He's just there, right from the start, with no build-up or suspense. Someone just offhandedly remarks, "They're calling this one the Punisher". It's not very dramatic. And he's barely been thrown into the mix when he's sidelined.

Meanwhile things get even more heated when Daredevil's old flame tus up, played by a sinuous Elodie Yung. Their steamy past relationship complicates things for our hero's legal day job and his baddie-bashing alter ego. Elektra's mysterious involvement brings a bit of intrigue to the show that the early part of the Punisher storyline lacks.