In every sense of the word, Born Again is a revival of Netflix’s Daredevil series that ended seven years ago, directly picking up from where it left narratively.
Not long afterwards, businessman and convicted criminal Wilson Fisk (Vincent D’Onofrio) enters the world of politics as he runs for New York mayor, setting up an inevitable clash between Matt and him.
From its pre-production, production and even post-production troubles in the last several years, it very much appeared as though Born Again would be dead on arrival, landing as a jigsaw mess of different creative visions.
In their stead, indie science fiction and horror directing duo Justin Benson and Aaron Moorehead were brought in as lead directors to reshoot the series.
For once, Disney’s decision to directly interfere by bringing the trio on board has worked in its favour.
That said, Scardapane, Benson and Moorehead are not in the game of imitation.
Less blood, more brain
The former is more interested in going into its lead characters’ heads, psychology and motivations.
It focuses on themes such as Matt’s grieving process and how he attempts to help New Yorkers as a lawyer, Wilson’s failing attempt to keep his previous life as a criminal from tangling with his mayoral aspirations and the real-world corruption of New York’s police force.
But then the last episode takes place and Born Again shows that no, it still exists in that same, small, violent part of the MCU that years ago saw Wilson smash a man’s head with a car door into the consistency of watermelon puree mixed with minced beef.
Beyond Jon Bernthal’s return as Frank Castle/The Punisher for several great scenes and one lengthy action sequence that involves him violently retiring a legion of corrupt police officers, Disney’s revived show shares the same problem with the Netflix one.
Though admittedly a minor complaint, it is still the show’s weakest link in an otherwise good season.
Instead, Born Again ends with Matt saying an army is needed to stop Wilson before appearing in a bar as Daredevil, as the camera pans around to comically reveal the “army” consisting of supporting characters and a couple of random extras in police uniform. Maybe in the next season, Spidey.
Daredevil: Born Again is streaming on Disney+ Hotstar.
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