If you were going to jump off this train, I think this is the place to do it.
"Man in the Box" opens with the city on a manhunt for the Punisher (Jon Bernthal), who we last saw escaped from maximum security and a near execution orchestrated by the Kingpin (Vincent D'Onofrio). Now it seems like he's out for revenge, although Karen Page (Deborah Ann Woll) doesn't buy it, as the random and seemingly indiscriminate violence throughout the episode isn't really his M.O. In the B story, Dardevil (Charlie Cox) attempts to figure out what weird plans the Hand or whoever has in store for a series of individuals it seemed to have been bleeding last episode - literally. He gets him to his former would-be paramour Claire Temple (Rosario Dawson) at the hospital where she works, but that only heightens the mystery - and worse. Will Daredevil figure out what's going on in Hell's Kitchen? And will Karen save the Punisher from a city that's against him? That's the episode.
And for me it was a disappointing one, because besides copious uses of the word "shit" (which sticks out like a sore thumb for me when there's no other profanity), I thought the action sequences - particularly in the battle at the end between Elektra (Elodie Yung) and a mysterious opponent played by Gilles Marini - were poorly shot, and thus clearly choreographed and boring. I found this particularly noticeable when compared to the exceptional directing of the previous episode, and the science fiction-esque ending put the stamp on my feeling that this series may have run its course. I think it's worth watching because it moves the story along, but between all these and a somewhat embarrassing scene between Daredevil and the Kingpin early on, it makes me nervous for Daredevil's television future. Hoping it pulls back together before this season is done, because any more of this will have me wishing it was me that was blind.
"Man in the Box" opens with the city on a manhunt for the Punisher (Jon Bernthal), who we last saw escaped from maximum security and a near execution orchestrated by the Kingpin (Vincent D'Onofrio). Now it seems like he's out for revenge, although Karen Page (Deborah Ann Woll) doesn't buy it, as the random and seemingly indiscriminate violence throughout the episode isn't really his M.O. In the B story, Dardevil (Charlie Cox) attempts to figure out what weird plans the Hand or whoever has in store for a series of individuals it seemed to have been bleeding last episode - literally. He gets him to his former would-be paramour Claire Temple (Rosario Dawson) at the hospital where she works, but that only heightens the mystery - and worse. Will Daredevil figure out what's going on in Hell's Kitchen? And will Karen save the Punisher from a city that's against him? That's the episode.
And for me it was a disappointing one, because besides copious uses of the word "shit" (which sticks out like a sore thumb for me when there's no other profanity), I thought the action sequences - particularly in the battle at the end between Elektra (Elodie Yung) and a mysterious opponent played by Gilles Marini - were poorly shot, and thus clearly choreographed and boring. I found this particularly noticeable when compared to the exceptional directing of the previous episode, and the science fiction-esque ending put the stamp on my feeling that this series may have run its course. I think it's worth watching because it moves the story along, but between all these and a somewhat embarrassing scene between Daredevil and the Kingpin early on, it makes me nervous for Daredevil's television future. Hoping it pulls back together before this season is done, because any more of this will have me wishing it was me that was blind.