Marvel's <i>Iron Fist</i> Is Desperately Seeking a Hero
The new Netflix show suffers from a blank, unsympathetic, and entitled central character.
Somewhere inside Marvel’s Iron Fist there’s an interesting show struggling to get out, like the powers inside Danny Rand that could make him great, if they weren’t constantly in combat with his smugly mystical non-sequiturs and his bratty sense of entitlement. As the titular superhero, Danny (Finn Jones) is unfortunately the central focus of the Netflix show, whose first season is released Friday. But there’s more to be intrigued by on the periphery—in the boardrooms of Rand, Danny’s father’s corporation, and in the dojo where Danny consistently plagues Colleen Wing (Jessica Henwick), a martial-arts teacher. It’s enough to make worth struggling through, if only to get caught up for the next chapter.
