Ready to save the day … in a bit: 'The Defenders' on Netflix begin fighting evil only after long back stories are told.
by By Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times
Aug 17, 2017
3 minutes
New York City is in peril, again.
Good thing the city's local superheroes practically outnumber the Starbucks, each with a film franchise and/or TV series devoted to their crusades against evil forces.
This week it's "The Defenders'" turn to clean up the already clean streets of Manhattan. The Marvel superheroes, each equipped with disparate powers and their own Netflix series, are thrown together for an eight-episode limited series that debuts Friday on the streaming service.
In it, Daredevil (Charlie Cox), Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter), Luke Cage (Mike
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