Review

There are some great characters and performances. My favorites are Theo Rossi as Hernan "Shades" Alvarez, .and Alfre Woodard as Mariah Dillard.

The two big problems for me where that the writer and the director dragged the story on for too long. They could have gotten to the end in half the time. All the added scenes added very little to the story, or the development of the characters. If they were going to keep the 13 episodes they could have explored the subplots more rather than just dragging out the main story line.

The second problem was the Jamaican accent. It was very difficult to understand that the Jamaicans, who were a main part of the story, were saying.

There were a couple other minor problems which was how they tried to do the social commentary on race, which did not work at all. The other thing was how they brought in Colleen and Danny from Iron Fist and they just seemed to appear and disappear as if a whole story line was cut out.

I recommend watching it only to keep up with the MCU story line. I could not watch it in one day like Jessica Jones and Daredevil, as it was more like Iron Fist and seemed to drag on and on.

Cast

Mike Colter as Luke Cage Simone Missick as Mercedes "Misty" Knight Theo Rossi as Hernan "Shades" Alvarez Gabrielle Dennis as Tilda Johnson Mustafa Shakir as John "Bushmaster" McIver Jessica Henwick as Colleen Wing Finn Jones as Danny Rand / Iron Fist Stephen Rider as Blake Tower Alfre Woodard as Mariah Dillard Reg E. Cathey as James Lucas Ron Cephas Jones as Bobby Fish Peter Jay Fernandez as Tom Ridenhour Dorian Crossmon Missick as Dontrell "Cockroach" Hamilton Kevin Mambo as Sheldon Thomas Q. Jones as Darius "Comanche" Jones Jeremiah Richard Craft as D.W. Griffith Chaz Lamar Shepherd as Raymond "Piranha" Jones Sean Ringgold as Sugar Tarah Rodgers as Stephanie / Billie Sahr Ngaujah as Paul "Anansi" Mackintosh Danny Johnson as Ben Donovan Antonique Smith as Nandi Tyler Justin Swain as Mark Bailey Heather Alicia Simms as Ingrid Mackintosh John Clarence Stewart as Alex Wesley Karen Pittman as Priscilla Ridley Rosario Dawson as Claire Temple Elden Henson as Foggy Nelson Frank Whaley as Rafael Scarfe Darius Kaleb as Lonnie Wilson Tijuana Ricks as Thembi Wallace Jade Wu as Connie Lin Andrew Pang as Chang Joniece Abbott-Pratt as Etta Lucas Rob Morgan as Turk Barrett LaTanya Richardson Jackson as "Mama Mabel" Stokes Curtiss Cook as "Pistol Pete" Stokes Henry Yuk as Hai-Qing Yang Jayden D. Brown as Cornell "Cottonmouth" Stokes Ninja Devoe as Aisha Axton Cassandra Freeman as Patricia Wilson Sedly Bloomfield as Joel Spurlock