Marvel's Luke Cage (2016)
Hero is your word, not mine.
Given superstrength and durability by a sabotaged experiment, a wrongly accused man escapes prison to become a superhero for hire.
| Type | TV series |
|---|---|
| First aired | 30 September 2016 |
| Status | Canceled |
| Genre | Drama, Action & Adventure, Crime |
| Created by | Cheo Hodari Coker |
| Starring | Mike Colter, Alfre Woodard and Simone Missick |
| Seasons | 2 seasons, 26 episodes |
| Episode length | about 46 min |
| Time to watch it all | about 20 hours |
| Rated | TV-MA |
| Scores | TMDB users 6.9/10 |
Where to watch Marvel's Luke Cage
Marvel's Luke Cage is streaming on Disney+ ($21.49 a month) in the US. At ten hours a week, all of the series takes about 1 month of Disney+, or $21.49 at list price.
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| Chile | Disney+ $10990 CLP |
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| Croatia | Disney+ €9.99 |
| Czechia | Disney+ 219 Kč |
| Denmark | Disney+ 119 kr DKK |
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| Ecuador | Disney+ $11.49 |
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| Finland | Disney+ €11.99 |
| France | Disney+ €10.99 |
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| Hong Kong | Disney+ HK$88 |
| Hungary | Disney+ 2990 Ft |
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| Ireland | Disney+ €11.99 |
| Italy | Disney+ €10.99 |
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| Sweden | Disney+ 129 kr SEK |
| Switzerland | Disney+ CHF16.90 |
| Taiwan | Disney+ NT$285 |
| Trinidad & Tobago | Disney+ |
| Türkiye | Disney+ ₺449.90 |
| United Kingdom | Disney+ £11.99 GBP |
| Uruguay | Disney+ about $U521 |
| Venezuela | Disney+ |
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What kind of watch this is
Marvel’s Luke Cage is a 2016 crime drama that takes the superhero genre and drags it through the streets of Harlem. Created by Cheo Hodari Coker, the series runs 26 episodes over 2 seasons, totaling 20 hours of viewing. It is a show that cares more about the texture of a neighborhood than the physics of a punch. Mike Colter plays a man with unbreakable skin, but the real armor is the community around him. Alfre Woodard and Simone Missick anchor the streets with a gravity that defies the usual comic book rules. It does not ask for your belief in superpowers; it asks for your respect for the block.
What the critics said
Rotten Tomatoes reports a 90% approval rating for the first season, based on 72 reviews. The critical consensus calls it "a stellar sampling of the new Marvel/Netflix universe," a phrase that feels less like a review and more like a marketing department having a good day. Metacritic assigns a score of 79 out of 100, landing in the "generally favorable" territory.
The second season drops to an 86% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a 64 on Metacritic. Critics praised the "satisfyingly complex narrative" and the ensemble cast. It remains a strong entry in the catalog, though the numbers suggest the magic slightly dimmed after the initial shock.
How it did with audiences
Netflix never publishes subscriber counts, so the numbers here are demographic. Karim Zreik, senior vice president of original programming at Marvel Television, noted in August 2017 that the series attracted a "sort of a mix" of viewers by gender and age. Netflix data showed viewers started with Jessica Jones, then Daredevil, then Luke Cage, ignoring release order. Todd Yellin said audiences watch in the order they get interested. Fans of Stranger Things, Black Mirror, and The Walking Dead were cited as entry points. Demographics are the new box office.
What came next for the cast
Alfre Woodard had just stepped out of 12 Years a Slave and Annabelle. She moved into The Gray Man and Fatherhood. Mike Colter came off Million Dollar Baby and Men in Black 3. He landed in Plane and The Defenders. Theo Rossi arrived with Sons of Anarchy and Cloverfield. He followed with The Penguin and Army of the Dead. The timeline does not prove the show caused these shifts. It only marks the starting line.
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Sources
- Marvel's Luke Cage on TMDB — synopsis, cast, ratings and recommendations
- Wikidata Q20646602 — review scores, box office and awards (CC0)
- “Luke Cage (TV series)” on Wikipedia, by its contributors (history) — reception, audience figures and legacy, summarised and adapted here under CC BY-SA 4.0
- Where to watch and prices: Binge Boss, from TMDB watch-provider data (powered by JustWatch) and our own provider list
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