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title: "Daredevil: Born Again"
year: 2025
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canonical: "https://film.one/tv/daredevil-born-again"
fi1m_id: "daredevil-born-again"
imdb_id: "tt18923754"
tmdb_id: 202555
wikidata_id: "Q113244844"
fi1m_score: 74
critics_score: 76
critics_reviews: 6
published: "2026-09-12"
updated: "2026-09-17T21:16:50.037529+00:00"
region: "EE"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Daredevil: Born Again (2025)

Created by Dario Scardapane, Chris Ord, Matt Corman · Drama, Action & Adventure, Crime

## Identity

Daredevil: Born Again

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/tv/daredevil-born-again
- **Type:** Series
- **Fi1m ID:** daredevil-born-again
- **IMDb ID:** tt18923754
- **TMDB ID:** 202555
- **Wikidata ID:** Q113244844
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18923754/, https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/202555, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113244844

**Fi1m score: 74** · Critics 76 from 6 reviews

*In a sentence:* Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio can make a stare interesting; the legal business has to work rather harder

> Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio make *Daredevil: Born Again* worth returning to, with fights that still hurt to watch. Familiar plotting and uneven pacing keep this capable crime series from becoming anything more surprising.

## Synopsis

Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox), also known as Daredevil, is reluctant to return to vigilantism. His conflict with Wilson Fisk (Vincent D’Onofrio) brings superhero action into a crime drama that also follows legal cases and political manoeuvring. The series returns to their antagonism while examining how time and pain change the people caught up in it. Wilson Bethel plays Benjamin Poindexter, also known as Bullseye, alongside Margarita Levieva as Heather Glenn and Nikki M. James as Kirsten Mcduffie.

## Review

*Daredevil: Born Again* is a good, uneven return, carried by two actors who make familiar hostilities worth revisiting. It wants bruising action to sit alongside legal drama and political intrigue, while taking Matt Murdock’s reluctance to resume vigilantism seriously. That is a sensible ambition for a superhero crime series, particularly one asking us to invest in an established conflict again. The difficulty is finding room for everything, and the programme too often interrupts its strongest material to attend to something we recognise from less interesting television.

Charlie Cox makes Murdock’s hesitation worth considering, even when the genre has already told us what we have come to see. He gives the reluctance enough feeling to stop it becoming a routine delay before the action. Vincent D’Onofrio gives Wilson Fisk the force to make their renewed conflict compelling without depending on surprise. Their chemistry holds our attention through stretches where the writing supplies little that is new, and both performances suggest people whom pain has changed without necessarily improving.

We winced at the bone-breaking fights, because the blows make injury feel unpleasant rather than conveniently temporary. The cinematography, credited to Pedro Gómez Millán, Hillary Spera and Jeffrey Waldron, is most persuasive in these action passages, giving the physical punishment enough force to make watching uncomfortable. That helps explain why Murdock’s reluctance matters. The brutality earns its place, although it also makes the less involving drama between fights harder to excuse.

Michael Shaw’s production design helps the crime drama feel credible, an important contribution when superhero action must occupy the same programme as legal proceedings. It supports the grounded approach without becoming the chief reason to look at the screen. The score by Taylor Stewart and Andrew Grush is effective at maintaining tension, though it makes less of an impression than the performances. D’Onofrio supplies enough menace that the music has a considerable advantage whenever he is involved.

The uneven pace is harder to forgive than the familiar plotting. The editing, credited to Melissa Lawson Cheung, Stephanie Filo, Cedric Nairn-Smith, Lyric Ramsey and Yoni Rusnak, struggles to give the crowded story a steady rhythm. The legal material offers a useful way to spend time with Murdock away from the fighting, but too much of it feels like routine procedural business. These passages are competent enough, yet they regularly continue beyond the point at which we have stopped caring about their immediate business.

The political material is more rewarding, giving the renewed antagonism a purpose beyond arranging another confrontation. It allows questions about power to complicate the pleasure of watching powerful people fight, and the series is more interesting when it follows those questions. The writing does not pursue them consistently enough, however, and some opportunities pass without much examination. By the standards of superhero crime television, there is welcome ambition here, but the crowded plotting prevents it from being developed as fully as it deserves.

Anyone coming primarily for Cox and D’Onofrio has good reason to stay. Those hoping for a crime series that keeps finding new things to say may find the familiar turns more wearing, particularly when the plot is at its busiest. Give it an evening if superhero crime is your sort of thing, but do not expect the legal work to be as gripping as the fights.

*Fi1m score 74, published 12 September 2026.*

## What the critics say

Most critics welcome Daredevil: Born Again as a forceful return, with praise concentrated on Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio’s performances, their antagonistic chemistry and the brutal fight sequences. The darker crime-drama elements and attention to characters changed by pain also find support. Familiarity is largely treated as a strength, though some reviews value the new material more: The Telegraph praises the political commentary alongside the superhero action.

Reservations centre on crowded plotting, uneven pacing and a reliance on formula, but the disagreement goes beyond those qualifications. NME finds a tightly controlled story with emotional growth that moves beyond nostalgia; Vulture sees an initially promising revival becoming incoherent, constrained by franchise management and unwilling to pursue its themes. That leaves a wide gap between the strongest enthusiasm and the principal dissent, even as most reviews agree that the performances and action give the series much of its appeal.

## Straight answers

**Is Daredevil: Born Again worth watching?**

*Daredevil: Born Again* is worth watching for anyone who enjoys superhero crime drama and can accept familiar plotting, and we scored it 74. Charlie Cox and Vincent D'Onofrio make the renewed conflict between Murdock and Fisk compelling, and the fights hurt to watch. The legal scenes and uneven pacing are the weak points, so do not expect the courtroom business to grip as the action does.

**Where can I watch Daredevil: Born Again in Estonia?**

*Daredevil: Born Again* is streaming on Disney+ in Estonia. Availability is checked daily; the links above go straight to each service.

**How violent or frightening is Daredevil: Born Again, and is it suitable for children?**

*Daredevil: Born Again* carries an 18 certificate in the UK and TV-MA in the US, and it is not suitable for children. The fights are bone-breaking and shot so that injury feels unpleasant rather than conveniently temporary; we winced more than once. Squeamish viewers should be warned, though it is brutal rather than frightening in the horror sense.

**How does Daredevil: Born Again compare to Giri/Haji?**

*Daredevil: Born Again* is a superhero crime series built on the conflict between two men, while [*Giri/Haji*](https://film.one/tv/giri-haji) is a family crime drama with more wit, tenderness and stylistic restlessness. Both are crowded and both sag in places, but *Giri/Haji* has more feeling and is the more rewarding of the two. Choose *Born Again* for bruising fights and two strong leads; choose *Giri/Haji* for a story with more heart.

**What should I watch after Daredevil: Born Again?**

After *Daredevil: Born Again*, try [*Giri/Haji*](https://film.one/tv/giri-haji) (2019, Fi1m 84): Family loyalties complicate a crime story that makes room for tenderness. Then [*A History of Violence*](https://film.one/film/a-history-of-violence) (2005, Fi1m 88): A more concentrated examination of violence and the people drawn towards it; and [*Infernal Affairs*](https://film.one/film/infernal-affairs) (2002, Fi1m 87): Two opposed lives keep tightening a crime plot with little spare room.

### Reviews we read (10)

- **Radio Times**, Nicola Austin (4/5): It is a bloody delight and worthy successor to the Netflix show, with brutal action and strong performances from Cox and D’Onofrio that recapture the magic. Some pacing issues and an overpacked story prevent it from being perfect. [Read](https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/daredevil-born-again-review/)
- **The Telegraph** (4/5): This confident Disney+ revival has something to say about Trump’s America and mixes kick-ass superhero antics with sophisticated social analysis. The critic praises Vincent D’Onofrio’s performance and notes it is better than ever, though the story occasionally wanders into conventional legal drama. [Read](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/daredevil-born-again-review/)
- **Vulture** (40/100, inferred): The series starts with promise in its grounded, violent tone but quickly devolves into another incoherent MCU TV entry hampered by IP management and lack of thematic commitment. While it offers some marginal pleasures like certain supporting performances, it fails to deliver on the potential of a true Daredevil revival. [Read](https://www.vulture.com/article/daredevil-born-again-review-disney-plus.html)
- **Empire**, Amon Warmann: The series is a strong overall return that retains the gripping hero/villain dynamic and intense action of the Netflix run while adding fresh elements. Cox and D’Onofrio power the show with their compelling performances and the brutal, bone-breaking fights remain a highlight. [Read](https://www.empireonline.com/tv/reviews/daredevil-born-again/)
- **The Guardian**: Only time will tell whether this revival becomes as great as DC’s The Penguin, but the excellent acting and bravura set pieces make it a crowd-pleasing watch. The critic highlights the strong chemistry between Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio along with the action sequences. [Read](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/mar/05/daredevil-born-again-review-could-marvels-new-series-go-one-better-than-the-penguin)
- **The Hollywood Reporter**, Angie Han: The series is more of the same, mostly for the better, delivering satisfying familiarity through strong performances by Cox and D’Onofrio and nostalgic action. It suffers from formulaic storytelling, missed opportunities and a lack of surprises. [Read](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/daredevil-born-again-review-marvel-disney-1236153929/)
- **Variety**, Aramide Tinubu: The revival is a brilliantly detailed and complex continuation that rises above typical reboots with its darker tone and cast chemistry. It excels at showing how time and pain transform the characters while delivering thrilling action and political intrigue. [Read](https://variety.com/2025/tv/reviews/daredevil-born-again-review-disney-plus-1236326582/)
- **NME**, Ali Shutler (5/5): The critic praises the series as Marvel’s best work yet, calling the brutal re-origin story a tightly wound plot with emotional growth and big swings that goes beyond nostalgia. They single out the extreme brutality, including a terrifying villain and one of TV’s most gruesome deaths, along with its gritty crime drama elements that embed naturally into the MCU. [Read](https://www.nme.com/reviews/tv-reviews/daredevil-born-again-review-marvel-charlie-cox-vincent-donofrio-3843526)
- **Consequence** (A-): The show resurrects and improves on the Netflix Marvel Universe as a grittier Season 4 of Daredevil, with consistent tone, adult content, and strong character work from Charlie Cox. It explores Matt Murdock’s reluctance to return to vigilantism through entertaining procedural elements woven into the larger plot. [Read](https://consequence.net/2025/03/daredevil-born-again-review-disney-plus/)
- **Den of Geek**, Joe George (4/5): The premiere episodes deliver a dark, complex, and thrilling revival that pulls Matt Murdock and Wilson Fisk back into conflict. It excels through strong performances by Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio, emotional depth, and visceral fight scenes that distinguish it from other MCU shows. [Read](https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/daredevil-born-again-episodes-1-2-review/)

## Details

- **Created by:** Dario Scardapane, Chris Ord, Matt Corman
- **Creator:** Dario Scardapane, Chris Ord, Matt Corman
- **Director:** Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead, Iain B. MacDonald, Michael Cuesta, Jeffrey Nachmanoff, Solvan Naim, Angela Barnes, David Boyd
- **Writer:** Dario Scardapane, Jesse Wigutow, Heather Bellson, Jill Blankenship, Devon Kliger, David Feige, Chantelle M. Wells, Matt Corman, Thomas Wong, Chris Ord, Grainne Godfree
- **Cinematography:** Hillary Spera, Jeffrey Waldron, Pedro Gomez Millan
- **Editor:** Cedric Nairn-Smith, Stephanie Filo, Melissa Lawson Cheung, Yoni Rusnak, Lyric Ramsey
- **Music:** Taylor Stewart, Andrew Grush
- **Production design:** Michael Shaw
- **Costume design:** Emily Gunshor
- **Producer:** Rudd Simmons, David Chambers
- **Cast:** Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock / Daredevil; Vincent D'Onofrio as Wilson Fisk; Wilson Bethel as Benjamin Poindexter / Bullseye; Margarita Levieva as Heather Glenn; Matthew Lillard as Mr. Charles; Lili Taylor as Gov Marge McCaffrey; Michael Gandolfini as Daniel Blake; Nikki M. James as Kirsten Mcduffie
- **Release (Estonia):** 4 March 2025
- **Genres:** Drama, Action & Adventure, Crime
- **Trailer:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xALolZzhSM

## Where to watch in Estonia

- Disney+: streaming, uhd

*Checked 2026-09-12.*

Also available in: AR, AT, AU, BE, BG, BR, CA, CH, CL, CO, CZ, DE, DK, EC, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HK, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, JP, KR, LT, MX, NL, NO, NZ, PA, PE, PH, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SG, SI, TR, US. Add `?region=XX` to this URL for another country.

## If you liked this

- *The Penguin* (2024): For another threatening central performance in a superhero city’s criminal underworld.
- *Giri/Haji* (2019), Fi1m 84: Family loyalties complicate a crime story that makes room for tenderness. — [Fi1m page](https://film.one/tv/giri-haji.md)
- *A History of Violence* (2005), Fi1m 88: A more concentrated examination of violence and the people drawn towards it. — [Fi1m page](https://film.one/film/a-history-of-violence.md)
- *Infernal Affairs* (2002), Fi1m 87: Two opposed lives keep tightening a crime plot with little spare room. — [Fi1m page](https://film.one/film/infernal-affairs.md)
- *The Long Good Friday* (1980), Fi1m 88: Another forceful criminal discovers that wanting control does not secure it. — [Fi1m page](https://film.one/film/the-long-good-friday.md)

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