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.