What is Marvel's Daredevil about?
Lawyer-by-day Matt Murdock uses his heightened senses from being blinded as a young boy to fight crime at night on the streets of Hell’s Kitchen as Daredevil.
A blind lawyer fights crime with heightened senses, navigating a gritty, suspenseful, and darkly-comic Hell's Kitchen.
Pulpy. A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Disney+.
Marvel's Daredevil parents guide
Nothing past what a TV-MA promises: moderate sex and nudity, and brutal violence.
- Scare
- Mildly scary
- A few tense or eerie moments.
- Jump scares
- A couple
- One or two sudden jolts.
- Gore
- Graphic gore
- Blood and wounds shown clearly.
- Violence
- Brutal violence
- Our top level for violence.
- Sex and nudity
- Moderate
- Moderate means a sex scene or nudity on screen, even brief, or sexual violence that is described or implied but never shown.
- Language
- Moderate
- Some strong profanity, a few f-words.
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Three questions
- Is Marvel's Daredevil scary?
- Only a little. Marvel's Daredevil has a few tense moments, nothing that follows you to bed.
- How gory is Marvel's Daredevil?
- Graphic gore and brutal violence. If graphic gore is a dealbreaker, skip it.
- What is Marvel's Daredevil rated, and is it OK for kids?
- Moderate sex and nudity, brutal violence, and some strong language. The TV-MA is earned, so not for kids.
Cast and crew
Created byDrew Goddard
StarringCharlie Cox, Deborah Ann Woll, Elden Henson, Vincent D'Onofrio, Jay Ali, Wilson Bethel
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