Every Marvel Comic Book TV Show Ranked From Worst To Best

8. Iron Fist

Danny Rand Iron Fist
Netflix

After 15-years missing and being presumed dead, Danny Rand (Finn Jones) returns home to New York City to try and reclaim his company, and uncover a mystery that leads him to battling his sworn enemy, the Hand.

The most recent entry on this list, Iron Fist is the first show in the modern Marvel era to become a critical failure (although it's still a decent leap up from the shows covered so far), especially amongst its Netflix peers, and it's easy to see why.

For a series about the world's greatest martial artist, the action is surprisingly lacklustre, with far too many cuts, and a clear lack of skills in the fight department from star Jones (who was practicing only 15 minutes before shooting).

The problems run deeper than that, though, with Jones given an charisma-less performance, and some utterly terrible writing. Jessica Henwick's Colleen Wing is pretty great though, as is Rosario Dawson's Claire Temple (as always), and there's enough polish here to elevate it above the previous entries.

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