Luke Cage Season 2 Trailer Reactions: 6 Ups & 2 Downs

2. It's Basically Rocky III

Luke Cage Season 2
Netflix

The trailer shows us a cocky Luke Cage fighting a bunch of minor street thugs, without a care in the world. He's posing for selfies and living his best life, until a rude awakening comes in the form of Bushmaster.

The new, hungry, intense villain bests him easily and aims to take Harlem for himself, forcing Cage to start taking things really seriously again and pushing himself to be victorious.

Swap out Cage for Rocky Balboa and Bushmaster for Clubber Lang, and you've basically got the plot to Rocky III. And that is no bad thing. (Now all we need is a Mr T cameo.)

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