Luke Cage
2016 · TV Series · TV-MA · 46 min · ★ 6.9 · 81% critics
An unfairly accused man escapes prison after a sabotaged experiment gives him superstrength and durability. He turns his powers into a superhero-for-hire life, navigating danger while trying to carve out a new path for himself and his community.
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Streaming on Disney+ — or rent from $1.99.
24 hours to watch · 26 episodes.
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Details
- Original title
- Marvel's Luke Cage
- Years
- 2016–2018
- Release date
- 2016-09-30
- Network
- Netflix
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Runtime
- 46 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 81/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 (2,007 votes)
About
You’ll probably like this if you enjoy Marvel Netflix-style superhero stories with a confident, music-forward vibe and character-driven tension like Daredevil or Jessica Jones—Not for you if slow pacing and long conversations frustrate you.
Pros: great music; strong tone; memorable villains | Cons: slow pacing; fights too brief; uneven action
Themes
- new york city
- superhero
- based on comic
- hero for hire
- marvel cinematic universe (mcu)
- black culture
Cast & crew
Mike Colter
as Luke Cage
Alfre Woodard
as Mariah Dillard
- SN
Sahr Ngaujah
as Anansi
- MK
Michael Kostroff
as Dr. Noah Burstein
- FF
Frankie Faison
as Henry 'Pop' Hunter
- CP
Chinua Baraka Payne
as Yellow Shirt
Andrew Pang
as Detective Chang
- RT
Rachael Taylor
as Patricia 'Trish' Walker (voice)
- HJ
Harry Sutton Jr.
as Guard 1
- CL
Chris Lazzaro
as Inmate
Directed by Lucy Liu, Magnus Martens, Millicent Shelton +18 more
Created by Cheo Hodari Coker
Episodes2 seasons · 26 episodes
Season 113 episodes
- S1E1Moment of Truth55mDisney+
- S1E2Code of the Streets59mDisney+
- S1E3Who's Gonna Take the Weight?57mDisney+
- S1E4Step in the Arena53mDisney+
- S1E5Just to Get a Rep52mDisney+
- S1E6Suckas Need Bodyguards54mDisney+
- S1E7Manifest52m
- S1E8Blowin' Up the Spot49mDisney+
- S1E9DWYCK66mDisney+
- S1E10Take It Personal48mDisney+
- S1E11Now You're Mine51mDisney+
- S1E12Soliloquy of Chaos62mDisney+
- S1E13You Know My Steez46mDisney+
Season 213 episodes
- S2E1Soul Brother #156mDisney+
- S2E2Straighten It Out55mDisney+
- S2E3Wig Out60mDisney+
- S2E4I Get Physical54mDisney+
- S2E5All Souled Out58mDisney+
- S2E6The Basement64mDisney+
- S2E7On and On56mDisney+
- S2E8If It Ain't Rough, It Ain't Right55mDisney+
- S2E9For Pete's Sake59mDisney+
- S2E10The Main Ingredient59mDisney+
- S2E11The Creator56mDisney+
- S2E12Can't Front on Me62mDisney+
- S2E13They Reminisce Over You69mDisney+