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Black Lightning (TV Series)

Black Lightning

2018

Salim Akil (Creator), Salim Akil ...

Cress Williams, China Anne McClain, Christine Adams, Nafessa Williams ...

5.0

645

TV Series. Action. Sci-Fi TV Series (2018-Present Day). Jefferson Pierce has made his choice. He hung up the suit and his secret identity years ago, but with a daughter hell-bent on justice and a star student being recruited by a local gang, he'll be pulled back into the fight as the wanted vigilante and DC legend: Black Lightning.

	Media	Author	Review
		Sonia Saraiya Variety	"[It] is a good, satisfying, layered addition to the CW canon."
		Jen Chaney Vulture	"'Black Lightning' is the perfect superhero show for the moment (...) [It] is slick, smart, and infused with a social conscience that feels especially spot-on"
		James Poniewozik The New York Times	"This show’s race-forward sensibility and its older protagonist (...) give 'Black Lightning' its spark (...) It’s pulpy entertainment with a sense of purpose."
		Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter	"[It] is smart and relevant and full of an attitude that's all its own. It takes its characters and their world seriously, but thus far doesn't take itself too seriously."
		Kelly Lawler USA Today	"[It] is a different kind of superhero than we're used to, who brings a unique and welcome perspective to the ever-proliferating genre (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Dana Schwartz Entertainment Weekly	"The entire show crackles with potential energy (...) 'Black Lightning' has found a way to make the typical superhero origin story (...) fresh"
		Lorraine Ali Los Angeles Times	"A thrilling, smart and pop culture-savvy series (...) 'Black Lightning' successfully walks the line between advocacy and entertainment"
		Danette Chavez AV Club	"One of the most fully realized visions of a superhero we’ve seen onscreen to date (...) It understands that real life isn’t that simple"

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