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We Didn’t Like: Marvel Spotlight

Screenshot: Marvel Studios
Screenshot: Marvel Studios

Echo is the first show in a new brand of Marvel called “Marvel Spotlight” which aims to focus more on street-level threats, as opposed to global ones, and give the filmmakers a chance to be a bit more R-rated with the content.

The problem is Echo feels incredibly tame for what was touted as potentially the darkest, most violent Marvel Studios show yet. Sure, there is some intense violence here and there—but if you were expecting Deadpool or Blade, Marvel Spotlight is not that. We were hoping it would go further but, instead, it just felt like a slightly elevated PG-13 rather than a hard R.