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The new action series has some big shoes to fill, and sometimes, it does.
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Kambole Campbell is a freelance film and TV critic based in London, with bylines at Variety, Sight and Sound, Empire and the BBC. As well as a fondness for action movies, he often writes about animation from around the world, sometimes for his newsletter, Re:Frame.
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The new action series has some big shoes to fill, and sometimes, it does.