You aren't going to see any 'boxing glove' arrows or other things of that sort, but with a few explosive exceptions Ollie uses a pretty basic hunting arrow when confronting the bad guys in Starling City. The Arrow, is never called that in the show, but is referred to by the city media and police as The Hood. Like the early BATMAN of Gotham City the police view him as a violent vigilante and to be honest, unlike the Dark Knight, The Hood doesn't hesitate from actually taking a life when he feels it necessary.
Stephen Amell is good both as the spoiled Oliver Queen and as his more aggressive persona. I don't know how much of the stunt work is actually done by Amell, but the scenes of him working in his gym and close-up scenes show that he is in very good physical shape and able to handle himself when a stuntman would be too obvious. The story allows him to change and grow as he begins to see himself as more than just the one to carry out his father's vengeance. He actually does become a hero in many ways, with assistance from his bodyguard, John Diggle (played by David Ramsey), who can be just as competent, if a bit less violent than his boss. The creators were smart in bringing in Felicity Smoak (Emily Bett Rickards) a computer tech for Queen Industries to aide Oliver in her own fashion.
It will be interesting to see where the shows goes in its second season, having introduced several DCU characters in the first (Huntress, Deadshot & Deathstroke). They have already announced that a version of Black Canary will be showing up and rumors of a FLASH appearing also have come out. IMDB simply mentions 'Barry Allen' (Grant Gustin from GLEE and 90210) will be in two episodes. We'll see if Barry gains his abilities in the show or already possesses them.
As you can see, I really enjoy the show and will try to have stuff about a few other programs that I'm currently watching.
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