Popcorn Perspectives with Danny Minton
Week of March 30, 2026
Daredevil: Born Again – Season 2
Rated TV-MA
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 95%
Streaming on Disney+
Season One of the Daredevil reboot on Disney+ might have ended with a huge cliffhanger, but at least Marvel and Disney didn’t make us wait overly long for some resolution. In this newest iteration of the hit dark super-hero drama, the villain Kingpin (Vincent D’Onofrio) is back and now the mayor or New York City. With his secret police force which forgoes due process and rules with an iron fist, corruption is committed out in the open and the blind vigilante Daredevil (Charlie Cox) is one of the few things that can get in his way. While the mild-mannered lawyer turned masked hero still won’t purposefully kill, he seems a lot more comfortable with a loss here and there and the people he surrounds himself with are willing to take a bad guy down the hard way. The relevancy to the current administration and ICE are less than subtle here, but just different enough to excite, and maybe at least not turn off, most of its audience. During the first season, you could draw a comparison, but this show seems downright prophetic when you examine it closely enough. While the Netflix version was very good, this new storyline is simply stronger in all aspects, including acting, action, production and relevancy. I’m very happy that they kept Cox and D’Onofrio in the starring roles, as they both have really grown into their roles as they have ultimately only gotten better since their debut over a decade ago. While it’s not exactly Marvel’s most popular franchise on TV right now, it certainly is their strongest, and I hope they can continue on with the roll they seem to be on. I hope that Disney can continue to keep churning out more quality seasons of this streamer without losing the new edge they have given it. A-