“Daredevil: Born Again” Season 2 doesn’t hold back. Its first episode, titled “The Northern Star,” skips ahead in time and right off the bat, Matt Murdock’s alter-ego vigilante Daredevil is back in action. It’s darker and grittier than ever. Wilson Fisk, aka the Kingpin, has been voted in by the people of New York City as mayor. Visually, it’s a darker and grittier world. When Murdock learns a cargo ship carrying military-grade weapons is headed to Fisk’s free port, he steps in to intercept it, and a fight breaks out as he takes on the ship’s crew. The action is executed as a single continuous shot that ends with the vessel sinking. Cinematographer Hillary Fyfe Spera’s first reaction was: “We’re sinking a ship in New York Harbor.” Her next question was how they were going to pull it off. Popular on Variety The waterways of New York were familiar territory to Spera, and she knew collaboration was key.…