"You can't go through life nitpicking every little thing."

In a genre that rather famously has lacked personality, Black has expressed a distinct timbre of cynicism and skepticism that crucially not only questions the idea of moralism in action films but also the attitude and personalities of what you might call American heroes.

This week on The Collision on a spoiler-filled episode, we are joined by editor Brendan Bettinger, who I thank for filling in for me due to my moderate speech impediment as a result of recent jaw surgery.  Along with regulars …