Review of Black Widow (2021) by Moviemitch96 — 09 Jul 2021

The post-pandemic era is among us, and two years after 'Spider-Man: Far from Home', we finally get our first Phase 4 MCU film in the form of 'Black Widow', a prequel film of sorts that takes place between the events of 'Captain America: Civil War' and 'Avengers: Infinity War', and sees Scarlett Johansson's Natasha Romanoff going up against the secretive Black Widow organization that raised her, along with the help of her family.

As far as MCU entries go, I'm just gonna straight up say that this is pretty much middle of the road territory. The stakes never felt especially high and this felt more like just a fun filler entry. As far as performances go, Johansson delivers with great action and a headstrong performance, but for me it was Florence Pugh as her younger sister that stole the show.

She had plenty of humorous comic relief moments and one-liners throughout and also got to shine in some great action sequences of her own. David Harbour and Rachel Weisz are also worth mentioning as their parents, who both deliver some great scenes and moments alongside each other.

Overall though, the cast and action sequences make things enjoyable and worthwhile enough to make up for a generic and straightforward story, and there's certainly been weaker MCU entries. Stick around till the very end of the credits for that trademark MCU end-credits scene.