Black Widow

 

Black Widow 2021

• Director: Cate Shortland
• Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh, Rachel Weisz, David Harbour
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Scarlett Johansson – Hail Caesar, Lucy, He’s Just Not that Into You, The Other Boleyn Girl, The Prestige, The Island, In Good Company, The Love song of Bobby Long, Girl with the Pearl Earring, Lost in Translation, The Man Who Wasn’t There, Manny and Lo
• Florence Pugh - many
• Rachel Weisz – many
• Why? Number 16
• Seen:6 February 2025      

       After defying Tony Stark/Iron Man and letting Steve Rogers/Captain America escape, Natasha Romanoff (Johansson) is on the run in Norway. Her past as a trainee assassin in Russia catches up to her when another Black Widow – which is what these assassins are called) – Yelena (Pugh) seeks her out because…well, bad stuff in their past. Oh yes, Yelena is Natasha’s sister.

       They go after the bad guys.

       Johansson and Pugh make a good team of bickering sisters. The happy family parody is skewered, partly funny, partly touching, but I miss the other Avengers.

       No doubt it’s a silly thing to say but in this series of absurd stories, I’m having a hard time with this one. I’ll need to see it again, probably. And I will.

  3* of 5