![]() The action set pieces, and fight scenes were good, but no better or worse than your typical Marvel Avenger movie. The two are sisters only in that they grew up as part of a Russian cell, in an Ohio suburb, along with Rachel Weisz as their brilliant scientist mother, and David Harbour, as Red Guardian, Russia's version of Captain America, as the dad. Belova is impulsive where Romanoff is introspective. There are two main Black Widows: Scarlett Johansson's character, and Yelena Belova, played by Florence Pugh. This makes Dreykov a monstrous misogynist, in a movie, directed by a woman, Cate Shortland, which has unmistakable feminist themes. The Black Widow must stop a Russian General called Dreykov, a sort of SPECTRE czar megalomaniac who "rescues" unwanted girls and turns them into super assassins, called widows. There's even a scene in which 007 is playing on TV. ![]() Black Widow, though, has a lot in common with James Bond movies. I was expecting a typical, CGI-infused Avenger movie, and it certainly is that.
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