Enter Cate Shortland.
Oh, globe-trotting adventure takes place after Captain America: Civil War but before Avengers: Infinity War.
Scarlett Johansson - Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow
Florence Pugh - Yelena Belova
Rachel Weisz - Melina Vostokoff
David Harbour - Alexei Shostakov/Red Guardian
Ray Winstone - Dreykov
O-T Fagbenle - Mason
Olga Kurylenko - Antonia/Taskmaster
Summary
In 1995, Natasha lives with fake parents and 'sister' Yelena.
With S.H.I.E.L.D. agents hot on their trail, family swap Ohio for Cuba, where bossman Dreykov puts Natasha and Yelena through Red Room training.
21 years later, the remaining Avengers are being hunted for violating the Sokovia Accords, with Steve Rogers and Natasha on the run.
Meanwhile, Dreykov sends Taskmaster to retrieve vials containing mind control antidote Red Dust.
By hook or by crook, Dreykov is going down.
Post-credits
While visiting Natasha's grave, Valentina Fontaine gives Yelena her next assignment of going after Clint Barton, the man 'responsible' for sister's death.
Family assemble
Johansson and Pugh share impressive chemistry and Harbour is goofily entertaining.
Chase sequences disappoint and action primarily focuses on leads surviving CG set-pieces.
Ignoring Terminator vision, Taskmaster's behaviour smacks of Nemesis from Resident Evil fame.
Due to accents bizarrely changing more than the weather, this is definitely one of the most confusing films I've ever heard.
Finally.
At first, Natasha cannot harm Dreykov, as smelling villain instantly activates pheromone lock he implanted inside every Widow.
Severing nerve inside forehead is the only way to disable failsafe.
Who knows if intentional, but Robocop anybody?
Let me explain.
Pheromone lock (Directive 4) and severing the nerve (the Old Man firing Dick Jones).
Eric Pearson's screenplay even has Natasha say to Dreykov "Thank you for your co-operation."
HA HA HA!
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