WHY BLACK WIDOW IS WORTH WATCHING

PLOT

In 1995, super soldier Alexei Shostakov and Black Widow Melina Vostokoff work as Russian undercover agents, posing as a family in Ohio with Natasha Romanoff and Yelena Belova as their daughters. They steal S.H.I.E.L.D. intel and escape to Cuba where their boss, General Dreykov, has Romanoff and Belova taken to the Red Room for training. Years pass, during which Shostakov is imprisoned in Russia while Romanoff defects to S.H.I.E.L.D. after bombing Dreykov's Budapest office and apparently killing him and his young daughter Antonia.

REVIEW

It has been unnecessarily mistreated, it does not deserve the hate at all. It's a very deep movie, it delves deeper than you would expect it to. This movie touches upon deep aspects of corrupt activities played in the shadows of our real-world society weak mental health, fragile family bonds, inequality, human trafficking.

It involves strong and often emotional dialogues, it shows Natasha and even Yelena suffering through trauma of their past, they stay strong with it all until they eventually break and share with their family. In the dinner-table sequence, the opening credits, and the gas station sister conversation, they let each other free up and let their buried thoughts free.

Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff is as always, a strong, brave, humble-at-heart, touching character. Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova sets new ground, her character is naive and also humble-at-heart. The sisterhood between them touches your heart. Rachel Weisz as Melina Vostokoff was pretty good too, she wasn't present for all too long but she made her impact as the mother well enough, she helps build Nat and Yelena as people with her quote 'Pain only makes you stronger' being continuously revised by them throughout the film.

David Harbour as Alexei Shostakov (The Red Guardian) was quite a joy, he lightens up the movie right before it gets way too deep or emotional, he's charismatic with his role and keeps the mood up while also representing a bold, strong and fierce man, who eventually chooses to fight for his family as long as he could (fresh from prison, lack of physical activity and practice lead to weak stamina). Olga Kurylenko was an interesting choice for Antonia Dreykov (Taskmaster), she barely had an appearance, but she was part of Nat's past that troubled her, a past she seeks to (and successfully managed to) settle down and fix. Taskmaster's theme is DARK AND DEEP. It's one of the strongest villains' themes I've heard, it's threatening and dark, fits perfectly, and gives me chills with her suit and theme together. Would gladly love to see Olga as Antonia (Taskmaster) again in any MCU production.

The CGI is epic, and the choreography for all the fight scenes, especially the ones involving Nat and Taskmaster are great. The soundtrack, even after months, I'm still obsessed with. Lorne Balfe did an awesome and godly work with the

UNFORGETTABLE SOUNDTRACK.

Every track blends so perfectly with the scene. Whether that may be a triumphant scene for example, Alexei escaping prison, an emotional scene for example, Yelena Belova's mental breakdown at the dinner table or slightly later, the conversation between Melina and Natasha while alone or a threatening appearance for example, Taskmaster first scene at the bridge or every scene involving Taskmaster's theme or an epic final sequence for example, Nat skydiving into freefall as Yelena unconsciously falls off into danger.

Every aspect of this film is pure gold, for me. I've watched this 6 times already, and it always feels fresh and epic. It's easily my favorite and comfort movie.

DIRECTED BY: Cate Shortland
SCREENPLAY BY :Eric Pearson
STORY BY :Jac Schaeffer, Ned Benson
BASED ON :Marvel Comics
PRODUCED BY :Kevin Feige
CAST: Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh, David Harbour, O-T Fagbenle, Olga Kurylenko, William Hurt, Ray Winstone, Rachel Weisz
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Gabriel Beristain
EDITED BY , Leigh Folsom Boyd, Matthew Schmidt
MUSIC BY :Lorne Balfe
PRODUCTION COMPANY :Marvel Studios
DISTRIBUTED BY, Walt Disney Studios, Motion Pictures
RELEASED DATE :June 29, 2021
RUNNING TIME :134 minutes
COUNTRY :United States
LANGUAGE: English
scored 6.7 out of 10 on IMDb.
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