BLACK WIDOW

⏵ RELEASED OUT NOW! 12A | 134 mins

⏵ Director Cate Shortland

⏵ Cast Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh, David Harbour, William Hurt, Ray Winstone, Rachel Weisz

➔ Marvel kicks off Phase Four of its cinematic activities in a surprisingly low-key manner. Not that Black Widow isn’t without Marvel’s trademark spectacular superhero action, but it is an odd choice for the first post-Avengers-era MCU movie in a number of ways.

First, it’s a film many thought and , that feels a little like an i-dotting/t-crossing exercise – more of an addendum to the saga.