

Alexei’s main duty is to fight the unstoppable Taskmaster, preventing her from getting in the way of the parts the women are taking care of. He’s a key part of the team but it’s fitting that it’s the three women who deal with the strategic, detailed parts of the plan. Nat will learn what Dreykov’s plans are, Melina will land the Red Room, delivering its inhabitants into Ross’ custody while Yelena is tasked with locating the vials of the red substance and deprogramming the current batch of Widows, setting them free.Īlexei, meanwhile, is essentially just on brute force duties. It’s important to remember that Natasha has set off her tracking device so that General Ross will know where she is and send the troops.

The goons arrive, sedate everyone but Melina, and take them to the Red Room-which we discover is actually in the sky, literally above the radar. While his goons are on their way, Natasha and Melina swap clothes and also swap faces using the expected MCU super scientific gadgets. Melina appears to double cross the rest of the family by notifying Dreykov they are at her house. It’s important to note that neither Yelena nor Alexei know the plan, or even that there is a plan until later. Trouble is, no one knows where it is so Nat and Melina hatch a plan which slowly unfolds.


Bringing Down The Red RoomĪfter they are reunited Nat and Yelena resolve to bring down the Red Room. It gets a bit twisty! But how does it end, and what does that Black Widow ending mean for Yelena, Natasha, and the MCU? We’ll have a go at unpicking it. Thaddeus Ross (William Hurt).Īs well as fleshing out Nat’s backstory, the movie introduces us to Yelena (Florence Pugh), Alexei (David Harbour), and Melina (Rachel Weisz), setting the four on a mission to locate the Red Room and destroy it and its creator Dreykov (Ray Winstone). Marvel’s latest-the long awaited Black Widow-is set during Natasha Romanoff’s (Scarlett Johansson) exile period, after Captain America: Civil War left the Avengers divided, and Nat is on the run from Gen. This article contains Black Widow spoilers.Ĭinema is back! Marvel is back! Natasha Romanoff is back! There’s so much excitement going on all at once that it can be overwhelming.
