Natasha Romanoff, aka Black Widow, confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises. Pursued by a force that will stop at nothing to bring her down, Natasha must deal with her history as a spy, and the broken relationships left in her wake long before she became an Avenger.Black Widow / Film synopsis

In addition to being Natasha's swan song, Black Widow serves as a bit of an origin story for her successor, Yelena Belova.

The opening sequence in Black Widow shows a flashback of a young Natasha Romanoff with her family, who are actually on a mission and receive technology from S.H.I.E.L.D. The family of spies is forced to separate when their cover is blown, with Natasha and her sister Yelena (played by Florence Pugh) ending up receiving ...

It's hard to say the wait was worth the experience (though seeing a Marvel film on the big screen for the first time in nearly two years could arguably fit that description) because as good as "Black Widow" is - and it's really good - it almost feels too little, too late for one of the Marvel Cinematic Universe's most ...

Natasha RomanovaBlack Widow Despite super spy Natasha Romanova's checkered past, she's become one of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s most deadly assassins and a frequent member of the Avengers. Despite her origins as an agent of evil, Natasha Romanoff has become a force for good in the world of covert intelligence and super heroics.

The release of Black Widow is bittersweet in that it's what a lot of fans have wanted to see for a long time, but the film is also an epilogue or tribute of sorts given that Scarlett Johansson's fierce Avenger sacrificed her life in Avengers: Endgame and is no longer in the MCU.

Black Widow Marvel Timeline Black Widow is set earlier in the Marvel timeline, and in case you need clarification, this is exactly when the story of Black Widow happens in the MCU timeline: right after Captain America: Civil War and before Avengers: Infinity War. So around 2016-ish.

She is valuable to the extent that her pain can motivate them. In Endgame, Black Widow sacrifices her life so that Clint Barton, a.k.a. Hawkeye, can retrieve the Soul Stone, which will grant the rest of the Avengers the power to bring back everyone who died when Thanos snapped his fingers during Infinity War.

As the world was still in the grip of the pandemic, Black Widow grossed just $379.8 million in theaters which is the 30th-lowest tally of all 32 Marvel movies. Theaters get 50% of the spoils with studios receiving the remainder giving Disney $189.9 million from Black Widow.

Eventually, though, Natasha gets the upper hand on Clint for long enough to make her decision final, and go through with it. She leaps off the cliff, sacrificing her life for the Soul Stone.

Dreykov. General Dreykov is the actual main villain of Black Widow, and with good reason.

The best way we can describe “Black Widow” without spoilers is that it's more of a filler movie, albeit a very entertaining filler movie. Most of that does stem from the details we previously mentioned, as they will always be present in the viewer's mind.