Black Widow Movie Review: Scarlett Johansson’s MCU Farewell Is Too Afraid to Be More
Black Widow — now streaming on Disney+ Hotstar, over a month and a half after its Disney+ debut — is frustrating on many counts. As an espionage action thriller, it's a mishmash of other movies of its ilk. A fisticuff between the film's female leads is reminiscent of the choreography and cinematography from Paul Greengrass' Matt Damon-led Jason Bourne films. Black Widow's early Budapest car chase is drawing on the energy of Tom Cruise's Mission: Impossible. Another shot in that sequence reminded me of the 2012 James Bond…