Yelena Belova, Black Widow's sister, mourns her passing as she struggles with other demons in her past. And everyone has regrets—John Walker, the failed Captain America. Red Guardian, silent father. Bucky Barnes, brainwashed killer. Ghost, tormented soul. Many of these are sent, individually, on one final mission with a promise to wipe their past and start anew. But things take a turn when they discover they've been set against each other to clear crooked CIA director Valentina Allegra de Fontaine's name. They join forces but face a great foe. They're not super, and not heroes. But if they stick together, they may just make it.
I did myself a disservice by skipping Brave New World; that omission left me confused, and I only vaguely remember the immediately preceding MCU films. That aside, this film took a markedly darker and more pyschological tone than the standard MCU offering. The themes were failure, regret for past sins, loneliness, and the need to belong. Yelena summarizes: "There's something wrong with me. An emptiness. I thought it started when my sister died, but now it feels like something bigger. Just a void." The movie looks at that. A worthy theme to be sure, and one message (sticking together despite failures) was top-notch. The humor was decent. But it is dark, so approach with caution.
Rating: B
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