Going down between the occasions of Captain America: Civil Battle and Avengers: Infinity Battle, we discover ex-KGB agent Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson) in self-imposed exile in Norway. She’s quickly tracked down by fellow Widow and surrogate sister Yelena (Florence Pugh), who requests her assist in dismantling the Black Widow program that turned them each into lethal assassins.
Within the course of they’re reunited with their adoptive dad and mom: Melina Vostokoff (Rachel Weisz), a spy and now one of many Pink Room’s prime scientists, and super-soldier Alexei Shostakov (David Harbour). They’re additionally compelled to confront Dreykov, overseer of the Black Widow program, and the unstoppable villain Taskmaster. Cue some explosive motion – particularly a scene the place Taskmaster barrels down the road in a tank in pursuit of the bickering pseudo-siblings.