She works various jobs for Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), and wants to get away from the darker side of her work for a more public facing position where she hopes to find some happiness.
Unfortunately, Allegra is facing impeachment and various charges over her Black Ops projects and has quickly moved to remove any connection to her and tasks Yelena to remove a target at a secret site.
What seems to be a routine mission becomes murky when John Walker (Wyatt Russell), Ava (Hannah John-Kamen), and others enter the mix with a clear mandate to eliminate others The group quickly realize they have been setup to be eliminated and discover a mysterious individual named Bob (Lewis Pullman), who has no memory of how he got into the secure locale.
At the same time Yelena’s “father” Alexi (David Harbour), learns of the plan and suits up to save the day as he is also eager to find some purpose. Throw in the arrival of Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), and you have the makings of a dysfunctional group who trusts one another about as much as they trust Valentina yet are united in their desire to bring her down.
Unfortunately, there is a wild card in the mix and it poses a danger greater than they have ever faced and one that will force them to confront their darkest fears in the process.
The movie takes some time getting up to speed as it spaces shorter action sequences around character development and setup but the dynamic between the characters is engaging and it is nice to see more depth for the characters as we see them step up from supporting to lead roles.
The film has some nice segments and solid FX and the last few moments including the mid and end-credit scenes offer up some very interesting possibilities down the line that I am sure fans will be discussing once the films releases.
While it is not as epic in scope as some past Marvel offerings, the character driven approach is a nice change of pace and there is enough action to keep fans engaged in what is a very satisfying offering from Marvel Studios.
4 stars out of 5
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