12 Delayed 2021 Movies That Really Weren't Worth The Wait

A Black Widow solo film was something fans were asking for for a long time, so this was an anticipated release anyway, but the hype for this one went further than that. It was the first MCU film in nearly two years and the beginning of the franchise's Phase 4, so expectations were high.

And... they blew it.

To be honest, the moment had already passed for a Black Widow film since the character's story ended in Avengers: Endgame, but had this movie not been quite so dispiritingly boring, it would've felt more acceptable.

Despite strong performances (aside from Ray Winstone's embarrassing turn as the villain), impressive direction and decent action sequences, Black Widow is just too pointless, low-stakes, soulless and dreary to leave any sort of impact. Without question, it's one of the very worst MCU instalments to date.

Perhaps most criminally of all, this doesn't do anything for the character of Black Widow and actually makes her kind of boring. This was not the send-off she deserved and this certainly wasn't the big-screen return MCU fans deserved either.

And staying on the topic of the MCU...