A hollow center blocks attempts to offer anything more than a slightly entertaining diversion, rendering it little more than a second chapter that perhaps was never really needed in the first place.

“Black Widow” is a fine entry to the Marvel canon and proves that super heroines can hold their own every bit as well as their male counterparts.

F9: The Fast Saga proves that the series would benefit from treating its audience kinder by giving them something interesting rather than this absurdity.