Anna Daniels
Black Widow takes place after the events of Captain America: Civil War, and the Red Guardian fight makes it clear that that flick’s huge superpowered showdown has been a key part of Taskmaster’s curriculum. In that fight, we first see the villain unsheathing some vicious-looking claws from his fingertips, in much the same fashion that T’Challa, the Black Panther, is known to do. The Guardian takes him on anyway, but Taskmaster pulls out another surprise: a flying drop-kick to the chest, after which he does a mid-air flip, and lands in a pose suspiciously similar to that which we’ve seen struck a hundred times by Peter Parker, your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.
It’s quite obvious that Taskmaster has been boning up on the fighting techniques of virtually everyone in Romanoff’s orbit. The spot also sees him wielding a bow and arrow, just like Nat’s bestie Hawkeye (which we’ve seen in previous trailers), and expertly using a shield as a projectile weapon, like Captain America (which we have not). In other words, mixing it up with the Taskmaster is going to be kind of like taking on a phalanx of Avengers all at once, so… good luck, Nat.
Black Widow hits the big screen on May 1, 2020.
Written by: Looper
