Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher

Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher

Year: 2014

Runtime: 83 mins

Language: Japanese

Director: Kenichi Shimizu

AnimationAction

Frank Castle, the Punisher, disrupts a black-market arms deal, unknowingly uncovering a vast terrorist conspiracy orchestrated by the shadowy organization Leviathan. He finds himself reluctantly teaming up with Natasha Romanoff, the Black Widow, as they confront the threat and unravel the scope of Leviathan’s dangerous plot. Their combined skills and determination are the only things standing between the organization and their devastating plans.

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1

Punisher defeats Cain; Widow's mission interrupted

The Punisher defeats Cain, a black market weapons dealer who carries stolen S.H.I.E.L.D. technology. This brazen act disrupts Black Widow’s covert mission to uncover a broader terror plot. In the confusion, Cain escapes and S.H.I.E.L.D. detains the Punisher to press for answers.

City market district
2

Fury offers Punisher a path to freedom

Nick Fury proposes a deal: the Punisher could win his freedom if he teams with Black Widow to locate Cain and stop Leviathan. The arrangement forces two unlikely allies to work together, testing trust and methods. They prepare to pursue the growing threat, knowing the clock is against them.

S.H.I.E.L.D. HQ
3

Pursuit leads to Leviathan base in Slovenia

Widow and Punisher trail Cain to a Leviathan base in Slovenia. Inside, a lab has transformed captured operatives into super-powered soldiers using Orion’s technology. Cain is captured again but triggers a blinding phone flash that lets him slip away, buying him time while the others scramble.

Night Slovenia
4

Tension with Elihas Starr; chaos erupts

Widow confronts Elihas Starr, a former S.H.I.E.L.D. agent now allied with Leviathan. Punisher detonates explosives around sections of the base to create a distraction. Widow escapes the base with Amadeus Cho’s help, as loyalties and plans become increasingly tangled.

Leviathan base, Slovenia
5

Decrypting Cain’s clue; Punisher falls into a trance

Amadeus Cho works to decrypt Cain’s clue, but the device’s flash function is accidentally triggered. Punisher is plunged into a trance, yet Cho incinerates the phone to protect the mission and snap him back to reality. Widow grows suspicious that Elihas Starr’s mind-control tech is at work, while Fury reminds them that such tech was once developed by S.H.I.E.L.D. but never deployed.

Leviathan base lab
6

Fury reveals hidden tech; a test of trust

Fury explains the existence of a mind-control technology once developed by S.H.I.E.L.D., revealing the depth of the threat. The revelation deepens trust concerns and forces the team to weigh the risks of following any lead. Widow and Punisher must decide whether to trust Fury and proceed with a non-powered team.

S.H.I.E.L.D. briefing room
7

Widow defies orders; Hong Kong pursuit

Widow defies orders and heads to Hong Kong with Punisher to pursue leads directly. They meet Ren, an information broker with criminal underworld ties, who reveals that Leviathan’s auction will take place tonight in Madripoor. The urgency of the auction drives their partnership forward.

Hong Kong
8

Auction night: Leviathan soldiers flood the hall

At Madripoor’s auction hall, Leviathan’s soldiers flood the scene as reinforcements arrive: Hulk and Amadeus Cho join the fray. Elihas activates the mind-control signal, but Amadeus deploys a nano-device coating to shield Hulk’s eyes and block the broadcast. The battle erupts in a chaotic, high-stakes standoff.

Night Madripoor auction hall
9

Catwalk confrontation and a costly moment

Widow pursues Elihas on a catwalk, where he disarms her with a brutal kick. But a moment of clarity and lingering feelings lead him to pull her to safety, and they share a kiss amid the chaos. The moment complicates the mission as personal conflict intrudes on professional duty.

Madripoor auction hall catwalk
10

Avengers arrive to seize control

The Avengers arrive—Hawkeye, Iron Man, Thor, War Machine, and Captain Marvel—crashing the auction to support Punisher, Hulk, and Amadeus. They push Leviathan’s soldiers back and help disable the control signals, turning the tide of the battle. The combined forces carve a path toward Leviathan’s collapse.

Madripoor auction hall
11

Kill-switch seized; bio-soldiers neutralized

Widow and Elihas reach Orion’s lab, seize the emergency kill-switch, and activate it to neutralize the bio-soldiers. The immediate threat subsides as the soldiers falter and confusion spreads. The team moves to finish the mission while reassessing who can be trusted.

Orion’s lab
12

Elihas sacrifices himself; Orion defeated

Orion fires a fatal beam toward Widow during the scramble, but Elihas sacrifices himself by shielding her, dying in her arms. The Punisher then incapacitates Orion, ending the direct threat and paying the price of the mission’s collateral damage.

Madripoor lab vicinity
13

Fury’s orders clash with Widow’s loyalty

Fury’s orders return: arrest the Punisher. Widow refuses to abandon him and releases him once Fury departs, signaling a fragile reconciliation of their conflicting methods. The moral tension between vigilantism and official authority remains unresolved.

Miami
14

Final Miami confrontation with Cain

In the Miami aftermath, the Punisher tracks Cain and ends the dealer’s life, closing the chapter on this operation. The city returns to its ordinary rhythm, but the mission’s scars linger and the questions about power and justice persist. The balance between public safety and personal code remains unsettled.

Miami
15

Epilogue: scars linger and questions persist

The city’s dawn returns with a quiet routine, yet the moral costs and ambiguities of their mission linger in shadows. Heroes and anti-heroes alike weigh their choices as they move forward, tempered by the losses endured. The film closes on a note of uneasy reflection about justice, power, and responsibility.

City

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