The new Black Widow trailer/feature titled "Ready Set Action" (embedded below) gives audiences a behind-the-scenes look, but it heralds the realization of why the film needs to exist (beyond generating profits in theaters and Disney Plus Premiere Access) It is fairly formulaic until.

Johansson opens the clip with the usual blurb for the film, "Black Widow is something the Marvel Universe has never experienced before." If that is true, we will be impressed. Her claim is swept up in a lot of action shots, and the car chase scene is a bit reminiscent of "Winter Solider" - in a good way. But still not that unique.

Fortunately, director Kate Shortland admits what we expected: the Black Widow explores "Natasha as a person" and "lets the audience see a side of her they haven't seen before." The latter is a rather clichéd statement, but what we really expect from the film is the three-dimensionality that she lacked (and that the script for "Avengers: Age of Ultron" took away from her).

Beyond our desire to make this movie actually matter, the coolest part of this clip is the preview of the massive prison riot. The scene shows David Harbour (played by Alexei, the Red Guardian) spinning a man's arm in the exact opposite direction before throwing him. It's neat to see Hopper (Stranger Things) in an action movie that kicks ass.

Florence Pugh (who plays Natasha's sister Yelena) says charmingly, "Within two days of knowing Scarlett, I was ramming her into a door frame," while footage of fight choreography plays on the screen. She also explains that some of the action is inherently tied to misunderstandings, saying, "All the fighting in this movie is very emotional, and it's about not knowing how to say how you feel."

The clip also reminds us that The Black Widow is set (at least partially) in Budapest. Budapest is likely to have the same problem that the streets of Rio de Janeiro had in "Fast Five": mass collateral destruction.

As for Johansson's promise of something new, it should be noted that Tom Hiddleston made a similar promise about the Loki show, and "Loki" episodes 1+2 actually supported his case. Nevertheless, the trailer for "Loki" actually made that possibility seem possible.

The clip arrived just as tickets for the film (which opens July 9) went on sale and Disney Plus Premiere Access reservations were opening. We had already purchased our tickets; we were just waiting for the film to go on sale.