Hawkeye

2021 Drama | Comedy
79%

Former Avenger Clint Barton has a seemingly simple mission: get back to his family for Christmas. Possible? Maybe with the help of Kate Bishop, a 22-year-old archer with dreams of becoming a superhero. The two are forced to work together when a presence from Barton’s past threatens to derail far more than the festive spirit.

Our Review

by Brian Lloyd
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The two-episode premiere of 'Hawkeye' kicks off with festive fun

Hawkeye, and, in particular, Jeremy Renner, has always been an unusual fit for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Hawkeye and Black Widow are the only members of the Avengers that don't have some kind of superpower - unless you count accuracy and keeping his hair vertical no matter what. Yet, for all of this, the opening episode begins with a young Kate Bishop - played later by Hailee Steinfeld - seeing Hawkeye fling himself off a building and firing off arrows at aliens. The scene is enough to plant the seed in the young girl that she's going to be the next Hawkeye, and sets about training herself in archery, gymnastics, martial arts and so on.

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