Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher (アベンジャーズ コンフィデンシャル: ブラック・ウィドウ & パニッシャー, Abenjāzu Konfidensharu: Burakku Widō & Panisshā) is a 2014 Japanese superhero anime film by Madhouse. The film is produced by SH DTV AC BW&P Partners, the final partnering of Marvel Entertainment with Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan and Madhouse, following up on the Marvel Anime series. It was released in North America on Blu-ray, DVD, and digital on March 25, 2014.
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Plot
Vigilante Punisher busts black market weapons dealer Cain who possesses stolen S.H.I.E.L.D. technology. Punisher takes him hostage, inadvertently interfering with S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Black Widow's mission to uncover a larger terror plot. Widow attempts to subdue Punisher, and Cain escapes during the altercation. S.H.I.E.L.D. take Punisher into custody. Having lost their sole lead, Director Nick Fury offers Punisher his freedom in exchange for going on mission with Widow to locate Cain and stop Leviathan, a global terrorist group who plan to auction the stolen technology to the highest bidder.
Widow and Punisher track Cain to a Leviathan base in Slovenia, and discover a lab filled with spies in pods who have been turned into super-powered soldiers by Orion. Punisher captures Cain, who activates a function on his cellphone that emits a flash of light which causes Punisher to lose time. This allows Cain to escape. Widow crosses paths with a former lover and ex-S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, Elihas Starr, who was presumed dead but has been working for Leviathan. Elihas created the super-soldier serum and did it to become worthy of being with her, hoping that she would join him. The two fight while Punisher detonates explosives around the base. Punisher extracts Widow and Elihas disappears.
