What’s the backstory behind alexei and natasha (and Yelena)?

So I was watching an edit of alexei and natasha and people in the comments were saying how they didn’t forgive alexei for what he did, and mind you I haven’t watched black widow since its release but I forgot what he did that was so wrong? I kind of need a summary of what happened in black widow(the backstory part) because all I know is that alexei isn’t their real father but what happened to Natasha’s parents? And why do people hate alexei?

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ImplementNo26262026-01-21 23:10

You can't just rewatch the movie?

Jazzlike_Example_3232026-01-21 23:11

You can’t just scroll past this post?

LegalWrights2026-01-21 23:16

No but like...just watch the movie...

Jazzlike_Example_3232026-01-22 00:09

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Nick422842026-01-22 03:39

No, just rewatch the movie.

trashdrive2026-01-21 23:58

You can't go to Wikipedia and read the plot summary? Because you're basically asking people to summarize the plot for you.

johnny_fives_5552026-01-22 00:06

I dont think gen z reads

Jazzlike_Example_3232026-01-22 00:09

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trashdrive2026-01-22 00:15

It would have taken you less time to go to Wikipedia than it did to write this post and get petulant in the comments.

WadsofTissue2026-01-21 23:10

He lied to her growing up and abandoned her for the widow training.

SinginGidget2026-01-21 23:11

Probably for handing both Natasha and Yelena back to the Red Room? Natasha was already in and had gone through (hence why she was able to fly a plane and take the gun from that one guy when they landed in Cuba.) But Yelena hadn't. She had no idea they weren't her real family and he basically human trafficed a 6 year old and gave her to an abusive entity that forced her to grow up and kill people.

And while he maybe didn't think of it that way, because he was full of being a hero and patriotic and blah blah, it was still cruel.

DCangst2026-01-21 23:11

He basically trafficked Natasha and Yelena. He used them as part of his undercover operation, and then he turned them over to the Red Room to be tortured/abused/violated, etc. They were LITTLE GIRLS. And he seemed happy about it, and when Natasha grabbed a gun and tried to defend herself and Yelena, Alexei gave a proud smile -- and he was very tight with Dreykov. He only turned when Dreykov turned on him and imprisoned him in a gulag.

rubyschnees2026-01-21 23:12

i'm convinced some of you watch these movies with the sound off and your eyes closed

_Cromwell_2026-01-21 23:19

More likely with their nose buried in their phone. Filmmakers are literally told to make movies accessible to people who are not paying attention.

>"The standard way to make an action movie that we learned was, you usually have three set pieces,” Damon said. “One in the first act, one in the second, one in the third. \[…\] You spend most of your money on that one in the third act. That’s your finale. And now they’re like, ‘Can we get a big one in the first five minutes? We want people to stay tuned in,'” Damon continued. “**And it wouldn’t be terrible if you reiterated the plot three or four times in the dialogue because people are on their phones while they’re watching.**”

[https://www.boston.com/culture/entertainment/2026/01/21/matt-damon-ben-affleck-joe-rogan/](https://www.boston.com/culture/entertainment/2026/01/21/matt-damon-ben-affleck-joe-rogan/)

Christopher_Home2026-01-22 00:40

That sounds so dumb. If you have to reiterate the plot 3-4 times because your audience is too busy watching their phones while watching streaming movies, i feel like if you boiled down the movie to actual plot progression, its 30min max and at that point, is it really a movie?

PleaseRecharge2026-01-22 02:04

People literally don't know how to consume anymore. Modern technology fucked so badly with peoples' attentions that it's become this way. Everyone's fighting for your attention and it's so addicting that culture has massively changed to revolve around that idea.

HawaiitoCAtoPA2026-01-21 23:12

In the beginning of Black Widow, after they successfully escape from America, Alexi hands over Natasha and Yelena (then kids) to Dreykov to be trained as black widows, including getting hysterectomies and being forced to become assassins. Natasha's real parents aren't ever really identified in the MCU.

Longwinded_Ogre2026-01-21 23:13

Go to google.
Type some variation of "Black Widow, Movie, Summary" into the search bar. Read the results until you find one that says it is a summary of the Black Widow movie. Click that. Read the words on that website (In order) until your question is answered.

Then close the internet. Find a comfortable chair. Have a seat.

Spend some time thinking about how and when it's actually appropriate to outsource research to reddit, and whether the question you want to ask is so easily resolved as to not be worth bothering.

Because, like, this isn't a search engine. You're asking real people to write movie summaries when there are websites, multiple websites, with nothing but movie summaries.

I don't think we should encourage or reward this degree of lazy, feigned incompetence. If you can't figure out how to source this information yourself maybe the internet is not the place for you. Gravel quarries exist. Gravel quarries might be more your speed.

Nick422842026-01-21 23:13

It’s the intro to the movie. Just rewatch the first 15 mins bro.

spidervenom6192026-01-21 23:16

...He's the main damn reason why all 3 of the girls are back in the Red Room in the first place.

CynicalRaps2026-01-22 00:16

I do not believe you actually watched Black Widow.

Wooden-Radish-90082026-01-22 01:46

The posts here are getting dumber

marvelstudios-ModTeam2026-01-22 08:27

... your post was either pointing out a well-known fact about the MCU that the majority of people already know and have discussed repeatedly in the past or asking a question about a well-known fact, which can be very quickly answered by Google or any other search engine/AI chatbot.

These types of posts are considered low effort and are not allowed under Rule 4. Please make sure you do a quick Google/Reddit search before submitting a post in the future to avoid a similar situation.