^Look, Denzel is a leading man, so any woman cast with him is a leading woman, so therefore they are going to "thwart the evil badguys", end of story. End of thread. Same old tried and true formula, for yrs.
Would you have been happy if it was a white woman, or would you complain that it was the black man and white woman trying to "usurp" the white man's authority?
Here is the real question, did you enjoy the fucking movie or not?