Review of Widows (2018) by Tony P — 19 Nov 2018
Based on a 1980s Lynda La Plante TV drama set in London which I had no knowledge of.
The location is switched to Chicago which made a change from the usual U.S. New York/Los Angeles locales.
Director Steve McQueen is someone I have admired for his work such as 12 Years A Slave in 2013 and Hunger back in 2008. He never shys away from uncomfortable film subjects.
In Widows a group of 4 women left behind by their dead husbands in a heist gone wrong use the plans of their next 'job' to do the heist themselves.
The film has an excellent cast including Liam Neeson, Colin Farrell, Michelle Rodriguez, Viola Davis and Robert Duvall.
Duvell plays an old, slightly racist retired politician and a local election campaign forms a plotline in the film.
It has the structure of a typical heist movie.
The recruitment of a gang by ringleader Viola Davis.
The planning of the robbery including the need for a getaway driver and the mastermind.
Unsympathetic shady local politicians replace the bankers depicted in recent heist movies.
This review of Widows (2018) was written by Tony P on 19 Nov 2018.
Widows has generally received positive reviews.
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