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![]() The heist begins with Belle creating a disturbance down the street to draw the outside security detail away. Veronica blackmails the CEO of the Mulligans' security company for the safe code, using incriminating photos left in Harry's notebook. Veronica visits the Mulligan mansion under the guise of asking Jack for protection from the Mannings, and is able to case the premises while Belle scans the outdoor security. Returning home, Veronica opens the door to her son's room and relives the memory of his death: while on the phone with Harry, he was shot by police officers after being pulled over while driving. It is revealed that Harry double-crossed his crew by deliberately blowing up their getaway van and is in league with Mulligan to ruin Jamal's campaign. Her suspicion is confirmed when her dog paws vigorously at a closet door, indicating she is very familiar with the person behind it - revealed to be Harry after Veronica storms off without a confrontation. Veronica visits Amanda and notices Harry's flask in the home, which raises the question of what Harry's involvement with Amanda - and the baby - is. Linda recruits Belle, her babysitter, to be the group's driver. Eventually, Alice uses a real estate executive, her sugar daddy, to identify the blueprint as the safe room in the Mulligan family mansion which also serves as Jack Mulligan's campaign headquarters. Jamal's brother and right-hand man Jatemme attacks several witnesses and kills Bash while looking for Harry's notebook. Alice acquires guns and a getaway van while Linda deciphers Harry's blueprints. ![]() The fourth widow, Amanda, does not join them, as Veronica discovers she has a 4-month-old baby. Linda has lost her store, as her husband secretly gambled away the rent payments. Alice has lost her livelihood and is pressured by her mother to become a sugar baby. Veronica decides to carry out the heist, recruiting two of the other widows of Harry's gang, Alice and Linda. She is advised to sell the notebook to Jamal's people, but decides against it. Veronica is given a key to a safety deposit box by Bash, Harry's loyal chauffeur, which contains Harry's notebook with a detailed plan for stealing $5 million from Mulligan's home. ![]() Mulligan doesn't like politics, but is happy to profit from it his father Tom, the previous alderman, warns him that he will face everlasting shame if he loses to Jamal. He is running against Jack Mulligan, the next-in-line of a dynastic family that has held the position for decades. Jamal threatens Veronica, Harry's widow, demanding compensation, needing the money to finance his campaign for alderman of a South Side ward. In Chicago, Harry Rawlings and his criminal gang's getaway van is blown up during a police standoff after stealing $2,000,000 from crime boss Jamal Manning. The film grossed $76 million worldwide on a production budget of $42 million and received several award nominations, among them being one for Davis for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. The film received critical acclaim, with praise aimed at its direction, editing, screenplay and performances (particularly Davis, Debicki and Kaluuya), with critics crediting it for blending "dramatic themes with popcorn thrills". Widows premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2018, and was theatrically released in the United Kingdom on Novemand in the United States on November 16, by 20th Century Fox. ![]() A British-American co-production, the film stars Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez and Elizabeth Debicki in the title roles alongside Cynthia Erivo (in her film debut), Colin Farrell, Brian Tyree Henry, Daniel Kaluuya, Jacki Weaver, Carrie Coon, Robert Duvall, and Liam Neeson in an ensemble supporting cast. The plot follows four Chicago women who attempt to steal $5 million from the home of a prominent local politician in order to pay back a crime boss missing money stolen by the women's husbands before they were killed in a botched getaway attempt. Widows is a 2018 neo-noir heist thriller film directed by Steve McQueen from a screenplay by Gillian Flynn and McQueen, based upon the 1983 British television series of the same name.
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