Widows (2018)
Widows is a crime thriller set in contemporary Chicago and based on a British TV series that follows four women who have all recently lost their husbands after a robbery they were all involved in went wrong. Learning that their husbands left the women with a $2 million debt from a local crime boss, they join together to steal a more significant amount from a nearby politician to survive.
Widows
- Director
- Steve McQueen
- Release Date
- November 16, 2018
- Studio(s)
- 20th Century
- Distributor(s)
- 20th Century
- Cast
- Daniel Kaluuya , Brian Tyree Henry , Liam Neeson , Cynthia Erivo , Michelle Rodriguez , Colin Farrell , Carrie Coon , Robert Duvall , Viola Davis , Elizabeth Debicki , Andre Holland , Jacki Weaver
- Writers
- Gillian Flynn , Steve McQueen
- Runtime
- 130minutes
- Budget
- $42million
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