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Actors: Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Cynthia Erivo, Colin Farrell, Brian Tyree Henry, Daniel Kaluuya, Jacki Weaver, Carrie Coon, Robert Duvall, Liam Neeson.

Rating: 9 out of 10, I loved this movie because it was smart and didn’t fall for cheap sensationalism just because it involved a crew of women trying to pull off a heist. Viola Davis towers over the plot, as she is wont to do, but the gold plated queen from Guardians of the Galaxy, Elizabeth Debicki, also proved she is much more than just a pretty face. A high end heist crew is killed during a rip off of a crime lord who demands recompense from their surviving spouses. There is a series of subplots involving Chicago city politics as well which is expertly knitted into a movie for adults. I know the attention span challenged will have problems with this film because it does require a little patience but that patience is needed as actors build their characters into someone you can relate to. This is a very good movie.

MVP: Debecki as Alice, much deeper than she looks