A police shootout leaves four thieves dead during an explosive armed robbery attempt in Chicago. Their widows have nothing in common except a debt left behind by their spouses' criminal activities. Hoping to forge a future on their own terms, they join forces to pull off a heist.
Acting
Viola Davis devastates; Elizabeth Debicki's arc quietly breaks you.
Direction
McQueen turns a car ride into political horror.
Cinematography
Sean Bobbitt shoots Chicago like a character bleeding out.
Director
Steve McQueen
Viola Davis
Veronica Rawlings
Michelle Rodriguez
Linda
Elizabeth Debicki
Alice
Cynthia Erivo
Belle
Colin Farrell
Jack Mulligan
Robert Duvall
Tom Mulligan
Liam Neeson
Harry Rawlings
Brian Tyree Henry
Jamal Manning
Daniel Kaluuya
Jatemme Manning
Lukas Haas
David
Garret Dillahunt
Bash
Carrie Coon
Amanda
Jacki Weaver
Agnieska
Molly Kunz
Siobhan
Jon Bernthal
Florek
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
McQueen insisted on casting unknown Cynthia Erivo as Belle after seeing her in 'The Color Purple' on Broadway—she filmed this before her Oscar-nominated breakout.
The film adapts a 1983 British miniseries but McQueen and Gillian Flynn relocated it to Chicago specifically to weave in police violence, machine politics, and racialized urban decay.
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