That old TVseries had such a great central idea you wonder why it hasn't been remade before now. Steve McQueen goes for a bigger audience and has plenty of names in the cast. Viola Davis is perfect as the lead and Elizabeth Debecki and Michelle Rodgriguez excellent as her fellow "gang members". I did feel Rogridguez's character could have used a bit more meat on her - maybe another scene with the mother in law or that fellow widower she kissed. They could've dropped one of those Debecki-Lukas Haas scenes for that. Cynthia Ervio is fantastic.
Actually there is a bit of repetition in the film - a lot of on the nose dialogue. Often watching it I kept thinking "you could cut that bit out... and that". Colin Farrell is in character acting mode but occasionally has a moment where you forget it. Daniel Kaluuya is very scary as an enforcer but did we really need three quite long scenes where we see him doing some scary enforcing? At times you feel McQueen is more interested in the guys than the girls. Brian Tyree Henry is very good.
The heist is exciting and the montages good. There are constant moments of freshness in the handling. The film never entirely took off the tarmac for me.
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