Kevin C. Wong

Wingwomen (2023) [+]

Wingwomen is a French current-day heist film with a trio of women protagonists.

Carole (Mélanie Laurent) and Alex (Adèle Exarchopoulos) are partners -- Carole is the planner/doer and Alex is tech and weapons support -- specializing in break in and stealing very valuable items for their employer Marraine (Isabelle Adjani). After their last heist Carole wants to retire but Marraine won't let them unless they do one more job in Sicily. For that they'll need a third person and so they recruit Sam (Manon Bresch) as a driver.

I like it because there is a good friendship between Carole and Alex. Sam starts out as the outsider but eventually becomes another friend. The final heist is kind of funny because things keep going wrong and the trio have to improvise. There are some action scenes and not too many people are killed. The film does a good job on a lowish budget.