The wives of New York gangsters in Hell's Kitchen in the 1970s continue to operate their husbands' rackets after they're locked up in prison.
2019
Action
Welcome to Hell's Kitchen
Release date
August 29 2019
Synopsis
Based on the Vertigo comic book series from DC Entertainment, the film stars Oscar nominee Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish and Elisabeth Moss as three 1978 Hells Kitchen housewives whose mobster husbands are sent to prison by the FBI. Left with little but a sharp ax to grind, the ladies take the Irish mafias matters into their own handsproving unexpectedly adept at everything from running the rackets to taking out the competition literally.
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