The Widow 2019

     Georgia Wells believes her husband Will died in a plane crash three years ago until she sees a news picture of him with another man.  This man is wearing the same orange ball cap?  She flies to the Congo to find out if he is still alive.  Supposedly, there was only one woman survivor but there is also a man who survived.  He had kidney damage and one kidney was removed, four broken ribs plus his eyes were damaged and he’s blind.  There are flashbacks to Georgia’s life with Will.  This is not a very good time to travel to the Congo because of civil unrest.  Is it possible Will faked his own death?

     I thought this series was interesting and good.  There are other themes going along with the main story about Georgia.  I would really need to think about going to any part of the Congo!!  I would probably send a detective or another representative instead of going myself?  Probably 50% of the population is carrying automatic weapons!!  You would need to have a guide and know how to take care of yourself as well.  4* (I really liked this series)

TV Series, each episode 1 hour, 8 episodes, created and written by Harry and Jack Williams with Kate Beckinsale, Charles Dance, Olafur Darri Olafsson, Alex Kingston, Bart Fouiche, Matthew Le Nevez, Shalom Nyandiko, Babs Olusanmokun, Reginal Kudiwu, Luiana Bonfim, Matthew Gravelle, Louise Brealey, Balindile ka Ngcobo, Yoli Fuller.

 

Note:  Imdb 6.9 out of 10, Rotten Tomatoes 59% critic, Amazon 3.6* out of 5* with 1581 ratings, Metacritic 66 out of 100 (6 positive, 2 mixed), Letterboxd average 5*.

Special Note:  Filmed in South Africa, Rotterdam, Netherlands, Wales, UK.  Kate Beckinsale and Charles Dance acted together in the Underworld movie series.  Beckinsale was married to the director Len Wiseman but they divorced.