‘Killer Babes’ (2024) Movie Review - The Era of Widows

Sometimes when you see someone happy, your thoughts spiral and you think what's the reason behind it? When three friends discovered that a recently widowed woman was happy, they had their own doubts. These were regarding why she is happy when her husband is dead. Soon, our female leads realize that the woman herself got her husband killed and that the freedom they can have (financially and otherwise) would be greater than the support of their partners. Lucia, Nena, and Marisela are the three women we're talking about. They all are rich wives and have made it to the top on their own. It's their husbands who are the reason behind their agony. They had their doubts about the widow killing her husband and when these suspicions were confirmed, they too decided to hire a hitman with her help. This 90-minute film is about them realizing what their husbands were doing behind their backs and sending them to hell (no heaven for them).

Lucia’s husband was laundering her and her family's money. He was involved in a fraud and she didn't know about it. Nena’s husband was most probably cheating on her and she indirectly gave him a very shameful and embarrassing death. You can ask about how she knew that he was cheating on her. The answer is- through an online assessment where there were 37 questions and she got a good score which proved that her husband is cheating on her. Marisela, the third friend, was a well-known actress and these days she's struggling to find work. About Marisela’s husband, the plot got a little confusing there. I couldn't understand whether she killed him or not. It's shown as an acting scene but at the end of the movie, they're saying that he's dead. Whatever the scenario might be, it's either that he's dead or her dead career has revived at last. These three start calling themselves Killer Babes and also can be seen handing out their cards to women who need to get their husbands dead.

In terms of plot, this film doesn't feel unique. It's always the same old stories of the damsel in distress however this time the damsel herself took the responsibility of killing the man responsible for her distress. There's some humor included which I didn't find interesting maybe because it got lost somewhere in translation or it wasn't present at all in the first place. The writers have written an objectionable plot because the logic is missing. The leads are best friends, so why didn't anyone suspect anything when one after another husbands were falling off the face of the Earth? Also, why were the leads so influenced by the widow that they all decided to kill their husbands? I couldn't see any strong character or character development here. Everything just feels so superficial just like the characters and their wish to be rich. Since the plot wasn't strong, the acting also is done likewise. Not much effort has been put into this department. In all, this film is a one-time watch. You might find some scenes funny like the diarrhoea splattered on the floor or the hitman getting hit by a truck himself. Other than that, there's not much to watch.

Final Score – [6.5/10]
Reviewed by - Riya Singh
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Publisher at Midgard Times