Set It Off

Name: Set It Off
Released: 1996-11-6
Cast: Jada Pinkett, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox, Kimberly Elise, John C. McGinley

Set It Off

R
2h 0m
1996

71%

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Deal with this: The only breaks you get are the ones you take. Jada Pinkett-Smith, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox and Kimberly Elise star as four African American women living in a Los Angeles housing project who--pushed to the edge--resort to violence to escape poverty in this searing, intimate and action-packed look at real life on America's mean streets. Now get out of the way as the ladies Set it Off.

Director:

F. Gary Gray

Producer:

Dale Pollock, Oren Koules, Mary Parent, F. Gary Gray

Writer:

Takashi Bufford, Kate Lanier

Cast:

Jada Pinkett, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox, Kimberly Elise, John C. McGinley, Blair Underwood, Anna Maria Horsford, Ella Joyce, Charles Robinson, Chaz Lamar Shepard

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

71%

Critics Consensus: It may not boast an original plot, but Set It Off is a satisfying, socially conscious heist film thanks largely to fine performances from its leads.

Reviews

Reel Film Reviews

David Nusair

...slightly erratic yet mostly engrossing...

I must admit I didn't go into this flick with high expectations. So, I was pleasantly surprised when I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Whether the film holds up or not, Latifah is a gunslinger worthy of her bullets.

April 19, 2022

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Minneapolis Star Tribune

Rosalind Bentley

It is perhaps one of the best of the few films in the last several years to give voice to the stress and struggle of being poor, working class, black and female in downsized America.

The friends-turned-bank-robbers are compelling, detailed characters, and the film's freshness carries it past any missteps.

March 29, 2021

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