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What sets this film apart from your routine crime caper/heist flick is that it features some very impressive and strong performances by Jada Pinkett-Smith (one of her very best roles) and Quen Latifah. Vivica Fox, Kimberly Elise and the underrated John C. McGinty were also quite effective in supporting roles.
Nov 10, 2023 · "Set It Off," the gripping heist thriller released this week in 1996, is now celebrating its 27th anniversary. Directed by F. Gary Gray and featuring a talented ensemble cast, the film portrayed ...
Nov 5, 1996 · Set It Off Influenced by "Thelma & Louise" and "Waiting to Exhale," F. Gary Gray's "Set It Off" is a well-crafted girls-n-the-hood actioner, with an acute social conscience and plenty of soul.
Nov 7, 2016 · Set It Off upends this familiar gendering of Black pain. The movie refuses to erase Black women from narratives of criminalization, police murder and state violence. Instead of showing Black women ...
May 7, 2020 · In my deeply humble opinion, Set It Off is the best, most affecting heist film ever made. You can keep your Oceans and your Jobs (Italian, Bank), your endlessly adapted Bonnies and Clydes. I’ll ...
Set It Off - Apple TV. Available on iTunes. Four Black women, all of whom have suffered for lack of money and at the hands of the majority, undertake to rob banks. While initially successful, a policeman who was involved in shooting one of the women's brothers is on their trail. As the women add to the loot, their tastes and interests begin to ...
