Jada Pinkett Smith
Lida "Stony" Newsom
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Set It Off is a 1996 American heist crime action film directed by F. Gary Gray and written by Kate Lanier and Takashi Bufford. The film stars Jada Pinkett, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox, and Kimberly Elise (in her film acting debut). It follows four close friends in Los Angeles, California, who plan to execute a bank robbery —each doing so for ...
Nov 6, 1996 · Set It Off: Directed by F. Gary Gray. With Jada Pinkett Smith, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox, Kimberly Elise. Desperation drives four inner-city women to bank robbery in Los Angeles, then they start mistrusting each other.
- (18K)
- Action, Crime, Drama
- F. Gary Gray
- 1996-11-06
Desperation drives four inner-city women to bank robbery in Los Angeles, then they start mistrusting each other. 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.
After being fired from her job as a bank teller, Frankie (Vivica A. Fox) begins working at a janitorial service with her friends Tisean (Kimberly Elise), a single mother; Cleo (Queen Latifah), a ...
- (35)
- F. Gary Gray
- R
- Jada Pinkett Smith
Set It Off is 19590 on the JustWatch Daily Streaming Charts today. The movie has moved up the charts by 16079 places since yesterday. In the United States, it is currently more popular than Asphalt Burning but less popular than Come What May.
- Stony; Cleo; Frankie
- F. Gary Gray
- 1996
- 123 min
Nov 6, 1996 · A film about four black women who rob banks to survive their economic crisis, Set It Off is a realistic and observant portrait of their lives and motivations. The reviewer praises the film's action sequences, writing, and social insights, but criticizes its treatment of violence and racism.
