Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Vivica A. Fox starred in a 1996 heist thriller referred to as Set It Off, and it is presently primary on Tubi. Directed by F. Gary Grey (Friday, The Negotiator), the movie was launched in November 1996 and was a field workplace hit, incomes practically $41.2 million on the international field workplace on a manufacturing funds of $9 million. It presently has a 70% essential ranking and 89% viewers ranking on Rotten Tomatoes.
Set It Off’s official plot reads:
Desperation drives 4 inner-city girls to financial institution theft in Los Angeles, then they begin mistrusting one another.
The movie follows a gaggle of associates working collectively at a janitorial service after Frankie (Fox) loses her job as a financial institution teller. Becoming a member of her are Cleo (Queen Latifah), Stony (Pinkett Smith), and Tisean “T.T.” (Kimberly Elise). The chums resolve to rob banks and are profitable at first, however quickly they start to distrust one another whereas Detective Strode (John C. McGinley) is investigating the crimes.
Critics praised the performances of the solid together with their chemistry, significantly Latifah and Pinkett Smith. The Critics Consensus on RT mentioned:
It could not boast an authentic plot, however Set It Off is a satisfying, socially acutely aware heist movie thanks largely to fantastic performances from its leads.
The soundtrack was additionally a success, peaking at quantity 4 on the Billboard 200, with a number of songs charting, together with “Set It Off,” “Days of Our Livez,” and “Come On.”
The Solid and Director of ‘Set It Off’ Have had A number of Hit Exhibits and Motion pictures
The solid and director of Set It Off have remained busy with a number of initiatives during the last three many years. Along with her legendary musical profession, Latifah has starred in movies corresponding to Chicago (2002), Bringing Down the Home (2003), Hairspray (2007), and a number of other Ice Age motion pictures. Latifah starred within the profitable TV sequence adaptation of The Equalizer, the place she starred as Robyn McCall, a former CIA operative who helps others. The fifth season debuted final fall.
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In the meantime, Grey directed a number of standard movies, together with Friday (1995), The Negotiator (1998), The Italian Job remake (2003), Be Cool the sequel to Get Shorty (2005), Straight Outta Compton (2015), The Destiny of the Livid (2017) and a number of other others. He additionally directed music movies for main artists, together with Outkast, Queen Latifah, TCL (“Waterfalls”), Ice Dice, Whitney Houston, and others. His subsequent movie is a prequel to Males in Black; he directed Males in Black: Worldwide, which debuted in 2019.
Pinkett Smith starred in Story From the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995), The Matrix Reloaded (2003), The Matrix Revolutions (2003), and The Matrix Resurrections (2021) as Niobe; a number of Madagascar motion pictures; Collateral (2004); and the Gotham TV sequence as Fish Mooney. Fox had memorable turns in Independence Day (1996) as Jasmine; Kill Invoice Vol. 1 and a pair of as Vernita Inexperienced, aka Copperhead; and a number of other different motion pictures and reveals. Lastly, Kimberly Elise was in Diary of a Mad Black Girl (2005), John Q (2002), The Manchurian Candidate (2004), and others. She appeared within the TV sequence adaptation of the movie The Mosquito Coast (2021).
Set It Off
- Launch Date
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November 6, 1996
- Runtime
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123 Minutes
