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Set It Off is a 1996 drama film directed by F. Gary Gray, and stars Jada Pinkett Smith, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox and Kimberly Elise, as four close friends from Los Angeles who decide to plan and execute a bank robbery. They decide to do so for different reasons, although all four want better for themselves and their families than the opportunities available to them than in the racist and post-industrial Los Angeles.

Plot summary

Set It Off is a crime thriller about four African-American women bank robbers from a housing project in Los Angeles, California. Ever since her parents' death, Stony (Jada Pinkett Smith) has had to act as a parent to her little brother Stevie (Chaz Lamar Shepard). She works in various capacities to make a future for him at UCLA.

Cleo (Queen Latifah) is a lesbian who wants nothing more than to customize her classic car. Tisean (Kimberly Elise) is a painfully shy single mother to her son Jajuan, struggling to make ends meet. Frankie (Vivica A. Fox) is the stylish bank teller who gets fired and ends up working with the other three at a janitorial service owned by irritating boss Luther (Thomas Jefferson Byrd).

With Frankie upset from her unjust firing, Stony angry from the wrongful killing of her brother, and Tisean losing her baby to the child protective services, the four friends are motivated to rob a bank themselves. Looking for thrills, Cleo gets some guns from Black Sam (Dr. Dre), and they pull off their first job without a hitch. Their success starts a trend and they rob other banks in the area, all the while being investigated by Detective Strode (John C. McGinley). In a romantic subplot, Stony finds romance with wealthy Harvard-educated Keith (Blair Underwood) before the violent chase-scene ending.

Cast

Jada Pinkett Smith
— Lida 'Stony' Newsom
Queen Latifah
— Cleopatra 'Cleo' Sims
Vivica A. Fox
— Francesca 'Frankie' Sutton
Kimberly Elise
— Tisean 'T.T.' Williams
John C. McGinley
— Detective Strode
Blair Underwood
— Keith Weston
Charles Robinson — Nate Andrews
Dr. Dre — Black Sam
Charles Walker — Captain Fredricks
Mark Thompson — TV Anchor
George Fisher — Cop
F. Gary Gray
— Guy driving low-rider

Awards & nominations

1997 Acapulco Black Film Festival

Best Director — F. Gary Gray (won)
Best Actress — Queen Latifah (won)
Best Soundtrack (won)

1997 Independent Spirit Awards

Best Supporting Female — Queen Latifah (nominated)

1997 NAACP Image Awards

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture — Queen Latifah and Jada Pinkett Smitth (nominated)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture — Blair Underwood (nominated)

Trivia

Kimberly Elise
was discovered by producer Dale Pollock at a restaurant where she waitressed at the start of her career.

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