Movie
1996
Set It Off is a 1996 American 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. It follows four close friends in Los Angeles, California, who plan to execute a bank robbery—each doing so for different reasons—to achieve better for themselves and their families.
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Exploration of harsh social realities usually doesn't mix well with the action film plots. There are very few film makers that could make this combination work. One of them was F. Gary Gray who directed 1996 action film *Set It Off*. The plot, based on the script by Takashi Buford and Kate Lanier, deals with four women who grew up in Los Angeles black ghetto. The most successful of them all is Francesca "Frankie" Su…More
