Set It Off
1996 · Movie · R · 123 min · ★ 7.2 · 66% critics
Four close friends facing relentless money troubles and everyday injustice decide to take control of their lives the only way they think will work: robbing banks. As the stakes rise, their bond is tested by fear, pressure, and the consequences of living by an all-or-nothing code.
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Details
- Years
- 1996
- Release date
- 1996-11-06
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Critic score
- 66/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 (400 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want an emotional crime drama about friendship, desperation, and risky choices with bursts of tension; Not for you if you can’t root for criminals or dislike long, subplot-heavy stories like The Bank Job.
Pros: strong friendship focus; sympathetic lead quartet; tense late stretch | Cons: uneven pacing; forced side romance; dated music choices
Themes
- single parent
- bank robber
- last chance
- heist
- los angeles, california
- biting
- angry
- somber
- complex
- cautionary
- incredulous
- authoritarian
- +3 more
Cast & crew
Jada Pinkett Smith
as Stony
Queen Latifah
as Cleo
Vivica A. Fox
as Frankie
Kimberly Elise
as Tisean
Blair Underwood
as Keith
John C. McGinley
as Detective Strode
Anna Maria Horsford
as Ms. Wells
Ella Joyce
as Detective Waller
Charles Robinson
as Nate
Chaz Lamar Shepherd
as Stevie
Directed by F. Gary Gray