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Set It Off
: Feisty, spirited and ultimately tragic tale of four working class African-American women who decide to hold up banks when the "system" holds them back. All four women deliver strong, intense and hot-blooded performances, which more than compensates for the lack of character development and motivation. I would have like to see director Gray delve more into what made them decide to rob the banks. We are not given a strong idea as to what made the women tick, other than a need for money (though Jada Pinkett's character, Spooney, has some justification, seeing her innocent brother murdered by the LAPD). Visually, Gray offers nothing new, but does everything with a sense of urgency and gusto. Ultimately, SET IT OFF deserves praise for putting a new twist on a rather tired genre.
 I was just watching this last night and I am going to warn anyone who hasn't seen this (can't imagine who hasn't) that this is a genuine tear-jerker. This is a powerful movie and though you should be mad that these women are doing what they're doing you can't help but feel for them. Queen Latifah does an excellent job unlike most rappers/singers turned actors today. Tashan was the funniest though (when she runs out the bank and drops the gun are classic!). This movie is definetly worth the purchase!
I loved the movie. We need more female 'badguys'. Although it would have been even better if we didn't have to look at Jada Pinkett. ANYBODY (but Robin Givens) would have been better in her part. The realisticness of the characters and how well they played their parts was comendable. Keep up the good work. And for goodness sake leave Jada home with Will.
Four Black women struggling with trying to keep afloat and fighting off the biting sharks of poverty: One a single mother, another a single woman raising her only sibling: a brother, another who was wrongfully terminated from her position as a bank teller after a robbery-gone-bad, and another just fed up with her position working for Luther, the foul-mouthed owner of his own janitorial company. For each of their own individual reason, they all band together and decide to pull their own bank heist. Disguised in wigs and clear masks, they coolly and calmly walk into banks and demand money. To make matters more complicated, Stoney {Pinkett} meets and begins to fall for a branch manager played by Blair Underwood. While working for Luther, the discover he runs out with their money, and now they have to "hit" the bank one more time. With the police hot on their trail, the ill-conceived robberies fly out of control. This movie is filled with emotion, honesty, and a tragic ending. Guest appearances by Dr Dre as Black Sam and Dub-C as one of the bank robbers. This movie is a real crowd pleaser!!!
This movie had you on the edge of your seat. You didn't know what was going to happen next. Jada and Queen played their roles with realism. You felt their pain. Even though they are criminals, you will want them to get away to rob another bank. The love story was a refreshing interlude between the action of the bank robberies. You get to see that they have a heart.
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