Set It Off

Set It Off

Movie |

Single Parent | Bank Robber

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  • Genre(s): Action, Crime, Drama
  • Language(s): English
  • Director(s): Michelangelo Csaba Bolla, Don Wilkerson, Regina Gordon, Dawn Gilliam, Donald Sparks See all Crew
  • Cast(s): Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox, Kimberly Elise, Blair Underwood, John C. McGinley See all Cast & Crew
  • Duration: 2h 3min
  • Music: David Farmer,Alexandr Gruzdev,Christopher Young,Mike Moser,Harry Woolway
  • Award(s): Black Film 1997 (Won)
    Grammy 1997 (Nominated) Awards List
  • Similar To: Little Dixie, The Enforcer
  • Story:
    Four black women, all of whom have suffered for lack of money and at the hands of the majority, undertake to rob banks. While initially successful, a policeman who was involved in shooting one of the women's brothers is on their trail. As the women add to the loot, their tastes and interests begin to change and their suspicions of each other increase on the way to a climactic robbery.
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6.9/10
IMDb

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STORY AND RATINGS

Story
Four black women, all of whom have suffered for lack of money and at the hands of the majority, undertake to rob banks. While initially successful, a policeman who was involved in shooting one of the women's brothers is on their trail. As the women add to the loot, their tastes and interests begin to change and their suspicions of each other increase on the way to a climactic robbery.
Ratings

6.9/10

IMDb

AWARDS

Won
Black Film Award

Best Soundtrack | 1997

Best Actress | 1997 | Queen

Best Director | 1997 | F. Gary

ASCAP Award

Most Performed Songs from Motion Pictures | 1998

Nominations
Grammy Award

Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals | 1997

Independent Spirit Award

Best Supporting Female | 1997 | Queen

GLAAD Media Award

Outstanding Film (Wide Release) | 1997

Image Award

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture | 1997 | Jada Pinkett

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture | 1997 | Blair

BOX OFFICE

Budget 9,000,000 USD

Box Office Collection 41,590,886 USD

TRIVIA AND POPULAR DIALOGUES

Trivia

Queen Latifah's first leading role in a feature film and also her favorite role of all time.

Film debut of Kimberly Elise. She was discovered by producer Dale Pollock at a restaurant where she was a waitress.

This was F. Gary Gray's second feature film. New Line Cinema selected him as the director following the success of his previous film Friday (1995).

To prepare for the role of Detective Strode, John C. McGinley worked with a retired detective from the LAPD.

In the first drafts of the script, the character of Stoney (Jada Pinkett) was addicted to crack. This was later written out of the script.

Popular Dialogues

"Francesca 'Frankie' Sutton: [to Detective Strode with Frankie's gun to his head] So, what's the procedure when you have a gun to your head? What's the fucking procedure when you have a gun to your head?"

"Lida 'Stony' Newsom: [singing on the roof] Frankie wanna blow-up a bank, UH! Frankie wanna rob a bank, UH!"