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Set It Off (1996) 6.3
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 ... See full summary » Director:F. Gary Gray |
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Cast
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| Jada Pinkett Smith | ... |
Lida 'Stony' Newsom
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| Queen Latifah | ... | ||
| Vivica A. Fox | ... | ||
| Kimberly Elise | ... | ||
| John C. McGinley | ... | ||
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Vincent Baum | ... |
Jajuan
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Van Baum | ... |
Jajuan
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| Chaz Lamar Shepherd | ... |
Stevie Newsom
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Thomas Jefferson Byrd | ... |
Luther
(as Thom Byrd)
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| Charles Robinson | ... |
Nate Andrews
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| Ella Joyce | ... |
Detective Waller
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| Anna Maria Horsford | ... |
Ms. Wells
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Samantha MacLachlan | ... |
Ursula
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Samuel Monroe Jr. | ... |
Lorenz
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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. Written by Robert Drake <robert.drake@index.com>
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Deal with this. The only breaks you get are the ones you take. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for strong graphic violence, pervasive language, some sex and drug use | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
6 November 1996 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
A nagy dobás See more »Filming Locations:
Biltmore Hotel - 506 S. Grand Avenue, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Box Office
Budget:
$9,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$11,807,451 (USA) (8 November 1996)Gross:
$36,049,108 (USA) (28 February 1997)Company Credits
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2.35 : 1
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Lida 'Stony' Newsom: [smiles] No, your head is just small!
Keith Weston: [laughs] My head is small?
Lida 'Stony' Newsom: [laughing] Yeah, it makes my eyes go this way...
Lida 'Stony' Newsom: [puts her fingers together near her eyes] I have to focus in on your little peanut...
Keith Weston: Oh, my peanut!
[continues to laugh]
Lida 'Stony' Newsom: No, I'm just kidding.
[laughs]
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Trivia
Kimberly Elise was discovered by producer Dale Pollock at a restaurant where she waitressed at the start of her career. See more »Goofs
Numerous errors in gun visual/sound effects and operation. During the final bank shootout, Stony's gun runs out of ammunition (evidenced by the slide locking back). However, she continues to pull the trigger generating a "click click" sound. Modern semi-automatic pistols such as the Glock Stony is using do not return the trigger to a ready-to-fire position until the slide closes and another round is chambered. Therefore, it is impossible to generate several audible clicks with an empty weapon. See more »Quotes
Keith Weston: [in a romantic tone] Looking into those beautiful pretty brown eyes... are you cross-eyed?Lida 'Stony' Newsom: [smiles] No, your head is just small!
Keith Weston: [laughs] My head is small?
Lida 'Stony' Newsom: [laughing] Yeah, it makes my eyes go this way...
Lida 'Stony' Newsom: [puts her fingers together near her eyes] I have to focus in on your little peanut...
Keith Weston: Oh, my peanut!
[continues to laugh]
Lida 'Stony' Newsom: No, I'm just kidding.
[laughs]
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This movie gives us a graphic insight into the possibility of what people might do under certain circumstances and situations. These young ladies' misfortunes in life have driven them to do something that otherwise would not have entered their minds: robbing a bank. Their participation in this criminal activity is a crying-out against the evils of their society and environment. In other words, they are saying "because of what you did to me...this is how I will respond". Anyone who has seen this film honestly knows that what they're doing is just as morally wrong as what has happened to each of them, but, for some deep-seated reason, we find ourselves rooting for them - even hoping that they get away with it. Each character reveals a problematic area in our working society: unfair employment and termination practices, inadequate childcare options, hindrances and distractions of the ghetto and other social plights and dilemmas.
We may not agree with what these young ladies are doing but somehow we understand. (please see this movie...)