Set It Off
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 (in her film acting debut). 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.
Plot
Los Angeles bank teller Francesca "Frankie" Sutton is fired after a robbery, because she recognized one of the robbers from her Southern Californian neighborhood; investigating, Detective Strode falsely implicates her as an inside accomplice. Frankie is forced to take a menial job at Luther's Janitorial Services with her three best friends, Lida "Stony" Newsom, Cleopatra "Cleo" Sims, and Tisean "T.T." Williams. The owner, Luther, treats them with disrespect and pays them paltry wages.
More details
| author | Kate Lanier Takashi Bufford |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Los Angeles |
| director | F. Gary Gray |
| editor | John Carter |
| genre | action crime drama thriller |
| keywords | bank bank robbery bank teller best friend child protective services date disillusion force kill lapd los angeles police department new boss pass plan poison question security guard sleep social services southern california steal stolen money survive than the turn work site |
| musicBy | Christopher Young |
| producer | Dale Pollock Oren Koules |
| publisher | New Line Cinema |
| theme | action drama buddy female buddy girls with guns heist hood musical |