SET IT OFF
Director: F. Gary Gray Run Time: 123 min. Release Year: 1996
Starring: Blair Underwood, Jada Pinkett Smith, Kimberly Elise, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox
Four inner-city Black women, determined to end their constant struggle, decide to live by one rule — get what you want or die trying. So the four women take back their lives and take out some banks in the process.
“Top-tier 90s film, top-tier heist film, top-tier black film, top-tier buddy film. Hits all the cliches and still makes them work! Fun, tense, chaotic, driving, and extremely emotional. Black women carry and compartmentalize so much fucking pain and these women are so good at showing it with just their faces. Brought me to that full body precipice-of-tears shaky feeling multiple times.” demi adejuyigbe, letterboxd