UPC: 794043478727

Description of Set It Off:

Set It Off is a drama film about , four poor black women who try to get some payback from the social system which has abused them by staging a series of bank robberies. In Set it Off these four women take the law into their own hands and try to get some pay-back by robbing the city's biggest banks in this riveting action drama. They decide to do so for different reasons, although all four want better for themselves and their families than the opportunities available to them than in the racist and post-industrial Los Angeles. Set It Off is a crime thriller that is pack with suspense and action. In Set It Off the four women spent a lifetime struggling to move away from the mean streets of their neighborhood. But the system stole their dreams, and now four childhood friends are determined to steal them back. As one grapples with the possibility of losing her only child, the foursome of Set It Off find themselves on the edge of desperation. With their world in turmoil and their backs against the wall, they decide to seek their fortune by robbing banks. Virtually overnight, the women spiral into an uncharacteristic world of crime.

Targeting the banks of Los Angeles (the bank robbery capital of the world), Cleo, Stony, Tisean and Frankie rob the city's most vulnerable financial institutions. Flush with cash, they discover that easy money can inch them towards their elusive goal of escaping from the projects - but it can't solve their problems. With the police hot on their trail, it's hard to be free from the 'hood".

Set It Off stars: Jada Pinkett Smith, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox, Kimberly Elise, John C. McGinley, Blair Underwood, Vincent Baum, Van Baum, Chaz Lamar Shepherd, Thomas Jefferson Byrd, Charles Robinson, Ella Joyce, Anna Mariea Hosford, Samantha MacLachlan