Set It Off Page #8

Synopsis: After being fired from her job as a bank teller, Frankie (Vivica A. Fox) begins working at a janitorial service with her friends Tisean (Kimberly Elise), a single mother; Cleo (Queen Latifah), a boisterous lesbian; and Stony (Jada Pinkett), who is dealing with the recent death of her brother. The women are struggling with their finances, so they decide to start robbing banks. At first the group is successful, but they soon attract the attention of an obsessive detective (John C. McGinley).
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Production: New Line Home Entertainment
  5 wins & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Rotten Tomatoes:
63%
R
Year:
1996
123 min
12,626 Views


- You know where that money is.

- I just met him.

Come on, come on.

Let's get up out of here. Let's go.

Come on, T.T.

- I'll call you.

- I hope so.

This weekend, ltalian.

I'll call you.

I ain't trying to hear this today.

Which one of you girls

smoked Luther, huh?

I'm thinking it was you Cleo,

you're the only one with any priors.

- Don't know what you talking.

- I'll tell you what I'm talking.

We're gonna take a ride.

Man, I ain't do sh*t.

- You ain't got probable cause.

- All you're doing is a lineup.

And for the record, having a witness

is a lot better than probable cause.

Get in the car.

Today.

Take this home, call the girls.

- You sure they can't see me?

- No, no.

Just your imagination.

- It looks like everyone looking right at me.

- Do you see her?

Hmm?

- The person that killed Luther Morris?

- Take your time and concentrate.

Hmm?

Face right.

You see her?

The person that killed Luther Morris.

No, it's not her.

Be sure now.

You see her.

The person that killed Luther Morris?

No.

- Look at her.

- Get a real good look.

Real close, right there.

See her?

The person that smoked Luther.

Nope.

Can I go now?

You're real cute.

They got Cleo

and y'all f***ing killed Luther!

He wouldn't give up the money.

He was about to kill Cleo,

so Tisean shot him.

And now I got Cleo in trouble.

- Damn it.

- I'm sorry, Stony.

Look, they gonna be after all of us.

We gonna take that bank downtown.

Are you in?

No, I ain't in. Hell no.

You ain't got no f***ing choice.

And you don't tell me

what f***ing choices I have, Frankie.

There's armed robbery

and there's murder.

You said we weren't gonna hurt anybody,

Frankie.

Stony.

Girl, I got to have money

before my court date. I have to.

And I can't go to jail for killing nobody.

I need you.

I really need you.

- Cleo.

- Cleo, what happened?

- Are you all right?

- Baby, go pack our sh*t.

The motherfuckers was all over me.

But I represented.

Now, the problem is,

they on our ass now.

And we got to do two things:

Rob another bank

and get the f*** out of here.

- Or be in jail by tomorrow morning.

- I say we hit Downtown Federal.

That's where the most money's at.

I'm telling y'all.

We could get 500,000.

F*** it. We hitting that sh*t.

Simple as that.

Look, Stony.

We hot.

We're all facing a murder rap.

Does it have to be Downtown Federal?

What the f*** is that?

What, you gonna play us?

Over that buppie at the bank?

Fine.

It's on.

- Miss Harris?

- Yes.

- How are you?

- Oh, very good.

I know you have a court date

tomorrow. Good luck, Tisean.

Thanks, Miss Wells.

You think everything's gonna be okay?

I'm sure it is.

Come here.

Everything's gonna be just fine.

Come on, let's go. Let's go.

- Let's go.

- Okay.

Let's go. Yeah.

Okay.

Let's go.

Okay.

All right?

- Okay, ladies. Will that be all?

- Some more coffee.

Cleo.

I don't think you should be drinking

so much coffee.

You're making me nervous.

How the f*** is my drinking coffee

making you nervous?

- I don't know, it just is.

- Okay, okay, listen up.

Nobody has ever successfully robbed

this bank.

I wish you would stop saying that.

I'm saying that because the nearest freeway

is a mile away. We gotta stick to the plan.

All right?

- I know y'all sick of wearing them wigs.

- What you got?

Okay? I got some other stuff in the car.

Thank you, ladies.

Cover my share

till I finish robbing this bank.

I'm broke.

Don't look over here. I am too.

Y'all, we don't have enough money

to pay the bill?

Hey.

Hey!

We're in.

Bullshit.

- What the f*** is this?

- What are you doing?

Trying to find some mood music.

F*** it. Radio.

Look at that.

Yo, what's up with that dress girl?

You going dancing or something?

What you got?

One for you.

One for you.

Check it out.

There has been a rash

of these robberies in the Los Angeles area...

...as far east as Pasadena,

as far north as the San Fernando Valley.

They seem to know

the inner workings of each bank.

Wigs and sunglasses

aid them in their disguise.

Their M.O. is in and out.

Please do not be mislead by the fact

that these four bandits are females.

It's not gonna be,

"Stick them up and give me your dough."

Your lives are going to be in jeopardy,

and that's a fact.

These girls are the real deal.

They've gotten good

at casing out the banks that they knock off.

- Yes, Keith Weston, please.

- What the f*** are you doing?

They seem to know the intricacies

of bank security systems.

More importantly,

they know how to get around them.

They may even have a contact to the inside,

so please be aware.

Obviously, they don't appear

this way when they're on the street.

- We have photographs...

- This is Keith.

Keith, listen to me.

I need you to meet me at the restaurant...

...that you took me to, in five minutes.

Baby, why?

I'm leaving right now.

You be there.

Come on, let's do this.

T.T.

Detective Strode.

Is there a question?

Are we done here?

Actually, we're just wrapping up.

We'll leave a copy

for your further review.

- Thank you.

- I'll show you out the back.

Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.

Please be safe, please be.

All right. Y'all do your thing.

Get down and don't move!

Get the f*** down! Get down!

Get down everybody! Don't move!

Get down!

Stay down!

- Don't move! Don't move.

- Get the f*** on the ground. Back up.

Get down. Right now. You, you.

Get down!

Put your hands up! Put your

hands up! Put your hands up! Get down!

- Don't move!

- Put your hands up!

Don't!

- Don't f*** with me today!

- Just stay calm.

Put your hands up! That's right.

Put your hands up.

Down!

- Can I get you anything?

- No.

- So I'm just gonna call her up.

- Call her.

Sure, why not? And then the...

All units,

silent alarm Downtown Federal Building.

Proceed with caution.

Suspects armed and dangerous.

- Can you believe this? Sh*t!

- Goddamn it!

Don't move! Don't move!

Do not move. Let's make it!

Put that f***ing drawer in!

Don't move. We got a minute and a half.

Let's make it. Let's make it.

You, down. You. Don't move.

- Don't move. Don't move.

- Get some more money.

No! Don't be greedy. Let's go now!

Shut it now!

You.

- Let's go.

- Let's go. Go!

- Don't move. Stay down.

- Okay, okay.

Put your hands out in front of you.

Come on!

Let's go! Make it.

Thank you. Don't move.

Don't make me hurt nobody.

That's right, ladies and gentlemen.

Thank you for your cooperation.

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Takashi Bufford

Takashi Bufford was born on August 15, 1952 as Takashi A. Bufford. He is a producer and writer, more…

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