Set It Off (1996) is an empowerment fantasy for the amorally oppressed. Such luminaries of African American femaleness as Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox, and Jada Pinkett Smith embark upon a joyous thrill ride of action adventure as four fed-up women of color who decide to take fate into their own hands. The ladies determine that vengeance is best served hot; so they become the most scintillating, sexually charged gang of bank robbers ever to flare and burn on the silver screen.