Light It Up (1999)
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38% of critics liked it
(48 reviews) -
75% of users liked it
(6,653 ratings)
Noted R&B artist and producer Kenneth (Babyface) Edmonds served as executive producer for this tough urban drama. After a shooting incident in a neglected inner-city school leaves a police officer wounded, a group of students holds the cop hostage, in a desperate effort to force improvements to… More Noted R&B artist and producer Kenneth (Babyface) Edmonds served as executive producer for this tough urban drama. After a shooting incident in a neglected inner-city school leaves a police officer wounded, a group of students holds the cop hostage, in a desperate effort to force improvements to their school. The cast includes another R&B hitmaker, Usher, as well as Forest Whitaker, Vanessa L. Williams, and Rosario Dawson. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Craig Bolotin
- Written By
- Craig Bolotin
- Genres
- Drama
R,
- In Theaters
- Jun 1, 2000 Wide
- Studio
- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Jay Carr, Boston Globe
Vanessa Williams adds marquee value as a police negotiator.
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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The problem is the movie is too predictable--so predictable that it keeps it from truly generating suspense.
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Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
Writer-director Craig Bolotin wants to get our motors racing, our minds pondering and our hearts pumping. Laudable goals; shaky results.
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Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com
Snuff it out!
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Philip Martin, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
...isn't so much a bad movie as an unfinished movie
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Cast
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Usher Raymond
as Lester Dewitt
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Forest Whitaker
as Officer Dante Jackson
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Rosario Dawson
as Stephanie Williams
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Robert Ri'chard
as Zacharias "Ziggy" Malone
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Judd Nelson
as Ken Knowles
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Fredro Starr
as Rodney J. Templeton
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Sara Gilbert
as Lynn Sabatini
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Clifton Collins Jr.
as Robert "Rivers" Tremont
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Glynn E. Turman
as Principal Armstrong
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Vic Polizos
as Captain Monroe
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Vanessa L. Williams
as Audrey McDonald
- Marcella Robinson
