Light It Up

Light It Up (1999)

  • 38% of critics liked it
    (48 reviews)

  • 75% of users liked it
    (6,585 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

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R, 1 hr. 39 min.
Directed By
Craig Bolotin
Written By
Craig Bolotin
Genres
Drama
In Theaters
Jun 1, 2000 Wide
On DVD
Mar 6, 2001
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Jay Carr, Boston Globe

    Vanessa Williams adds marquee value as a police negotiator.

  • Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

    The problem is the movie is too predictable--so predictable that it keeps it from truly generating suspense.

  • Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

    Bolotin repeatedly reminds the viewer of his lack of imagination.

  • Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com

    Snuff it out!

  • Philip Martin, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    ...isn't so much a bad movie as an unfinished movie

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  • Remi L


    Usher's "acting" ruined the whole thing for me

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