Light It Up

Light It Up

1999 · 99 min · EN · R · 6.6 (31 votes)
Dir. Craig Bolotin · Starring Usher, Vanessa Williams, Forest Whitaker, Rosario Dawson, Robert Ri'chard, Judd Nelson · Music Harry Gregson-Williams
DramaThriller

On a winter day in a southside Queens high school, events collide and six students are suddenly in an armed standoff with the NYPD. At the school, classrooms freeze, teachers come and go, resources are scant.

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A powder keg of simmering rage and desperate circumstances. This film feels like a pressure cooker, building tension with every passing moment. It's a raw, unflinching look at a system pushed to its breaking point.

tenseanxiousdesperateclaustrophobicsteadygritty realismsocial commentarycharacter-driven dramasocial injusticeyouth rebellionsystemic failuredesperation
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