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Light It Up
Description
After a shooting incident in a neglected inner-city school leaves a police officer wounded, six teenage high school seniors holds the cop hostage, in a desperate effort to improve the run-down conditions of their high-school.
After a shooting incident in a neglected inner-city school leaves a police officer wounded, six teenage high school seniors holds the cop hostage, in a desperate effort to improve the run-down conditions of their high-school.
Actors:
Serena Altschul,
Vanessa Williams,
Sabrina Dames Crutchfield,
La Taunya Bounds,
Forest Whitaker,
Patrick Nugent,
Kevyn Morrow,
Richard Pierre-Louis,
Sam Samuelson,
Adam Gifford,
Reggie Theus,
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Serena Altschul
7 October 1970
Vanessa Williams
18 March 1963, Tarrytown, New York, USA
Sabrina Dames Crutchfield
La Taunya Bounds
Forest Whitaker
15 July 1961, Longview, Texas, USA
Patrick Nugent
Kevyn Morrow
Richard Pierre-Louis
Sam Samuelson
Adam Gifford
Reggie Theus
13 October 1957, Inglewood, California, USA
Director:
Craig Bolotin
Craig Bolotin
23 May 1954, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Country:
United States
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
January 01, 2000
It begins as a high school comedy romp and then abruptly turns into a TV cop show-caliber thriller.
Dallas Morning News
January 01, 2000
Painfully obvious and cliched.
January 01, 2000
A laughably disconnected hostage drama.
USA Today
January 01, 2000
Crackling dialogue, surprising intelligence and an emotional wallop.
January 01, 2000
Too often writer/directors such as Light It Up's Craig Bolotin don't take the time to create a plausible plot and realistic dialog.
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Snuff it out!
New York Post
January 01, 2000
The dialogue is ridiculous and condescending.
Orlando Sentinel
January 01, 2000
Bolotin repeatedly reminds the viewer of his lack of imagination.
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September 19, 2002
"The Breakfast Club" in the Ghetto
Chicago Tribune
January 01, 2000
Writer-director Craig Bolotin wants to get our motors racing, our minds pondering and our hearts pumping. Laudable goals; shaky results.
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
February 18, 2005
...isn't so much a bad movie as an unfinished movie
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January 01, 2000
Nelson, Whitaker and their talented, young co-stars give this film most of whatever juice it has.