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Light It Up
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.
| Release : | 1999 |
| Rating : | 6 |
| Studio : | Fox 2000 Pictures, Edmonds Entertainment Group, |
| Crew : | Property Master, Director of Photography, |
| Cast : | Usher Vanessa Williams Forest Whitaker Rosario Dawson Robert Ri'chard |
| Genre : | Drama Thriller |
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So much average
Slow pace in the most part of the movie.
Absolutely brilliant
There are better movies of two hours length. I loved the actress'performance.
Although I wouldn't have been the person who would have thought to rent this movie if I had seen it in a video store, I saw it on TV for the first time last night and was amazed. It was a terrific movie that I would recommend to almost anyone. The themes and violence could be too strong for young children, but even adults that don't like violence or strong themes in movies should see this movie because the ideas in it are so good that it is worth it. This would be a great movie to watch with a church group of older students or something like that because it stresses some great points and shows a lot about human nature and what makes humans beautiful.
I must say that although the film it no oscar winning material, it is not bad at all. The acting is very good, the story line is simple but powerful at the same time. It is firmly much better then many of the blockbuster films which hit our screens every month and leave us with a sour taste in our mouth.
Light It Up is a great movie about standing up for what you believe in. The cast led by Usher Raymond is all good. Usher does goood in his first lead role and look forward to seeing him in more big roles. The soundtrack is also very good. 5/5
This film, surprisingly to me, held my interest. It seems that so called 'teen dramas' are a LOT better made than they were in my day. Instead of "Porky's", there are interesting, thoughtful films like "Bring it on", "Go", and "Light it up".It was very well edited, there were no lags or times in the film that I was bored. I was even touched at the end, and it didn't feel too melodramatic, even though the events portrayed were a little extreme, (but what is extreme compared to reality these days?) it was well written and cause-and-effect seemed plausible. The characters were a little one dimensional, but that was a trade-off of the need to get the story told for a younger audience. I think that teens would like the movie and it will make them think and possibly relate to some of the problems presented to them through this film.
