Light It Up (film)

Movie
German title	Light It Up
Original title	Light It Up
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1999
length	99 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Craig Bolotin
script	Craig Bolotin
production	Tracey E. Edmonds
music	Harry Gregson-Williams , John E. Rhone
camera	Elliot Davis
cut	Wendy Greene Bricmont
occupation
Usher Raymond : Lester Dewitt Forest Whitaker : Officer Dante Jackson Rosario Dawson : Stephanie Williams Robert Ri'chard : Zacharias 'Ziggy' Malone Judd Nelson : Ken Knowles Sara Gilbert : Lynn Sabatini Vanessa L. Williams : Audrey McDonald

Light It Up is an American drama film produced in 1999. Directed by Craig Bolotin .

action

At Lincoln High School, popular teacher Ken Knowles is suspended. The police officer Dante Jackson has his first day in the new job, in which he takes care of the school. Jackson's actions add to the tension in the high school. He is shot while interfering in the argument between Ziggy and Lester.

Ziggy, Lester, and four other students, including pregnant Lynn, hide in the school. You take Jackson hostage.

Police negotiator Audrey McDonald tries to get the students to surrender.

Reviews

James Berardinelli wrote on ReelViews that the thriller contained relatively few action scenes. Berardinelli praised Craig Bolotin for telling the story without exploiting the current cases in the US schools. He also praised Forest Whitaker's game.

The lexicon of international films wrote of a "[p] lacative [m] and clichéd [m] drama", the "script of which follows extremely trivial knitting patterns."

Awards

• 2000: Nomination for the Black Reel Award for Rosario Dawson
• 2000: Nomination for the Image Award for Rosario Dawson, Vanessa L. Williams and Robert Ri'chard
• 2000: Nomination for the Political Film Society Award for Peace

Remarks

The drama was shot in Chicago . It cost about $ 13 million and grossed $ 5.9 million in US theaters.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Review by James Berardinelli
2. ↑ Light It Up. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed May 6, 2017 .  
3. ^ Box office / business for Light It Up

Web links

• Light It Up in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Light It Up at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
• Light It Up at Metacritic (English)