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. When a popular teacher is suspended, a few students protest. Jackson, a new security guard, gets tough. In a scuffle, Jackson's wounded with his own gun and a student takes him hostage. A few kids join in, for various reasons. An ineffective policewoman tries to mediate ... (Full plot summary below)
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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. When a popular teacher is suspended, a few students protest. Jackson, a new security guard, gets tough. In a scuffle, Jackson's wounded with his own gun and a student takes him hostage. A few kids join in, for various reasons. An ineffective policewoman tries to mediate as the police plan an assault, the kids demand improvements to the school, the media pick up the story, and Jackson turns sympathetic. But are too many forces in motion for the students to stay in control?
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| Baltimore SunMilton KentMuch of Light It Up has a familiar feel. But there are enough redeeming insights to make the time you spend at this school worthwhile. |
| Miami HeraldPhoebe FlowersThe protagonists of Light It Up seem strangely tender and vulnerable, and the movie, if heavy-handed at times, does a remarkable job of making their plight moving. |
| Chicago TribuneBarbara ShulgasserThis is a good-hearted movie that unfortunately is wildly implausible and makes no sense. |
| San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleAt all times, the audience believes that it's watching something that really could happen. |
| Arkansas Democrat-GazettePhilip Martin...isn't so much a bad movie as an unfinished movie |
| Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldIt has moments of effectiveness, some of the performances -- especially Whitaker and Robert Ri'chard -- are moving. |
| Film.comTom KeoghLook to the cast as the best reason to see this film. |
| Boston GlobeJay CarrLight It Up isn't a great movie, but it's a cut above most so-called urban thrillers. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertIf I can't quite recommend the movie, it's because so much of the plot is on autopilot. The dialogue spells out too much that doesn't need to be said. |
| Miami HeraldRene RodriguezThe protagonists of Light It Up seem strangely tender and vulnerable, and the movie does a remarkable job of making their plight moving. |
