The get away car
"Set it off" and "Thelma and Louise" are similar in the fact in which they way they use the auto-mobile. At first the ladies start out using it to get away from their dreary lives, which in turn they use it to get away from the law. Automobility is achieved in different ways though, in "Set it Off" they achieve the automobility primarily through the stealing of cars whereas in "Thelma and Louise" it is achieved by them already owning their car.
"Set it Off" is a road movie, but different from the ones that we have seen. The road is not a persistant presence like "Thelma and Louise" or "Easy Rider" it is more their use to get away. The girls are stuck in LA and use the road to get around in their get away vechicle and finally (Jada) uses it to get away to Mexico and (Queen Latifa) to out run the cops (although it ends in failure)