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Waist Deep (2006)

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Reviews Counted: 76 Fresh: 20  Rotten:56 Average Rating: 4.3/10
 
Consensus: A well-meaning B-movie that suffers from a cliche-ridden script and poorly drawn characters that fail to inspire much sympathy.
 

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Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins

Theatrical Release: Jun 23, 2006 Wide

Box Office: $21,318,194

Synopsis: This sun scorched, bullet-blasted South Central L.A. story follows the car- and corpse-strewn trail of an ex-con turned security guard O2 (Tyrese Gibson), who gets carjacked while his son is still asleep in the backseat. The thugs hold the child for ransom, and O2 has 48 hours to come up with a... This sun scorched, bullet-blasted South Central L.A. story follows the car- and corpse-strewn trail of an ex-con turned security guard O2 (Tyrese Gibson), who gets carjacked while his son is still asleep in the backseat. The thugs hold the child for ransom, and O2 has 48 hours to come up with a hundred grand. His only lead in getting the kid back is Coco (Meagan Good) the cutie who distracted him at the traffic light. Together they bicker, fall in love, and launch a plan to take down a vicious gang leader named Meat (The Game) while they roll along on a bank-robbing spree. Director Vondie Curtis-Hall keeps the action humming and swathes his gritty South Central locations in a thick haze of urban grime and chaotic spontaneity, making it reminiscent of 1970s cult classics like BLACK CAESAR and THE WARRIORS. Tyrese is more than up for the job here as the tough but tender O2; he and the very sexy Meagan Good generate major onscreen chemistry. Larenz Tate plays O2's dope-head cousin, and Kimora Lee Simmons has a funny cameo as a fencer of hot designer dresses. Her husband, Russell Simmons, was one of the producers. [More]

Genre: Action/Adventure

Starring: Tyrese Gibson, Meagan Good, Paul Terrel Clayton, Game, Eric Lane

Director: Vondie Curtis-Hall
Producer: Ted Field, Preston L. Holmes
Composer: Terence Blanchard

DVD Info

Release:

Jun 1, 2008

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Snap Case
  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English
  • Subtitles - English (SDH), French, Spanish - Optional

Additional Release Material:

  • Deleted Scenes
  • Featurette - 1. Analysis of a Scene
  • 2. Drive by Filmmaking
  • Music Video - "Bad Girl" Music Video

DVD-ROM:

  • Weblink - Consumer Offer to Download a Free Movie Ticket ($7.50 Value)

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08/07/08
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review
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Would most likely have made for a decent late-night Cinemax staple, but its stabs at higher significance only bring on the giggles.

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10/21/07
Andrew Wright
The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
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A waste of time!

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04/09/07
Kam Williams
Awareness Magazine
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I saw Bonnie and Clyde. Bonnie and Clyde is a major American movie. Waist Deep, sir, is no Bonnie and Clyde.

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02/07/07
Frank Lovece
Film Journal International
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2/4

...strangely uninvolving...

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01/18/07
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews
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Just looking at the genre, this is a cut above the normal. This is by no means an endorsement of this movie, but it is better than most.

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12/30/06
Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel
3BlackChicks Review
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2/5

The worst is saved for last: just when you think the movie has shown the courage of its 'gritty' convictions, it hits you with schmaltz that would shame a Hallmark card.

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11/11/06
Matthew Leyland
BBC
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11/04/06
Andrew Pulver
Guardian [UK]
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From its non-committal title downwards -- we’re a bit worse than ankle deep, but not quite neck deep -- the film includes a final shot that is almost surreal in its implausibility. Waist Deep? More like Deep Waste.

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11/02/06
David Jenkins
Time Out
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1/5

The cast just about escapes with its dignity after this derivative, predictable urban thriller.

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10/28/06
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall
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3/5

"Die Hard" meets "Boyz N'The Hood". Audaciously enthralling

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10/11/06
Clint Morris
Moviehole
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2/4

A carjacking leads to violence, revenge and antiheroes impossible to root for in Waist Deep, an urban gangster crime-thriller.

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07/10/06
Larry Ratliff
San Antonio Express-News
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4/5

The rare summer film that actually delivers what it promises -- 90-odd minutes of lurid trash with hardly a single socially redeeming moment to be had. It even takes the time to illustrate some of my all-time favorite action movie cliches.

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07/08/06
Peter Sobczynski
eFilmCritic.com
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The efforts of Waist Deep to make some meaningful social commentary about street gangs and the vicious circle in which African-American men often find themselves seem like an afterthought, rather than anything remotely sincere.

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07/08/06
Steve Davis
Austin Chronicle
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Implausible - with every urban cliche and stereotype - a complete waste of time and money.

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07/07/06
Susan Granger
Modamag.com
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Curtis Hall keeps slipping in surprising social and emotional flavorings rarely found in [this] genre.

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07/05/06
Gregory Kirschling
Entertainment Weekly
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2.5/4

If only director Vondie Curtis Hall were content with making a lean, mean action thriller, as he and his film soon find themselves waist deep and in over their head in pretentious ambition.

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07/04/06
Michael Dequina
Mr. Brown's Movies
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Marred by absurd plot digressions and choppy, sloppy and incoherent shaky-camera action sequences.

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06/30/06
John Beifuss
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
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lets it's booming gangsta rap soundtrack cover up the sad truth that the film doesn't have a real message.

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06/29/06
James Hill
BET.com
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D

The Game attempts to exude menace through hardcore forehead-wrinkling and gangsta nose-crinkling, but his efforts are more comic than sinister.

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06/29/06
Nathan Rabin
Onion AV Club
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