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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.
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... [More]
Starring: Game, Tyrese Gibson, Paul Terrel Clayton, Meagan Good
Director: Vondie Curtis-Hall
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Reviews for Waist Deep
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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. Full Review |
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A waste of time! Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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2/4 |
...strangely uninvolving... Full Review |
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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. Full 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. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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1/5 |
The cast just about escapes with its dignity after this derivative, predictable urban thriller. Full Review |
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"Die Hard" meets "Boyz N'The Hood". Audaciously enthralling Full Review |
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A carjacking leads to violence, revenge and antiheroes impossible to root for in Waist Deep, an urban gangster crime-thriller. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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1.5/5 |
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. Full Review |
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1/10 |
Implausible - with every urban cliche and stereotype - a complete waste of time and money. Full Review |
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Curtis Hall keeps slipping in surprising social and emotional flavorings rarely found in [this] genre. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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2/4 |
Marred by absurd plot digressions and choppy, sloppy and incoherent shaky-camera action sequences. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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