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Tyrese Gibson, Meagan Good, Larenz Tate, Shawn Parr, H. Hunter Hall ... see more see more... , The Game , John Pruitt , Darris Love , William Duffy , Kimora Lee Simmons , Will Young , DeWayne "Syco Smoov" Turrentine Jr. , Wade Allain-Marcus , Paul Terrell Clayton , Ray Bengston , Earl Minfield , Dagmar Stansova , Kasi Lemmons , Laura Miro , Tommy "Poverty" Abate , Dawn Reavis , Dylan Tays , Yolanda Whittaker , Julio Omar González , Michael Eric Dyson , Vernon Hawthorne , Farley Jackson , Sean Anthony Moran , Kevin Scott

To save his son from ruthless gangsters, a streetwise ex-con finds himself coerced into performing a series of crimes in this gritty thriller. Waist Deep features Tyrese Gibson as O2, a young father a... read more read more...nd recent parolee whose life on the outside is upended when his young son Junior is taken hostage after an auto-theft gone wrong. After learning that his boy is in the hands of a mob boss named Meat (The Game), O2 is forced to break the law once again to satisfy his demands, and teams up with Coco (Meagan Good), a hooker with ties to Meat, to get into the gangster's inner sanctum and save his son. Waist Deep marked the acting debut of rapper The Game. ~ Michael Hastings, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 37 min.

Directed by: Vondie Curtis-Hall

Release Date: June 23, 2006

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DVD Release Date: October 10, 2006

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Flixster Reviews (3,773)

  • xXGiNoBiLiPRXx
    July 21, 2011
    xXGiNoBiLiPRXx
    His son. His life. His freedom. He's taking them all back.

    Very good movie. I enjoyed it alot, It had a good conflict from beginning to end which kept you intrigued the whole time. Great ending they way it should be. I gotta say Meagan Good to me is the hottest most sexiest blac... read morek woman alive, her lips are perfect meant to be kissed, what a body, smoking HOT!

    In South Los Angeles, while bringing his beloved son Junior back home from school, the paroled ex-convicted O2 promises his son that he would always come back to him and never leave him alone. However, his car is hijacked and Junior is kidnapped. Without any lead, O2 forces the street vendor Coco to help him to find where his car might have been sent for disassembling. Meanwhile, O2's addicted brother Lucky discovers that the cruel leader of the Outlaw Syndicate, the drug lord Meat, is keeping the boy arrested in a room and asking a ransom of US$ 100,000.00 that he believes O2 have from an old heist. O2 and Coco plot a scheme to put the pimp P-Money and Meat against each other and steal their money.
  • rezpatriot
    January 28, 2008
    rezpatriot
    Really good action romance.Starring Tyrese.
  • lewiskendell
    June 25, 2007
    lewiskendell
    Awful movie. The only bright spot was Meagan Good.
  • ceWEBrity
    January 21, 2007
    ceWEBrity
    God, I can't believe I paid to see this confused mess of a ghetto action movie. It's predictable, cloying, embarrassingly targeted at a certain audience, and perhaps worst of all - full of product placement. Yes, EVERY prostitute in Los Angeles has a Razr cell phone. Clearly.
  • DrZeek
    June 24, 2006
    DrZeek
    Besides the somewhat over-the-top ending, it's a fun ride to watch, with Tyrese particularly turning in a good job.
  • jeffboam
    July 17, 2010
    jeffboam
    During Waist Deep's painfully slow climb toward its climax, one of the only white characters (taking a cue from the Wayans Brothers, all Caucasians presented in this movie are portrayed as goofy stooges), says to the title characters, "You guys are like the modern-day Bonnie and ... read moreClyde!" Well, Waist Deep never quite reaches the high plateau of Arthur Penn's 1967 masterpiece. In fact, it doesn't even come close to licking its hobnail boots. In fact, this reviewer's not even sure what genre this movie was aiming for: action-adventure or family drama. Despite earnest intentions, the movie loses focus fast and drags moviegoers down with it. To exemplify this, the camera actually drifts away from the action in some scenes as if the camerman, like the audience, was also fast losing interest.

    In the R-rated actioner/drama Waist Deep, a paroled ex-con (Gibson) whose son is kidnapped in a carjacking and a street hustler (Good) are forced into a life of armed robbery to make an impossible ransom deadline set by the vicious leader (the Game) of an evil syndicate. And this all begs the question: Is there really any OTHER kind of syndicates in movies like this?

    The cast does a fine job, hard-selling moviegoers on a preposterous story ripped from other innumerous bad B-movies. Ultimately, however, the actors don't even they know where this Z-Grade piece of supposed entertainment is headed.

    Bottom line: Knee-Deep.
  • Fascade518
    March 25, 2007
    Fascade518
    An good movie not in the caliber of "Menace To Society" though. I hate it when the bad guy goes to the lower level of kidnapping some's KID. That is an all time low. Add a star if you disagree. A good watch though.
  • EbertsLittleApprentice
    September 29, 2009
    EbertsLittleApprentice
    "Waist Deep" Stole, "Hosatge's", and "Cradle 2 the Graves" plots and storylines, and rolled them all into and Hour and a Half long Unapolagizing B-movie, that never gives a good reason to keep watching.

    "Waist Deep" is full of melo-dramatic Irony, and this film begs to be Paro... read moreided.

    "One and a Half Stars out of Four" Unreccomended. Noth One Once of Reccomendation.
  • wbgoose13
    November 7, 2006
    wbgoose13
    Manages to stay just on this side of worthless.
  • sjcole4
    April 21, 2008
    sjcole4
    Uhhhh...no..

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Critic Reviews

Gregory Kirschling
July 5, 2006
Gregory Kirschling, Entertainment Weekly

Curtis Hall keeps slipping in surprising social and emotional flavorings rarely found in [this] genre. Full Review

Bill Gallo
June 27, 2006
Bill Gallo, Village Voice

For its ever shifting attitudes toward men, women, and murder, Waist Deep is one of the sloppiest movies ever to reach the screen. Full Review

Jack Mathews
June 23, 2006
Jack Mathews, New York Daily News

Nothing in this story is remotely realistic, and the target audience for urban dramas -- teenage boys -- won't know what to make of its mushy romantic center. Full Review

Roger Moore
June 23, 2006
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

Waist Deep is a hip, hard genre picture that begins well, but quickly gets in over its head. Full Review

Mick LaSalle
June 23, 2006
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

Sometimes excessiveness and implausibility are virtues in disguise. Movies this enjoyable don't come about by accident. Full Review

Tom Long
June 23, 2006
Tom Long, Detroit News

If you're looking for gunning gangsta action on a hot summer night, Waist Deep is an effective-enough story of urban outlaws in love and on the run. It's sweet, sweaty stuff, for a while at least. Full Review

Terry Lawson
June 23, 2006
Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press

[Director Hall] has proved he is as good with actors as he is at staging action sequences and creating tension. Full Review

Lisa Kennedy
June 23, 2006
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post

By teasing us with potential meaning only to embrace wanton gunplay, Waist Deep betrays thinking members in the audience. Full Review

Philip Wuntch
June 23, 2006
Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News

Everyone connected with this gangsta opus was probably trying to make a crowd-pleaser. However, you wind up wondering what kind of crowds they were trying to please. Full Review

Wesley Morris
June 23, 2006
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe

A cynical excuse for the writer and director (and talented actor) Vondie Curtis-Hall to sock some money away for the kids' college tuition. Full Review

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