Arnold Vosloo, Eric Lane, The Game

In the urban action thriller Waist Deep, director Vondie Curtis Hall takes audiences on a ride through contemporary Los Angeles -- where a sexy 21st-century Bonnie and Clyde hit the streets. 'I'll alw...( read more  read more... )ays come back for you,' single father O2 (Tyrese Gibson) tells his young son Junior (H. Hunter Hall). This parental promise is put to the test when O2 is suddenly plunged into a do-or-die situation, this recently paroled ex-con is forced to go back outside the law after his son is kidnapped in a carjacking. The resulting chase and shootout have left Junior in the hands of Meat (The Game), the vicious leader of the Outlaw Syndicate. O2's shady cousin Lucky (Larenz Tate) tries to mediate, but is caught between criminal and family loyalties. The only person who can or will help O2 get his son back is wily street-smart hustler Coco (Meagan Good), whose path fatefully crossed O2's just moments before the kidnapping. When Lucky gets word to O2 that Meat expects $100,000 for Junior's freedom, O2 and Coco seize the opportunity to pit rival elements of the South Los Angeles underworld against each other. 'It's either all or nothing,' realizes O2. With the clock ticking down, the heat between O2 and Coco rises as they become a lawbreaking couple, on an action-packed tear through a range of Los Angeles neighborhoods. Can they outwit the underworld and save Junior and themselves?

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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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  • February 3, 2008
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  • January 28, 2008
    Really good action romance.Starring Tyrese.
  • June 25, 2007
    Awful movie. The only bright spot was Meagan Good.
  • January 21, 2007
    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.
  • November 7, 2006
    real good movie. The Game was crazy! Megan good Damn!!
  • October 9, 2009
    UFFFFFFFFFFFF pura bala y pelea al CIENNNNNNNNNNn
  • September 29, 2009
    "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 more)ided.

    "One and a Half Stars out of Four" Unreccomended. Noth One Once of Reccomendation.
  • August 19, 2009
    YES YES YES TYRese . REAL HOTTI..
  • August 19, 2009
    A high powered action drama that makes a good date night at home movie.
  • May 26, 2009
    this movie is a very good one, i wud do the same for me son

Critic Reviews


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

June 22, 2006
A.O. Scott, The New York Times

Waist Deep is unapologetically a B movie, its narrative premise placed carefully on the borderline between the wildly implausible and the completely absurd.

June 22, 2006
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune

If the daydreams of a teenager playing Grand Theft Auto could be made into a music video, the result would resemble Waist Deep. full review

June 22, 2006
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer

What really sinks Waist Deep is the fact that the action scenes and car chases are poorly handled, and that the climactic confrontation takes place far too early, leaving the characters to lumber arou... full review

June 21, 2006
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine

The film's racial/class issues are less developed than Gibson's beefy, inked-up arms and its unintentional humor as consistent as its pounding soundtrack beats. full review

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Comments


  • Mvaleria44
    May 8, 2007
    its da best action movie...i love it..i recommend it if u havent seen it!
  • bigpimpnorman18
    March 16, 2007
    dis movie wuz hell good n bcuz of meagan good wuz in it wit hur sexi azz
  • shanta2009
    November 8, 2006
    I love Waist Deep cause Tyrese fine tail is in it and because it was a good action movie.
  • joshua23resendez
    November 2, 2006
    cool
  • TimTamJimJam
    June 25, 2006
    Im gonna watch it cause TYRESE is in it LOL
  • JesusOnlyKnows19
    June 22, 2006
    I'll see it cause I like the story, I know it's gonna have alot of cussing and I don't like that. But I watch movies for the good and not the evil in them. So I ill see the good in it!
  • BabyGirlFran
    June 19, 2006
    yo this go's to all ya niggas who say this movie is wack "fuck yall bitches dont be jelous cause u know its you and cant aford to see it shit"!!!!!!!!!!!
  • evilredduck
    June 19, 2006
    shit this movie looks fuckn bad ass i know im gonna go and see it when it comes out
  • bukkygirl242
    June 19, 2006
    so what if this movie isnt out yet, hey it give me somthing to look forward to, with ma boi tyrese no dought this movie is going to be packed full of actions and thats just how i like it

    peace out yall
  • restlessdesi
    June 18, 2006
    Looks Mean..

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