Waist Deep (2006)
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27% of critics liked it
(77 reviews) -
74% of users liked it
(93,615 ratings)
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 and recent parolee whose life on the outside is upended when his young son Junior is taken hostage… More 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 and 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
- Directed By
- Vondie Curtis-Hall
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure
- In Theaters
- Jun 23, 2006 Wide
- Studio
- Focus Features
Critic Reviews
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David Jenkins, Time Out
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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Gregory Kirschling, Entertainment Weekly
Curtis Hall keeps slipping in surprising social and emotional flavorings rarely found in [this] genre.
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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.
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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.
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Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Waist Deep is a hip, hard genre picture that begins well, but quickly gets in over its head.
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Cast
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Tyrese Gibson
as O2
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Meagan Good
as Coco
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Larenz Tate
as Lucky
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Shawn Parr
as Newscaster 1
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H. Hunter Hall
as Otis Junior
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The Game
as Meat
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John Pruitt
as Guard
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Darris Love
as Rock
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William Duffy
as Newscaster 2
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Kimora Lee Simmons
as Fencing House Lady
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Will Young
as Man
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DeWayne "Syco Smoov" Turrentine Jr.
as Gangster
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Wade Allain-Marcus
as Gangster
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Paul Terrell Clayton
as Black Security Guard
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Ray Bengston
as White Security Guard
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Earl Minfield
as Bank Manager
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Dagmar Stansova
as Bank Woman
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Kasi Lemmons
as Angry Black Woman
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Laura Miro
as Newscaster 3
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Tommy "Poverty" Abate
as Look-a-Like
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Dawn Reavis
as Newcaster 4
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Dylan Tays
as Newscaster 5
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Yolanda Whittaker
as Female Radio DJ
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Julio Omar González
as Male Radio DJ
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Michael Eric Dyson
as Radio Guest
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Vernon Hawthorne
as Meat's Bodyguard
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Farley Jackson
as Meat's Bodyguard
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Sean Anthony Moran
as Impatient Jacker
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Kevin Scott
as Go Mobile Driver








