"I'll always come back for you," tough but touchy-feely ex-con O2 (Tyrese Gibson) tells his adorable young son after he's late picking him up from school. Minutes later, Junior (H. Hunter Hall) is kidnapped during a violent carjacking. That sappy sentimentality juxtaposed with plenty of gritty gangster stuff drives both the tone and the plot of "Waist Deep," an urban thriller set in the South Los Angeles underworld of gangs and guns. Read the full review
An ex-con is suddenly plunged into a life-or-death situation: Trying to go straight for the sake of his young son, he is forced to go back outside the law when his son is kidnapped in a carjacking. His shady cousin is caught between loyalties, so the only person who can or will help is a wily street-smart hustler.
Director: Vondie Curtis Hall
Starring: Tyrese Gibson, Meagan Good, Larenz Tate, The Game
Run time: 101 minutes
Release date: June 23, 2006
Rating: Rated R for strong violence and pervasive language.
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: B-
"Muscled and menacing in his righteous indignation, (Tyrese) Gibson as O2 makes a suitably sympathetic hero."
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