The Game attempts to exude menace through hardcore forehead-wrinkling and gangsta nose-crinkling, but his efforts are more comic than sinister.
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06/29/06
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:03-11-2006
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
Reviews for Waist Deep
so superficial and poorly directed that I’ve got to think that even those inclined to appreciate a gangsta-flavored action flick will be shaking their heads in disappointment.
06/28/06
While the plot is overtly absurd (nearly every scene leads to a shoot-out, beating, or car chase), the film never lets up on those "Save Our Streets" demonstrations.
06/28/06
For its ever shifting attitudes toward men, women, and murder, Waist Deep is one of the sloppiest movies ever to reach the screen.
06/27/06
Here's a solid urban story that's "Waist Deep" in action.
06/26/06
...shows some gritty visual flair, but too much of this material feels familiar, right down to the climactic showdown and the obligatory pulsating soundtrack.
06/26/06
A film teetering on the edge of importance.
06/24/06
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06/24/06
How do you recycle old clichés without anyone noticing? Change the location of course, and with any luck it would look like something fresh and new. Unfortunately, the ploy didn't work.
06/24/06
A witless urban drama that's too serious for its own good and that never met a cliché it didn't like.
06/24/06
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06/23/06
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.
06/23/06
Even as a contemporary blaxploitation picture, "Waist Deep" strikes an awkward balance between its pandering violence and its supposed social message. It's an ungainly hypocrite.
06/23/06
Waist Deep is a hip, hard genre picture that begins well, but quickly gets in over its head.
06/23/06
Skillfully directed by Vondie Curtis-Hall, Waist Deep is a taut, grittily entertaining B-movie reminiscent of the gangster films that Warner Bros. used to crank out with assembly line efficiency in the 1930s and '40s.
06/23/06
Sometimes excessiveness and implausibility are virtues in disguise. Movies this enjoyable don't come about by accident.
06/23/06
The film is noteworthy for its tiny if incomplete effort to pour old wine in a new bottle.
06/23/06
[Hall] undermines the early style and intelligence of his all-black action movie, taking audiences for the wrong kind of ride in the end.
06/23/06
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.
06/23/06
[Director Hall] has proved he is as good with actors as he is at staging action sequences and creating tension.
06/23/06
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