Waist Deep (2006)

An ex-convict (Tyrese) gets tangled up with a gang after his car is hijacked with his son inside.

Director:

Vondie Curtis-Hall

Writers:

Vondie Curtis-Hall (screenplay), Darin Scott (screenplay),

Stars:

Tyrese Gibson, Shawn Parr, Meagan Good

4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tyrese Gibson	...	O2
Shawn Parr	...	Newscaster #1
Henry Hunter Hall	...	Junior (as H. Hunter Hall)
Johnny C. Pruitt	...	Guard
Meagan Good	...	Coco
Darris Love	...	Rock
Larenz Tate	...	Lucky
William Duffy	...	Newscaster #2
Game	...	Meat (as The Game)
Kimora Lee Simmons	...	Fencing House Lady
Wil E. Young	...	Man
DeWayne Turrentine Jr.	...	Gangster #1 (as Syco Smoov)
Wade Allain-Marcus	...	Gangster #2
Paul Terrell Clayton	...	Black Security Guard (as Terrell Clayton)
Ray Bengston	...	White Security Guard

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

kidnapping | ex convict | drug lord | carjacking | gang | 

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Taglines:

Bonnie And Clyde - On The Flip Side

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong violence and pervasive language

Details

Official Sites:

Universal [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 June 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

...kato apo ti mesi

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$9,404,180 (USA) (23 June 2006)

Gross:

$21,318,194 (USA) (28 July 2006)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Rogue Pictures, Intrepid Pictures, Radar Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

When O2 first gets his car stolen, he fairly quickly gets up and runs at top speed for many blocks and when he finally gives up, Coco is right there. How did she get so far away from where she talked to him in his car in the time it took him to run there?

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Quotes

Coco: [to Fencing House Lady] What do you think of this dress?
O2: We'll take it...As a matter of fact
[draws gun]
O2: we'll take all this shit.
Fencing House Lady: Damn, nigga. You know who you're fuckin with?
O2: Somebody asked me that same question earlier.

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Connections

Features Blind Date (1999)

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Soundtracks

"Guttaville"
Produced by Victor Holmes
Written by Lamarr House, Victor Holmes, Rodney Jones, Tamas Houston (as Tamos Houston) and Danny Saber
Performed by Dro featuring Tay Nati and Boe Skagz (as Boskags)
Courtesy of The Russell Simmons Music Group/Island Def Jam
Tay Nati and Boskags appear courtesy of Pedarol Records

User Reviews

another gangsta film

Waist Deep is another in the never ending black gangster films depicting a group of people the simply don't exist anywhere. O2, the misunderstood ex-con trying to get his life back on track, gets car-jacked while his son is sleeping the back seat of the car. His son winds up in the hands of a gangster that owns the streets, dismembering and killing with impunity. O2 and his posse rob banks and rich people trying to get enough money to buy his son back. Lots of action and blood in a well made film with inadequate dialog. If you like lots of gangster speak and culture, you'll like this film. Otherwise, it's a lot like all the other gangster films out there – pick one.