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:

His son. His life. His freedom. He's taking them all back.

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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 [us]

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

During the money and kid exchange scene, the boy's backpack appears and disappears before he is released.

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Quotes

Meat: [Having slashed off a subordinate's arm with a machete] You bring me my money... you get your arm back

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Connections

References Halo 2 (2004)

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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

Puzzling

WAIST DEEP follows a tried and true formula: Ex-con's son is kidnapped by his ex-partner in crime, a ransom is demanded, the ex-con works diligently to put together the ransom while doing his best to undermine his old partner, and there's a final showdown between them. The kid is cute, the ex-con is an impressive slab of beef, the former partner is suitably menacing and fugly beyond belief, and of course there's a pretty female to help things along. The formula works most of the time, but the movie is so predictable that in the end I asked myself why I bothered to rent it. There is a heckuva car chase near the end that sort of makes up for a dull middle. The movie, which could have just as easily starred Bruce Willis or Mel Gibson in his prime, clearly was aimed at an urban audience even though it was heavily marketed as a mainstream flick. That's why I rented it. It could have been a lot worse, I suppose.