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37 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 22 Critics What's this?

User Score
7.8 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 13 Ratings

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  • Starring: Larenz Tate, Meagan Good, Tyrese Gibson
  • Summary: In the urban action thriller Waist Deep, director Vondie Curtis Hall takes audiences on a ride through contemporary Los Angeles -- where a sexy 21st-century Bonnie and Clyde hit the streets. (Rogue Pictures)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 22
  3. Negative: 10 out of 22
  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Mick LaSalle
    75
    Sometimes excessiveness and implausibility are virtues in disguise. Movies this enjoyable don't come about by accident.
  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Justin Chang
    60
    Waist Deep packs considerable energy and style into its tale of an ex-con forced back into a life of crime to rescue his kidnapped son. Yet the kinetic direction and occasional sly humor can't disguise the tale's banal brutality or pump much excitement into its routinized pileup of shoot-outs and car chases.
  3. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Peter Debruge
    38
    With an exciting way out, the audience would have gladly overlooked all the loose ends from earlier in the movie. But the way Hall plays it, he undermines the early style and intelligence of his all-black action movie, taking audiences for the wrong kind of ride in the end.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. TheresaB.
    10
    I really enjoy this film. Tyrese and Megan Good gave a good performance and the action kept me interested throughout the movie.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. PrincessYoung
    10
    I think this was the best movie I seen in a long time. I had to go by it on DVD.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. KourtneyT.
    8
    Waist Deep is definitely one of the best films of the summer. It had all the elements that a movie should have. Meagan Good gave an outstanding performance as a lead actress. I definitely recommend this movie as a must see hit!… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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