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In Too Deep
Miramax Films
MPAA RATING: R for violence, language, sexual content
Starring
Omar Epps,
Stanley Tucci,
LLCool J,
Nia Long,
and
Pam Grier
Detective Cole (Epps) is going undercover on a mission so dangerous, it could cost him his life... and possibly his soul. The target: a crimelord called "God" (Cool J) who's hooked into 80% of the city's crime. (Dimension Films)
| GENRE(S): |
Suspense/Thriller
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Michael Henry Brown
Paul Aaron
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Michael Rymer
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: February 15, 2000
Video: February 15, 2000
Theatrical: August 25, 1999
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| RUNNING TIME: |
95 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
80
Mr. Showbiz
Kevin Maynard
A gritty, well-acted urban drama with lots of humanity.
80
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
Has a gritty authenticity to it … captures the spectacularly crazed quality of urban violence.
75
Boston Globe
Jay Carr
Invigorating excellence.
75
Baltimore Sun
Chris Kaltenbach
A gritty, profane and profoundly disturbing look at the American drug culture.
70
Film.com
Sean Means
LL Cool J... is downright scary -- a mix of coiled charm and underlying menace.
70
Variety
Joe Leydon
Formulaic but effectively gritty inner-city crime drama.
70
Los Angeles Times
Gene Seymour
Script resounds throughout with astringent dialogue and stark authenticity.
70
Newsweek
Anjali Arora
With a strong soundtrack and a little humor, In Too Deep remains good entertainment.
63
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
It delivers cop-genre thrills at the pace required and reminds us Omar Epps is a star in the making.
63
New York Daily News
Jami Bernard
A well-acted and surprisingly thoughtful treatment of the same old, same old.
60
The New York Times
Elvis Mitchell
Treats its characters seriously and doesn't resort to the obvious very often.
60
Village Voice
Gary Dauphin
The film does have a canny appreciation for how ghetto realness is acted out.
58
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
A weakly scripted shambles.
50
San Francisco Examiner
Wesley Morris
Crime-by numbers-cop drama.
50
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
It's old, old hat.
50
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
Epps is a leading man on the rise, and Cool J. is something to see.
50
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Paula Nechak
A mess of incohesiveness and fragmented storytelling.
50
Chicago Tribune
Mark Caro
An oft-told tale.
50
TNT RoughCut
Matt Kelsey
(L.L.. Cool J's) gritty drug lord is decent.
50
Miami Herald
Sara Wildberger
LL Cool J. plays God like a medieval king.
50
New York Post
Jonathan Foreman
Slow and predictable, and the characters are so poorly written that its hard to react to them in any way.
40
Chicago Reader
Lisa Alspector
This earnest yet cynical drama makes the gang-infiltration genre seem exhausted.
40
Film.com
John Hartl
A few startling touches.
40
LA Weekly
Nicole Campos
Enough gunfights, vicious beatings, and pissing matches for five films.
40
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
Too sloppy, pinning psychological crime dramatics to good old-fashioned gunplay.
38
USA Today
Mike Clark
Begins sinking in the shallow end almost at once.
33
Portland Oregonian
Shawn Levy
Goes on too long and doesn't have much to say.
30
Dallas Observer
Scott Kelton Jones
Not too far from the version of "Serpico" staged by the Max Fisher Players in "Rushmore."
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