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In Too Deep
Miramax Films

In Too Deep reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 53 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
10.0 out of 10
based on 28 reviews
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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  
WRITTEN BY: Michael Henry Brown
Paul Aaron
 
DIRECTED BY: Michael Rymer  
RELEASE DATE: DVD: February 15, 2000 
Video: February 15, 2000 
Theatrical: August 25, 1999 
RUNNING TIME: 95 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: USA 

What The Critics Said

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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.
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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.
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70
Variety Joe Leydon
Formulaic but effectively gritty inner-city crime drama.
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70
Los Angeles Times Gene Seymour
Script resounds throughout with astringent dialogue and stark authenticity.
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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.
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63
New York Daily News Jami Bernard
A well-acted and surprisingly thoughtful treatment of the same old, same old.
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60
The New York Times Elvis Mitchell
Treats its characters seriously and doesn't resort to the obvious very often.
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60
Village Voice Gary Dauphin
The film does have a canny appreciation for how ghetto realness is acted out.
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58
Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
A weakly scripted shambles.
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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.
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50
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Paula Nechak
A mess of incohesiveness and fragmented storytelling.
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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.
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40
Film.com John Hartl
A few startling touches.
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40
LA Weekly Nicole Campos
Enough gunfights, vicious beatings, and pissing matches for five films.
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40
Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov
Too sloppy, pinning psychological crime dramatics to good old-fashioned gunplay.
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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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What Our Users Said

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