Waist Deep
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Gritty but empty urban drama about an ex-con (Tyrese Gibson) pulled back into the world of street violence when his young son is taken during a carjacking and, unable to turn to the law, he must race against time to track down the vicious thugs responsible with the help of his cousin (Larenz Tate) and a street-savvy prostitute (Meagan Good), robbing banks with the latter to get money to secure the boy's safe return. Buried somewhere in director Vondie Curtis-Hall's film is a story about a father and son, but be warned anything positive it has to say is drowned out by bullets and brutality. Strong violence, including shootings and a grisly dismemberment, larceny, an implied sexual encounter and some suggestive images, and pervasive rough and crude language. L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. (R) 2006
In "Waist Deep" (Rogue) Tyrese Gibson plays dedicated single dad O2, an ex-con pulled back into a world of street violence when his young son, Junior (H. Hunter Hall), is taken during a carjacking. Unable to turn to the law, he must race against time to track down the vicious thugs responsible with the help of his shifty cousin, Lucky (Larenz Tate), and a street-savvy prostitute Coco (Meagan Good), robbing banks with the latter -- Bonnie and Clyde style -- to get money to secure the boy's safe return.
Buried somewhere in director Vondie Curtis-Hall's gritty but empty urban drama is a story about the love between a father and son, but be warned anything positive it has to say is drowned out by the bullets and brutality. And the morally murky means by which they go about raising ransom is also problematic.
The film contains strong violence, including shootings and a grisly dismemberment, larceny, an implied sexual encounter and some suggestive images, and pervasive rough and crude language. The USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification is L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R -- restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.
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The classifications are as follows:
- A-I -- general patronage;
- A-II -- adults and adolescents;
- A-III -- adults;
- A-IV**
- L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. L replaces the previous classification, A-IV.
- O -- morally offensive.
** Discontinued classification. All archived movies that were originally in the A-IV category are now classified as L.