Waist Deep

Pros: The action sequences; the cast...
Cons: ...except for the young Hall; sledgehammer "message."

In his film's rather effective initial stages, director/co-writer Vondie Curtis Hall takes the title Waist Deep to heart, wasting no time--foregoing a single title card, even--throwing paroed con Otis, a.k.a. "O2" (Tyrese Gibson) into a precarious ...

Pros: Action, some thrilling moments and humor
Cons: Not enough thrilling moments to pay full price

The movie was decent; the acting was better than I had expected. There was certainly a lot more graphic violence than I had even anticipated. The scenes where people's body parts were cut-off could have been portrayed just slightly less gruesome. I don't think that you need to sell a good movie based on gruesome scenes. The movie did have some sad parts; and a good number of people can probably identify with the street life, but the movie lacked depth and meaning. I did like the ending, albeit a bit unrealistic that the main actor survived the accident and also avoided the police. Unless you really like the actors and go to see them, I would wait for this movie to come out on DVD rental. The female actor (main character) was quite beautiful.