How did you get the cut on your face, O2 asks when he picks up his son at the schoolyard. A fight, the gentle kid replies. Dad smiles. Pauses. "What'd I tell you about fighting?" he demands. There are ...

“Waist Deep” begins with an incident similar to the one that jump-started “Freedomland” earlier this year: a carjacking that includes a child accidentally left in the back seat of the car. Unlike the ...

In "Waist Deep," R&B heartthrob Tyrese Gibson plays O2, a recently paroled ex-con with two strikes against him, determined not to stumble into California's Three Strikes Law. This is no easy feat, ...

“Waist Deep” is an urban action fantasy — a film that could never happen in real life but is so propulsively put together it manages to be effective and, in places, even gripping. Tyrese Gibson, who ...

We'll dispense with the niceties and begin with the ending of "Waist Deep": It's beyond improbable, it's straight outta focus group hell and it's, ahem, waist deep in Hollywood cliches, shamelessly ...

It seemed impossible that Vondie Curtis Hall could direct a movie that’s as bad as “Glitter,” but he has: “Waist Deep.” And Mariah Carey is nowhere in sight. This time, our ...

It seemed impossible that Vondie Curtis Hall could direct a movie that's as bad as "Glitter," but he has: "Waist Deep." And Mariah Carey is nowhere in sight. This time, our ...

Xpress' 6th grade reviewer offers her thoughts on Pixar's latest gem. O2 and Coco come to learn that Junior is being held by local gang-leader Big Meat (rapper The Game), who wants $100,000 before ...

"Waist Deep" packs 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 ...

“Waist Deep” is an urban action fantasy — a film that could never happen in real life but is so propulsively put together it manages to be effective and, in places, even gripping. Tyrese Gibson, who ...

I remember once asking the late Gordon Parks, legendary photojournalist and award-winning documentarian, whatever possessed him to take a baffling midcareer departure to direct the blaxploitation ...