O2 is the man who breaks all laws and puts his life at risk in order to save his son who is still in the hands of a great gang leader. O2 tries to circumvent the law in order to achieve his goal and reach his son Junior with the help of his wife Coco, where they must do illegal acts to save young children from the hands of killers who try to kidnap them and risk their lives.
For its ever shifting attitudes toward men, women, and murder, Waist Deep is one of the sloppiest movies ever to reach the screen.
Jack Mathews
New York Daily News
June 23, 2006
Nothing in this story is remotely realistic, and the target audience for urban dramas -- teenage boys -- won't know what to make of its mushy romantic center.
Matthew Leyland
BBC.com
November 11, 2006
The worst is saved for last: just when you think the movie has shown the courage of its 'gritty' convictions, it hits you with schmaltz that would shame a Hallmark card.
From its non-committal title downwards -- we're a bit worse than ankle deep, but not quite neck deep -- the film includes a final shot that is almost surreal in its implausibility. Waist Deep? More like Deep Waste.
