Waist Deep

In this movie, the multi talented Tyrese Gibson makes another stellar performance, in Waist Deep. Directed by Darin Scott, Megan Good adds her particular talents to the film in her role as Coco. Playing O2, Tyrese does not stray far from his big screen debuting role as "Baby Boy" in the film bearing the exact same name. Here Gibson accurately portrays a street wise ex-convict trying to find his way off the streets and towards a legitimate life. Despite his efforts, he get caught back up in the game when his son is stolen and than ransomed off to him.

This syncopated thug-thriller begins in the thralls of the epidemic problem of most ex-convicts trying to prove themselves in a newly released state of being and a new job. O2 has to weigh keeping his brand new job as a security guard, or risking his new position in order to keep his son safe by picking him up at his elementary school. Junior, played by H. Hunter Hall from school, is a welcomed addition to the testosterone laden acting that is in the film. Coincidentally, his son was supposed to be picked up by his brother, Lucky, played by Lorenz Tate, which sets him up as being the character the audience is going to look for to throw a wrench into everyone's plans.

Taking the higher of the two roads, and in the thralls of losing his new position as a security guard, O2 abandons his post to make sure that his young son is not left alone on the harsh streets of South Central Los Angeles.

Incidentally, a daylong protest against the unorganized gang violence that is gripping the city of Los Angeles forms a backdrop for the film.