Rookie officer Jeff Cole (Omar Epps) works his way up the ladder as an undercover officer. He goes undercover into a large...
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Director: Michael Rymer
Cast Members:
Omar Epps (Jeff Cole /...)
LL Cool J (Dwayne Gitte...)
Nia Long (Myra)
Stanley Tucci (Preston D'Am...)
Hill Harper (Breezy T.)
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Director: Michael Rymer
Cast Members:
Omar Epps (Jeff Cole /...)
LL Cool J (Dwayne Gitte...)
Nia Long (Myra)
Stanley Tucci (Preston D'Am...)
Hill Harper (Breezy T.)
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I haven't seen actor Omar Epps in a lot of movies lately, just in his reoccurring role as Eric Foreman on the show "House."
After watching his 1999 movie "In Too Deep" I think I can understand why.
In the movie, Epps plays a cop who goes undercover to bring down a powerful drug lord who goes by the name God (LL Cool J). However, because it requires him to be undercover for so long, he is in jeopardy of forgetting who he really is.
The movie had some pretty intense moments, like when God sodomizes one of his closest friends on a pool table and a few scenes where Epps' is nearly found out. But, for the most part, it was much duller than I thought it would be.
I can see where the writers were going with this. Rather than having your average undercover cop gets the bad guy film, they wanted to focus on how living a double life can have an effect on a cop's psyche. That might have been interesting in a different context (like focusing on that after he busts the bad guy) but the attempt to make that a central part of the plot while he was still undercover just doesn't seem to work.
The film also has a tendency to bounce around a bit. One scene takes place in the future; another scene takes place a couple years earlier. Yes, it gives you the full story. But, it also makes it hard to tell just how long he has been undercover. We have to take the actors' words for it since it really doesn't seem like that long.
To his credit, Epps actually wasn't too bad in this. I really believed he could crack at any moment and side with the drug dealers. Unfortunately, I'm not sure if I saw enough out of him to believe he could carry another movie. I think he's a better fit as a lesser character (which is why he's not the lead doctor on "House"). In other words, he was OK but this movie didn't make me want to buy or rent another film based solely on him being in it.
Final opinion: There is some action but you run the risk of missing it when the rest of the movie puts you to sleep.
Average Netflix Grade: 3.5 Stars out of a possible 5.
My Grade: 2 Stars.
After watching his 1999 movie "In Too Deep" I think I can understand why.
In the movie, Epps plays a cop who goes undercover to bring down a powerful drug lord who goes by the name God (LL Cool J). However, because it requires him to be undercover for so long, he is in jeopardy of forgetting who he really is.
The movie had some pretty intense moments, like when God sodomizes one of his closest friends on a pool table and a few scenes where Epps' is nearly found out. But, for the most part, it was much duller than I thought it would be.
I can see where the writers were going with this. Rather than having your average undercover cop gets the bad guy film, they wanted to focus on how living a double life can have an effect on a cop's psyche. That might have been interesting in a different context (like focusing on that after he busts the bad guy) but the attempt to make that a central part of the plot while he was still undercover just doesn't seem to work.
The film also has a tendency to bounce around a bit. One scene takes place in the future; another scene takes place a couple years earlier. Yes, it gives you the full story. But, it also makes it hard to tell just how long he has been undercover. We have to take the actors' words for it since it really doesn't seem like that long.
To his credit, Epps actually wasn't too bad in this. I really believed he could crack at any moment and side with the drug dealers. Unfortunately, I'm not sure if I saw enough out of him to believe he could carry another movie. I think he's a better fit as a lesser character (which is why he's not the lead doctor on "House"). In other words, he was OK but this movie didn't make me want to buy or rent another film based solely on him being in it.
Final opinion: There is some action but you run the risk of missing it when the rest of the movie puts you to sleep.
Average Netflix Grade: 3.5 Stars out of a possible 5.
My Grade: 2 Stars.
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