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Summary: Psychological Thriller
Review: This movie did a good job of presenting the trials and tribulations of acceptance. I honestly felt bad for the "badguys" at some points in the movie. The drug dealers were like family, but their actions weren't commendable by far. The money and love provided by the "underworlds" were quick fixes for the things the main character seemed to be lacking. It made me really think how easy it could be to get engulfed in the life of crime if the situation presented itself.
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Summary: Fan's Film
Review: This movie is parallel to the 1992 film "Deep Cover" starring Laurence Fishburne. Omar Epps is an undercover police officer that is trying to accomplish a goal that no other undercover police has before. He is attempting to become close to the drug lord "GOD" so that he may bring his "reign" to an end. In the process of getting close to GOD, Omar Epps becomes confused with his real identity. Sounds like good watching, right? That depends, if you are an Omar Epps or LL fan then by all means endulge yourself. If not, save yourself the trouble and rent "Deep Cover" with Laurence Fishburne.
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Summary: Fan's Film
Review: This movie is parallel to the 1992 film "Deep Cover" starring Laurence Fishburne. Omar Epps is an undercover police officer that is trying to accomplish a goal that no other undercover police has before. He is attempting to become close to the drug lord "GOD" so that he may bring his "reign" to an end. In the process of getting close to GOD, Omar Epps becomes confused with his real identity. Sounds like good watching, right? That depends, if you are an Omar Epps or LL fan then by all means endulge yourself. If not, save yourself the trouble and rent "Deep Cover" with Laurence Fishburne.
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Summary: talk about undercover
Review: This movie was ill omar is a great actor as for ll he's a better actor than rapper. I liked this movie alot, i like how omar works his way up to a high organization of gagsters and brings them down, although omar gets caught up in the movie b/c he starts to wonder what he's doin as a po po..Definitly go buy don't rent...
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Summary: Edge of your seat suspense - ghetto style
Review: This movie was really good.. I would say most 18-30 year olds (regardless of race) are going to really enjoy this movie... Older white folk might not like the rap music and street life aspects of the movie... If you like that stuff, great, you'll love the movie.. If you don't like that stuff, try to see past it, this movie is full of suspense, I was thinking Epps could get killed any second.. Also, the movie sheds some light on how the drug scene is ran in the city.. You sympathize with the bad guys for a while... Epps and LL Cool J did a great job acting.. and the pool table scene will definitley get a reaction..
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Summary: a moving movie
Review: this movie was so great. I knew I was going to like it from the beginning, the thing about this movie is you really dont know who side to take cause Omar Epps kind of has 2 personalities, and you fall in love with both of them. I mean if you try and put yourself in both positions you would probably do the same as he did. But all the actors gave excellent performances. It was a great movie with a great ending, everybody will enjoy this movie. It is also somewhat funny too.
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Summary: imperfect but interesting police film
Review: Those looking for a rousing shoot-em-up action picture will probably be disappointed by `In Too Deep.' Those looking for a more low-keyed, subdued and thoughtful study of the realities of life as an undercover cop will, however, find much in this film to admire and appreciate. Omar Epps stars as a Cincinnati-based rookie cop, Officer Jeff Cole, who goes undercover to nab a major cocaine dealer from New Jersey who calls himself `God,' (played by rapper LL Cool J) and who, Godfather-like, involves himself heavily in familial values and efforts to `help' the struggling members of his blighted neighborhood. In its exploration of its subject, the film wisely eschews the over-the-top fantasy heroics that afflict so many action films and, instead, tethers itself to the harsh, often ugly realities of the dangerous criminal world in which it is set. The movie builds much of its drama and suspense by bringing to the foreground the fascinating logistics that go into undercover police work, forcing us to witness first hand the risks, the moral compromises (to be convincing, Cole has to snort cocaine himself, for example) and the psychological ambiguities that invariably accompany the job. Cole is a man who has been obsessed from the early days of his underprivileged, slum-ridden childhood with making a difference in a crime-infested world he knows all too well from first hand experience. This makes him a natural choice for infiltrating this underworld existence since his background has given him the understanding he needs as a point-of-entry. Thus, as he embarks on this new and dangerous career, we see the innate compassion he extends to those caught in the same environment from which he has sprung, an empathy that, in the context of his job, often leads him into a `softness' that clouds his judgment and ends up endangering his life further. In addition, as he is accepted more deeply into the inner circle of trust that God has set up around himself, Cole begins to question his own loyalties - or so, at least, the offers in charge of him begin to believe. (This, I imagine, is the undercover agent version of the Stockholm Syndrome that afflicts so many kidnap victims, often leading them to transfer their loyalties from their rescuers to their abductors). The screenplay, though it could be sharper and more incisive at times, occasionally achieves substance in its examination of just what happens to an undercover agent's mind when he does indeed get `in too deep.' In addition, the film frequently achieves moments of genuine suspense, in truly scary scenes involving God's uncontrolled displays of manic violence and torture and in moments when Cole's entire cover seems to have been `blown.' In those moments, LL Cool J hits all the right notes in his performance but, both he and Epps, unfortunately, lack the dramatic and emotional range as actors necessary to make their quieter, more intimate moments effectively credible. In addition, the dialogue often rings untrue, especially in the conversations among the commanding officers played by Stanley Tucci and, in another weak portrayal, Pam Grier among others. With better performances, harder-edged dialogue and slightly more energetic direction, `In Too Deep' might have been a great study of moral conflict set within the context of an exciting policier. On the other hand, the film could also have been much worse. As it is, `In Too Deep' respects the seriousness of both its subject matter and its audience and provides a number of powerful scenes - factors for which we are grateful but which also make us yearn for the high quality film that might have been.
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Summary: LL is a GREAT actor
Review: What a 180-degree turn from his role in Deep Blue Sea!
LL showed he had much talent in acting as in Hip-Hop.
His acting here was vivid, energetic and fierce, which made "GOD" scary as hell but at the same time revealed his "family" side...Really GREAT However, I think the film lost focus when Omar was pulled off his undercover job in the middle. And the ending is somewhat tame and tasteless
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