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In Too Deep
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The Movie:
"In Too Deep" is an interesting film - it's very close to being good, but just doesn't quite reach its potential due to a slightly predictable story. It's certainly not the fault of the actors - Omar Epps and L.L. Cool J both turn in intense, impressive performances, but the dialogue doesn't always quite work. It's both hard to watch at times and involving due to both performances and a strong visual style from cinematographer Ellery Ryan, who previously filmed indie dramas like "Cosi".
Epps plays police officer Jeff Cole, who wants to be assigned to undercover work. After a few jobs, he finds that he's been assigned to a much bigger task: going undercover to find information on Dwayne Glittens( L.L. Cool J), a gang lord who is otherwise known as "God". L.L. Cool J is really starting to become a fantastic actor - first he played a perfect role in "Deep Blue Sea" and here, he plays a bad guy that is terrifying. The best parts of the movie are between Cole and "God" as they go on a battle of wits between each other. The dialogue doesn't always work, but I felt that the characters were well-realized and have depth to them.
Soon enough the young officer finds himself going too far undercover, or "in too deep". The begining and the ending of the picture worked very well, but there's sort of a slow middle section where the picture stalls. Overall though, I was impressed by a lot of this movie and although it doesn't always work, the excellent performances by the two leads as well as the supporting cast make it watchable.
The DVD
VIDEO:
Disney finally started to support anamorphic transfers in January of 2000 with "the 13th Warrior". Previously, they did it once or twice("Shakespeare In Love"), but not with every release. After watching some of their new anamorphic efforts, one wishes they had done work this strong throughout. "In Too Deep" is presented letterboxed in its original 2.35:1 aspect ratio and is anamorphic. The results are absolutely impressive throughout, and the picture delivers a consistently high-quality image that's wonderfully sharp. Colors are frequently stunning, deep and well-saturated. Flesh tones are fine - accurate and natural.
The most impressive aspect is the lack of the usual problems; no shimmering, no pixelation and a print that is clear and free of flaws. This is really, really nice work from Disney. Although I frequently don't agree with what Disney does with DVD, I've got to say that they did fine work here.
SOUND: Not a very intense film in terms of audio - surrounds are not used very much at all, and although the rap music sounds good, it doesn't fill the room. Much of the movie is simply dialogue driven, and dialogue remains clear and easily understood throughout.
MENUS:: Basic non-animated main menus taken from the cover art.
EXTRAS: Trailer and music video by Jagged Edge.
"In Too Deep" is an interesting film - it's very close to being good, but just doesn't quite reach its potential due to a slightly predictable story. It's certainly not the fault of the actors - Omar Epps and L.L. Cool J both turn in intense, impressive performances, but the dialogue doesn't always quite work. It's both hard to watch at times and involving due to both performances and a strong visual style from cinematographer Ellery Ryan, who previously filmed indie dramas like "Cosi".
Epps plays police officer Jeff Cole, who wants to be assigned to undercover work. After a few jobs, he finds that he's been assigned to a much bigger task: going undercover to find information on Dwayne Glittens( L.L. Cool J), a gang lord who is otherwise known as "God". L.L. Cool J is really starting to become a fantastic actor - first he played a perfect role in "Deep Blue Sea" and here, he plays a bad guy that is terrifying. The best parts of the movie are between Cole and "God" as they go on a battle of wits between each other. The dialogue doesn't always work, but I felt that the characters were well-realized and have depth to them.
Soon enough the young officer finds himself going too far undercover, or "in too deep". The begining and the ending of the picture worked very well, but there's sort of a slow middle section where the picture stalls. Overall though, I was impressed by a lot of this movie and although it doesn't always work, the excellent performances by the two leads as well as the supporting cast make it watchable.
The DVD
VIDEO:
Disney finally started to support anamorphic transfers in January of 2000 with "the 13th Warrior". Previously, they did it once or twice("Shakespeare In Love"), but not with every release. After watching some of their new anamorphic efforts, one wishes they had done work this strong throughout. "In Too Deep" is presented letterboxed in its original 2.35:1 aspect ratio and is anamorphic. The results are absolutely impressive throughout, and the picture delivers a consistently high-quality image that's wonderfully sharp. Colors are frequently stunning, deep and well-saturated. Flesh tones are fine - accurate and natural.
The most impressive aspect is the lack of the usual problems; no shimmering, no pixelation and a print that is clear and free of flaws. This is really, really nice work from Disney. Although I frequently don't agree with what Disney does with DVD, I've got to say that they did fine work here.
SOUND: Not a very intense film in terms of audio - surrounds are not used very much at all, and although the rap music sounds good, it doesn't fill the room. Much of the movie is simply dialogue driven, and dialogue remains clear and easily understood throughout.
MENUS:: Basic non-animated main menus taken from the cover art.
EXTRAS: Trailer and music video by Jagged Edge.
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