Dimension Films | Release Date: August 25, 1999 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
53
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 28 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
15
Negative:
3
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80
A gritty, well-acted urban drama with lots of humanity.
33
Goes on too long and doesn't have much to say.
38
Begins sinking in the shallow end almost at once.
50
It's old, old hat.
50
Crime-by numbers-cop drama.
75
A gritty, profane and profoundly disturbing look at the American drug culture.
50
An oft-told tale.
70
NewsweekAnjali Arora
With a strong soundtrack and a little humor, In Too Deep remains good entertainment.
75
Invigorating excellence.
50
TNT RoughCutMatt Kelsey
(L.L.. Cool J's) gritty drug lord is decent.
50
LL Cool J. plays God like a medieval king.
50
Slow and predictable, and the characters are so poorly written that its hard to react to them in any way.