"In Too Deep" Movie Review | The BlackBusters Podcast Ep.52

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Drug lord Dwayne Gittens (LL Cool J) rules Cincinnati with an iron fist. No wonder he's known as "God" on the streets. Determined to break Gittens' stranglehold on the city is undercover cop Jeffrey Cole (Omar Epps). Supporting him in the difficult task ahead is his girlfriend (Nia Long) and his tough-as-nails commander (Stanley Tucci). But as Cole takes on an assumed identity to penetrate Gittens' criminal empire, he makes a disturbing discovery -- he kind of likes being a gangster.
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[@dariand8100]

LL playing God is one of his best roles

[@DeeDaKaang1]

I agree 150%, LL in my opinion played a psycopath drug lord as well/ better than Wesley Snipes

[@dariand8100]

@@DeeDaKaang1i totally agree

[@curtis75black]

@@DeeDaKaang1 EVEN BETTER !!! Stabbing a fool is one thing. Sticking a pool stick up your former homies ass is another !!! 😂😂😂😂

[@popeye697]

​@@DeeDaKaang1Wesley was more fun and over the top, but LL felt more real

[@ohjay7962]

LL was the MVP. He pulled off an East Coast Suge Knight

[@aclay23]

When the girl recognized J Reed as a cop and god let it slide it was to show that god was beginning to admire him and believe he was who he said he was.

[@InterstateInf]

Facts

[@avace917]

Although right after that, god tortured his homeboy in front of J Reid.

[@aljo2552]

Tone had the nerve to say Cube is a better actor than LL. Him playing God is iconic. I wonder how they are going to destroy my favorite movie?

[@yaboysix]

"In too Tone!!"...Pause! Lmao

[@adnanojd]

1999 classic. LL Cool J and his most vicious role yet. What he did to his mans frisco was crazy. “ I’m drunk with revenge MF, luv it Think about her, think about her” God: You are cop J? J Reid: What you think? God: I think you know the answer to that clown? Always cracks me up

[@RayRay28306]

The Omar Epps character was based on a real person. Sadly, the real-life officer committed suicide due to PTSD from the job. Look it up.

[@91Definite]

Damn…Thats fucked up and he probably seen so much it made him go crazy 🥺

[@VictoriousMoe]

I loved LL’s performance as God. He was amazing! God was a calm but vicious dope dealer.

[@dariusromaine1910]

The scene where Cole visits Myra at the dance studio is the best scene to me. He literally can’t differentiate who he is at this point.

[@Katkayz]

LL cool J is highly underrated actor definitely a top 4 rapper turned actor .

[@charleswhiting2498]

I wonder if Big Jah knew that this is actually based on a true story

[@curtis75black]

Yeah, out in BOSTON . Mike Bivins (New Edition & BBD) said they set up shop in his projects.

[@chicosworld]

And the actual cop killed himself

[@TTJJCC]

Damn, really?

[@curtis75black]

@@TTJJCC Yes !!!

[@maxgarner3263]

Is there a documentary out there on this ? Sounds ,🔥🔥🔥

[@gilfordmccormack8140]

" You ain't no cop J Reid" lol 🤣🤣🤣

[@KSmanderes]

25:03 the way Tone lit up listening to Jah's story 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@91Definite]

Tone look high as shit 😂

[@Ravenz5220]

YOU AIN'T NO COP J. REED!

[@justinmellerson8238]

They don't know where that's from

[@91Definite]

@@justinmellerson8238a lot of people don’t that haven’t seen this movie 😂

[@natedoggcata]

YOU A SELLOUT!

[@aclay23]

God character was based off of ganglord Darryl Whitting. He ran drugs in the Boston projects that New Edition was from.

[@alifrombenhill3374]

We are going to "Black bust In Too Deep" is pause worthy. Lol

[@nigelsims5991]

Next undercover BlackBuster review should be Deep Cover starring Lawrence Fishburn and Jeff Goldbloom

[@therealmarlonbellamy]

I agree.

[@MrAngerManagement09]

Cube played evil in Players Club…He was responsible for what happened to Ebony

[@therealmarlonbellamy]

Sure was.

[@91Definite]

Exactly that was the most sinister Cube ever was!

[@oni4883]

Though it's a newer movie I'd love to hear you guys talk about "They Cloned Tyrone".

[@Geoffregular]

Was thinking about them reviewing it as I was watching it lmao

[@VictoriousMoe]

Agreed 💯

[@25Sid88]

I can see big jah in that role as god

[@PEACEKEEPERDRL]

Based on True Events! I have J Reed’s Daughter watching the Premiere🎉with me tonight. But @7pm. Shhh! Had to do what I had to do. 2 Da MAAAAXXXXXX! Salute Big Jah ✌🏾

[@matayapunter5531]

I was in too deep like Mekhi Phife 😂😂

[@atownshawtypimp1]

My father was undercover, they get promotions afterwards lol he became head of SWAT because of his undercover work!!!

[@tommywatts1871]

God is a real dude from Queens. Took over a Boston project

[@gifi11]

This is easily one of my favorite movies. I agree with some of the plot holes. If this movie was 30 more mins mannnnn. But it still is a great movie. Yes I felt bad for God "you ain't no cop J Reed, you ain't no cop".

[@91Definite]

Right! Cause the movie was getting good! 30 more mins would’ve been excellent! Cause I wonder what happened to the rest of God’s crew?

[@gifi11]

@91Definite right and it would of filled some of the plot holes. I wanted to see how J Reed got in deep in more detail. Maybe God's rise to the top. I think 30 mins would of put it up there with Deep Cover and other classics. It's still one of my favorites.

[@91Definite]

@@gifi11same here

[@LilC-BigBoi]

I remember watching this with my dad at 6 years old at the time LL Cool J was my favorite actor, Deep Blue Sea, Halloween H20, Any Given Sunday and Kingdom Come were some of my fav films as a kid just because he acted in them. But this and Deliver Us from Eva are my top 2 films of his.

[@00ghostcobra]

The real life J. Reed wound up killing himself..

[@VictoriousMoe]

Oh no! How sad.

[@91Definite]

Wait what?! Nah man you talking about killing the alter ego

[@airpegasus5167]

I’m guessing Hill Harper(Breezy T) was an informant all along .

[@91Definite]

I thought he was a undercover cop too at first working with another organization but he testified

[@jamargoodman7003]

Shout to Sticky Fingaz for being in all the hood classics.

[@marcuswest6177]

He’a slap around😂😂😂a weenie bag😂😂😂😂 classic lines

[@RoninJoegenji0085]

This film is a gem. The world needs more Omar Epps.

[@julianking6285]

Respect to the cam and mase that's crazy 😂line

[@jphuture]

Classic movie !More Classic soundtrack!!!

[@generaines6369]

You guys nailed it. The scene where God finds out that J Reed was a cop and betrayed it was absolutely heartbreaking. LL was amazing in this role. Love this film. I liked this movie better than Dead Presidents.

[@WakandaForever.]

That boxing bag scene is underrated and is what made J Reid stand out because he didn't back down from LL's punches unlike the rest of his crew

[@Drebws]

Trespass 1992 Cube played a villain underboss in a St.Louis drug organization.

[@casonbrown6239]

Great episode you guys always have dope content and just a suggestion Deep Cover which is before In Too Deep would be a good follow up

[@ninorose545]

The ending is more realistic then not fighting do we here about king pin fighting back after a bust.. maybe cartel bosses but it played out right

[@DaSpeakaBoxx]

I agree. It would have felt like a movie. This felt like real life.

[@natedoggcata]

"You aint no cop J Reed. YOU A SELLOUT!" That must have stung more than being called a snitch.

[@robertfranks665]

Hill Harper did a great job in this movie. He wasnt in too many scenes, but he killed it with his scenes with the crew.

[@happybirthdaytoyou9170]

The biggest flaw of the movie is Omar Epps is accused of being a cop after he returns after killing Sticky Fingers

[@joshfox09]

LL killed the God role 🤧 he wins mvp but J reed played me ! If I didn’t know see his police scenes I would have been fooled too 😭

[@noblemcclurkin6381]

LL carried this movie. It was the first time I saw him not the lover boy or the smiling good guy role and he was believable. Even tho he was the "villain" and did some of the most foul stuff throughout, by the end of the movie I didn't want to see him go out the way he did. When I think of LLs acting resumè In Too Deep is the first title I think of. For me even tho the movie wasn't anywhere near as good as Training Day, LL played that dark drug dealer role just as good as Denzel played a crooked cop.

[@brettthomas6327]

Blackbusters the best KZbin channel in the game, lets get it

[@justinmellerson8238]

Top 10 movie in black cinema in my opinion

[@chr15t50lder]

@54:22 if you go back to that diner scene, they said that God only really feeds and trust the dudes he came out there with. All the local thugs barely got enough to get by. So that isolation God built was his ultimate downfall.

[@91Definite]

Right they all was being upfront with J Reed! Saying that they ain’t getting paid unless they prove themselves. Them niggas looked like they ain’t eat like that either in days

[@CHAOSGOLM]

J Reed betraying God 😮‍💨 tough

[@Mebirduwine]

I've gone back to most of the movies you guys review that I saw when I was younger and it feels like an entirely different movie a lot of the time I don't even remember majority of it so it's like I'm watching it for the first time again and I look at the characters different now

[@alifrombenhill3374]

Psychopaths are usually charming. It's a characteristic actually in the definition of psychopaths. That's one way serial killers are able to get close to their victims.

[@Jay-gn8og]

Jahh y’all need to do all about the Benjamin soon bro it’s a classic for sure

[@VictoriousMoe]

I didn’t feel sorry for God being betrayed by Jay Reed, because he was a sociopath, and none of his crew respected him, they only feared him. I think JD’s character deserved the LVP award, because I don’t think it was needed.

[@princeindisguise]

How about Two can play that game for the next one?

[@Tonycole]

I’m so glad you guys are reviewing this film. This was one of my favorites as a teen when it came out. My question then and even on a rewatch years later, and maybe someone can answer for me. What was the deal that was supposed to happen between J. Reed, Ozzie, and Gash? Because it did, from the outside looking in; look like they were trying to set him up. Especially when Gash said they had to prove them selves. What was supposed to happen? That always confuses me? I’ve even gone to google and asked the same question. 😂😂😂

[@Charles-qm3mo]

Great show !

[@theeggreat4]

Cleveland to Cincinnati is the difference between La to Vegas. It’s two different worlds though.

[@SaniCarci]

I feel like Alpo was a huge influence for LL’s portrayal of god

[@bdev410]

Man s/o to Big Jah with the super positive energy at the intro of each show

[@vegitausa]

I really like the scene when Cole meets up with his superiors for one last time before the big bust. He was more J Reid than Cole by that point. Stanley T says something about how crazy he’s acting and the other guy says “thats why gittens trust him. Connelly was right, no one will ever get in this deep again.”

[@keenanmadison7496]

Did anybody catch when Omar Epps did the look back and threw the hoody on his head like he did in Juice ?... multiverse

[@CoreyRossArt]

In the world, Craig!

[@bjohn7138]

I know this is messed up 🤣 but when Sticky Fingaz tripped ol’ girl homie in the background laughing makes me laugh every time.

[@rufushunter6396]

Once you realize it was based on a true story and God was a real person it makes the movie more interesting

[@PEACEKEEPERDRL]

J. Reed was actually Jeffery Coy from Boston. The people who were in Orchard Park said Jeff Coy saved lives and changed the city. Peace to God’s family and God’s Son (no Nas). ✌🏾

[@casonbrown6239]

Just getting to the end after my comment about suggesting you guys cover Deep Cover y'all said y'all will be working on it cool and I agree In Too Deep is a 3.5

[@1060harrisonst]

Although he had a small part in players club cube, he did play a sinister role setting up monica calhune to get rapped and his role in trespass was kinda grimey as well! Don't count cube out 100%! I'm just saying.

[@VictoriousMoe]

Good point!

[@91Definite]

That’s what I’m saying and he was evil asf! Him and his lil man sidekick in the movie what Diamond spoke of the outcome was that they was last seen at the Freaknik in Atlanta. I think they got killed of anything 😂

[@josmoe674]

LL MVP in my opinion .. he was a different kind of villain🔪

[@thecodetalker5742]

Instant Like 👍Great shows!!! Can you review John Q ??

[@jerryadamsjr2201]

Love it! Love it! Think about her . Think about her. 😬😬😬😬

[@vegitausa]

Cube set Ebony up to be raped on the Players Club though. Thats pretty sadistic

[@MarcusSpeaks]

Hey Bigg Jah & brotha Tone for future episodes, can you put pictures of the characters and/or the scenes you are talking about.

[@erickinsey7268]

After watching it multiple times , this movie plays like a highlight of a longer movie . Or a dope as episode of a street Drama.

[@2Thessalonians1_7]

Of course Hill Harper looked out of place...he had blonde hair ..smh

[@avace917]

I saw God's homeboy checking out his girl. Definitely peeped that

[@deseanbarksdale9982]

Bagged my baby mom right in front of brother. Clapped as soon as he left

[@everythingdivine]

🍪🍪🍪🍪

[@davidmckinney6066]

God: “Love this love this” “Love this”!!!

[@taylorscrews2284]

I remember HATING that hairstyle as a kid but I thought I was tripping.

[@coreylilbro42]

Nigga I damn near cried at the end.

[@JayQuarius]

I always thought that was crazy. Somebody would have made J Reed. He should have sent someone up to Akron to peep his story... Im way to paranoid to be a drug king pin. I would hire a private investigator to look into anyone I do business with.

[@PEACEKEEPERDRL]

😂😂😂🎉. “You a cop J Q”😂. You got me weak. Hire a 👮‍♀️to investigate your potential drug partners.

[@JayQuarius]

@PEACEKEEPERDRL PI's are not cops. A PI would have figured out where he was going at night or when he would disappear.

[@PEACEKEEPERDRL]

@@JayQuarius True True!! Salute King

[@Mr.Jones41]

I don’t think god dismissed those claims that j reed was a cop. I think he showed that if he were to be a cop, that what was going to happen. Because by then he gained a lil love for J Reed!!

[@danielwong5378]

That was foul what ya'll said about the Marlo school clothes money😂😂😂😂

[@nawfsideslim]

Even crazier... going down the KZbin rabbit hole.. I found out this is actually based on a true story...

[@blackjohnny9570]

Yo LL done acted in alot of movie's since this one but he absolutely bodied this role. I know it's a "hood" movie but I always think of this movie when thinking of LL because some of us wasn't privy to his rap career

[@JayBelafonte]

Officer Cole and “God” were both based on real characters, and the cop ended up committing suicide later on.

[@petey_know_pablo]

I never felt bad for God because he was too naive to realize J Reid was a cop. I always felt bad for Boston George in Blow because everyone he dealt with did him dirty and they all started from the bottom together..

[@suavoman90]

I remember going to the movies in 1999 to see this.... NEVER STOPPED WATCHING IT... UNDERRATED HOOD CLASSIC!!!! Let's not forget LLCOOLJ showed his true Gangster mystique in this one. I haven't seen that kind of acting from him since then, great actor overall!!! 4 Black Fist✊️

[@maddoxmalcolm]

Into Tone is Crazy!😂

[@Sin-G]

You ain't no cop Jay Reeeeed.

[@shaquilleanderson1887]

The cop J reed was based of committed suicide in real life

[@Mr.Jones41]

Can’t cap though, I felt bad when J Reed portrayed God

[@robertfranks665]

Mya was the LVP. She didn't have any speaking lines and just posed for a pick.

[@brianpbillingsley3687]

Damn this is already dated. Ice Cube just played a villain in Ninja Turtles.😅

[@anthonybarnett10]

Cube played an evil guy in Players Club setting Ebony up to get raped.

[@joshfox09]

Classicccc!!!!

[@THATRUTH]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@JayTillman45]

Looking forward to DEEP COVER after this one; love the content!!

[@91Definite]

For me? I thought Breezy T in the end was maybe a undercover cop as well when he approached him but he was one of the guys to testify. I honestly felt this movie was good? They should’ve put another 30 mins in this movie! Omar Epps character as the undercover you can tell he was beginning to fuck with God’s men! I mean Idk if they all fuck with the alter ego J Reed? But it seem that they all fuck with him cause when JD character “Melvin” tried to knock his ass out with the bottle his men came and jumped his ass. My part on that was when J Reed 🦵 his face up like a field goal 😂! That was hilarious, another part I enjoyed was at the Diner. When he asked how God treating them and they told the truth to him “God ain’t giving us no money til we prove ourselves.” And they was eating like they ain’t eat in days too. Especially Shyheim character eating them damn fries 😂! Idk why people go on him about that scene which probably memorable to a lot of folks. J Reed blessed them with some money and asked young nigga to get the waiter number for him for the money. He went right to it no questions! That’s when J Reed start to have a soft spot for them guys! Cause I’m pretty sure they fuck with him though he’s a undercover cop and he does too. I think that’s what I liked about the movie! A rookie going undercover and having a personal battle with himself to know who he is and what he’s not. His chief really fucked with him and he was worried he didn’t wanna lose him! Sound like some father type shit to me foreal 💯! In the end it was sad to see God disappointed in the fact he did save his life and he can’t get no prison time cut short from that 🤔! He was very hurt and I was hurt for him, God wasn’t all bad? But he wasn’t all fair and good either. This movie had its moments the thing it should’ve been alittle more

[@MR-DESHON-R]

I don't see Ice Cube pulling off God just based on what we've seen. I'm basing this on some of his more serious roles. Triple X: State of the Union, Fist Fight, Anaconda, The Longshots, 21Jump Street. For the most part other than Anaconda which his role was small in and Triple X they were more comedic roles. For me in State of the Union he just didn't come off as believable playing a guy who was supposed to be military trained and a top notch agent. He still came off as comedic in certain areas of the movie. LL pulled off a completely unique character that you felt like you'd be legitimately fearful of in real life. I'm not arguing if Ice Cube could pull it off or not. I'm just saying we haven't seen that side of him in a role.

[@coreylilbro42]

Please watch these movies before. Denise was on drugs before God setup shop in her apartment.

[@ohjay7962]

Fredro Starr should’ve played Harper’s Character

[@ninorose545]

There are some animated killer (alpo Martinez)

[@KCoop409]

I need yal to blackbust pause.. the top 5 under cover cop movies