IN TOO DEEP

Year: 1999
USA: Miramax
UK: Metrodome
Cast: Omar Epps, LL Cool J, Nia Long, Stanley Tucci, Hill Harper, Pam Grier, Sticky Fingaz, Ivonne Coll, Jermaine Dupri
Director: Michael Rymer
Country: USA
UK: 96 mins
UK Certificate: 18 for strong violence and coarse language
USA Release Date: 27 August 1999
UK Release Date: 14 July 2000


Synopsis

Detective Jeffrey Cole (Omar Epps) is going undercover on a mission so dangerous, it could cost him his life. The target is a gangster called "God"/Dwayne Gittens (LL Cool J) who?s hooked into 80% of the city?s crime. No cop has been able to bring him down. As a recent graduate from the police academy, Cole believes he was born to serve as an undercover agent. After a few successful busts and a few close calls, he feels he can do whatever it takes to put "God" away for good.

After being entangled "under" for too long, his superiors see him as a major threat to the operation, the one love in his life, and himself. Will he be able to separate himself from the character he created after the mission is finished, or will he lose himself in the same evil he hopes to destroy?