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Half Past Dead

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Half Past Dead (2002)

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Reviews Counted:12

Fresh:1

Rotten:11

Average Rating:2.2/10

Consensus: Seagal is now too bulky to make a convincing action hero, and Half Past Dead is too silly and incoherent to deliver any visceral kicks.

Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: An undercover FBI agent, Sascha Petrosevitch (Steven Seagal), takes bullets for his buddy, Nick Frazier (Ja Rule). Nick figures Sascha for dead until the two are reunited again on duty at New... An undercover FBI agent, Sascha Petrosevitch (Steven Seagal), takes bullets for his buddy, Nick Frazier (Ja Rule). Nick figures Sascha for dead until the two are reunited again on duty at New Alcatraz (a hellish, high-tech version of the now-defunct prison). At New Alcatraz, criminal mastermind Lester (Bruce Weitz) is set to be executed. Lester knows the whereabouts of a fortune in gold, but isn't talking. With only hours to live, Lester takes a meeting with Sascha, just as corrupt prison official Donny (Morris Chestnut) and his gang (including Nia Peebles) raid New Alcatraz by helicopter and take Lester and a Supreme Court justice hostage. Highly energetic action scenes pay respect to the films of John Woo, and director Don Michael Paul makes many tasteful choices in the film's editing and music. [More]

Starring: Steven Seagal, Morris Chestnut, Ja Rule, Tony Plana

Starring: Steven Seagal, Morris Chestnut, Ja Rule, Tony Plana, June McPherson, Claudia Christian, Kurupt, Michael Taliferro, Bruce Weitz, Nia Peeples

Director: Don Michael Paul

Director: Don Michael Paul
Screenwriter: Don Michael Paul
Producer: Elie Samaha, Alison Semenza, Steven Seagal, Uwe Schott
Studio: Screen Gems

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Great title. Lousy movie. (Blu-ray Edition)

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08/16/08
John J. Puccio
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02/15/04
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01/24/04
Gino Sassani
Gino Sassani
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...the only thing making the movie remotely watchable is the unintentional hilarity of the whole affair..

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12/19/03
Gary Panton
Gary Panton
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05/13/03
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03/19/03
Dan Heaton
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N/R

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03/05/03
Fusion3600
Fusion3600
DVD Authority.com

What amounts to a poor man's The Rock, Half Past Dead struggles to maintain any interest, much less excitement.

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03/04/03
Fred Hong Joo Jung
Fred Hong Joo Jung
Korea Times
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03/03/03
Patrick Naugle
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02/19/03
Ronald J. Epstein
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