A shoot-'em-up for cynical times. Its only asset is Seagal himself, and frankly, he's is getting a bit past it.
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11/15/02
Half Past Dead (2002)
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Reviews Counted:86
Fresh:2
Rotten:84
Average Rating:3/10
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... [More]
Starring: Steven Seagal, Morris Chestnut, Ja Rule, Tony Plana
Director: Don Michael Paul
Reviews for Half Past Dead
Has enough gun battles and throwaway humor to cover up the yawning chasm where the plot should be.
11/15/02
It's a trumped-up bit of nonsense that goes nowhere.
11/15/02
It goes through the motions of an action thriller, but there is a deadness at its center, a feeling that no one connected with it loved what they were doing.
11/15/02
Top CriticIt would have been better if Seagal had signed a 'do not resuscitate' waiver.
11/15/02
Don Michael Paul uses quick-cuts, (very) large shadows and wide-angle shots taken from a distance to hide the liberal use of a body double (for Seagal).
11/15/02
Ja Rule and Kurupt should have gotten to rap. It would have benefitted the dialogue.
11/15/02
[Segal’s] rising age and weight increasingly render him implausible in the action-figure role. As for Ja Rule and the other convicts, they’re about as dangerous as a schoolyard game of cops and robbers.
11/15/02
After several scenes of this tacky nonsense, you'll be wistful for the testosterone-charged wizardry of Jerry Bruckheimer productions, especially because Half Past Dead is like The Rock on a Wal-Mart budget.
11/14/02
Top CriticJust to clear up any possible confusion, the title actually refers to Steven Seagal's latest action film, not his gasping-for-air film career.
11/14/02
Absent one original moment and bathed in de rigueur steel blue punctuated by sporadic bursts of flaming orange, the movie is notable only for its creative approach to Seagal's bulky gracelessness.
11/14/02
Top CriticThere's absolutely nothing of value here, and it's incredibly offensive to boot.
11/14/02
Doesn't deliver a great story, nor is the action as gripping as in past Seagal films.
11/14/02
Every so often a film comes along that is so insanely stupid, so awful in so many ways that watching it leaves you giddy. Half Past Dead is just such an achievement.
11/14/02
The best thing about Half Past Dead is that its title provides an accurate description of how you will feel after watching it.
11/14/02
A puffy-faced Steven Seagal, as an undercover Fed posing as a convict, ties on a doo-rag, exchanges longing buddy-movie glances with a couple of jaunty rap artists (Ja Rule and Kurupt) and goes lumbering off to battle.
11/14/02
Dreary and misogynistic.
11/14/02
Just like every other Seagal movie, only louder and without that silly ponytail.
11/14/02
This is an action movie with an action icon who's been all but decommissioned.
11/14/02
Hip-hop prison thriller of stupefying absurdity.
11/14/02
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