Half Past Dead (DVD)

Description: Genre: Crime & Thriller - Thriller / Theatrical Release: 2002 / Director: Don Michael Paul / Actors: Steven Seagal, ... more

Half Past Dead (DVD) ... Morris Chestnut ... / DVD released 15 September, 2003 at Sony Pictures Home Entertainment / Features of the DVD: PAL, Widescreen / Despite critical roasting, Half Past Dead is, surprisingly, not half bad. Once you recognise this bastard child's recent action-flick heritage (The Rock being the most obvious of a dozen pilfered plot lines), you can kick back and enjoy the unexpected perks that arise when a deep-cover FBI sleuth (Steven Seagal) accompanies a convicted crook (rapper Ja Rule) into "New Alcatraz" prison. A death-row killer (Bruce Weitz) sits on a $200 million goldmine, keeping his secret as a bargaining chip when criminal commandos (led by the ever-cool Morris Chestnut) drop in for a lethally greedy raid. After cutting his teeth on trashy, short-lived US TV series, director Don Michael Paul can't do much to help the puffy, career-tanking Seagal, but he's got lively allies in Ja Rule and alleged "has-been" Nia Peeples (forget Lara Croft, this babe rocks), and even legendary action-TV producer Stephen J Cannell drops in for a cameo. Derivative from the get-go, but fun just the same. --Jeff Shannon

Newest Review: ... the mean time Nick has been arrested and put into prison but Sasha sees a chance to get the information he needs when his ... more

... buddy is transferred into the new Alcatraz. There is another inmate in Alcatraz that's attracted a bit of interest from elsewhere though. A man named Lester is about to go to the chair but his $200 million worth of gold has never been found and a team of crack commandos have decided he's not going to die till they know where it is. So lead by 49er One (Morris Chestnut) they hit the prison and take everyone inside hostage including a supreme court judge. Its then down to Sasha to rescue the hostages before it's too l...more

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Half Past Dead (DVD): Everything Is Good In The 'Hood (839 words)
by - written on 10/07/05 (Very useful, 71 readings)
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I'm not sure what it is about Steven Seagal films that seems to keep drawing me back. Just recently the quality of everyone's straight to video action star has really been going downhill. Browsing through HMV the other day though I came across Half Past Dead, a film released in 2002 just before this bout of terrible films kicked in. In the early 90's he was the star of many a brainless action film, Nico and Under Siege to name but 2. At the start of 2000 and beyond he seems to have ventured into the films with rappers, before his move to his recent trend of simply bad films. Just for a change Seagal plays an undercover FBI agent, Sasha. He's gone undercover to ... Read the complete review

Possibly The Dumbest Thing You Won't Bother To See All Y ... (975 words)
by - written on 03/01/03 (Very useful, 66 readings)
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This could quite possibly be the very worst Steven Seagal movie ever. Do you need any less of a recommendation??? It only lasts 90-something minutes but somehow it seems like you've been watching for ages, probably because Half Past Dead takes an excruciatingly long time to actually get to its point - just long enough for Seagal to ooze that distinct brand of anti-charisma, drive a car very fast for no apparent reason and try to sound like a black guy born and raised in the ghetto. Erm yeah OK. In fact, we learn to our amusement that he is a Russian car thief - without a Russian accent of course, that would be stretching Mr. Seagal's acting 'talent' too ... Read the complete review

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