Half Past Dead2002
Half Past Dead (2002)
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Critic 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.
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Cast
as Sascha Petrosevitch
as Donny aka 49er One
as Nick Frazier
as Twitch
as El Fuego
as Little Joe
as 49er Six
as 49er Three
as Sonny
as Hubbard
as E.Z. Williams
as Sophia
as Agent Hartmann
as Bad Ass Guard
as Twitch's Girl
as Air 49er
as Justice Jane McPherson
as Lester
as The Priest
as SWAT Captain
as FBI Agent
as Reporter
as Alcatraz Guard
Critic Reviews for Half Past Dead
All Critics (88) | Top Critics (36) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (85) | DVD (6)
A sizeable amount of the budget for this lazy film must have been spent on ammunition.
The title of this dismal action flick refers to the Seagal character's having suffered a near-death experience, though he's returned from the other side with a remarkable lack of insight.
Half Past Dead may be the year's funniest unintentional comedy for its inane plot, repetitive, unimaginative stunts and dreadful dialogue.
Sometimes, when you've just wasted a tenner and a perfectly good evening watching another dumb, gratuitously gun-filled, hackneyed, nonsensical action picture, don't you wish you were as thick, lazy and easily pleased as Hollywood wants you to be?
It's quite slick, but Seagal's fans won't necessarily get what they paid for.
Look upon his fleshy neck, his dodgy hair and his strangely puffy immobile face, ye pantywaist liberals, and tremble!
Audience Reviews for Half Past Dead
this was a decent watch because its seagal and im a sucker for that guy. really, this was a silly movie that shows how far seagal has fallen since he was making average movies.
Super Reviewer
Pitiful acting, even for a later Seagal flick. What happened to the action in his films, especially the actual hand-to-hand fighting? They actually made a sequel to this one and even though that one stars Bill Goldberg in it, it still can't be as bad as this piece of shit.
Super Reviewer
"The rumor is you went half past dead and came back." Let's get this out of the way: YES, Steven Seagal does break someone's neck in this film. You just knew he would.... Half Past Dead is a film that suffers from atrocious acting. Ja Rule is one of the most laughable actors in Hollywood. He's unconvincing as a hard-ass tough guy standing at a measly 5'7" 150lbs. One of the most comical attempts at a serious standoff was in the beginning of the film when Ja Rule and his gang are confronted by a single female FBI agent. What ensues is a ridiculous exchange of words that included the line "Today looks like a great day to die" and then followed by an asinine shoot off. It's a shame that this film centers around two awful actors (Ja Rule and Seagal) because the plot wasn't half bad. It was intriguing, yet predictable. Morris Chestnut makes an incredibly convincing and chilling bad guy. And Nia Pebbles looked smoking hot for a lady in her 40's. Half Past Dead has pretty spectacular action, full of gun fights and martial arts. But overall, it's just a really really lame flick. With better leads than an overrated rapper and a fat black belt fighter, this could've been a good popcorn flick.
Super Reviewer
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