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Half Past Dead

Play trailer Poster for Half Past Dead PG-13,  2002,  1h 38m,  Action/ Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
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3% Tomatometer 87 Reviews 37% Popcornmeter 10,000+ Ratings
Criminal mastermind Donny/49er One (Morris Chestnut) has set in motion a plan to infiltrate a high-tech prison in order to persuade a death row inmate to reveal the whereabouts of $200 million worth of gold. Undercover FBI agent Sascha (Steven Seagal) must stop him before it's too late.
Half Past Dead

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Critics 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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Philip French Guardian Mar 7, 2007
A sizeable amount of the budget for this lazy film must have been spent on ammunition. Go to Full Review
J. R. Jones Chicago Reader Jan 6, 2007
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. Go to Full Review
David Germain Atlanta Journal-Constitution Jan 6, 2007
Half Past Dead may be the year's funniest unintentional comedy for its inane plot, repetitive, unimaginative stunts and dreadful dialogue. Go to Full Review
Chris Sawin Giant Freakin Robot Aug 24, 2026
1/5
The only thing worse than Steven Seagal slapping dudes in the middle of karate chops, looking up in slow-motion, and Ja Rule's obvious stunt double that cleary isn't him is Seagal's durag that nobody ever acknowledges. Go to Full Review
Kevin Carr Fat Guys at the Movies Jan 10, 2016
2/5
The tag line for Half Past Dead is "The good. The bad. And the deadly." They should have stuck with simply, "The Bad." Go to Full Review
Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed Apr 12, 2014
Low quality even for Seagal's standards. Go to Full Review
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Hermione W Apr 6, 2018 Oh, boy! Just what I've always wanted - a bargain bin version of the 90's action cult classic, The Rock. It's very rare for a film to live up to its title, but the title certainly sums up the film quite nicely. Half Past Dead is a dreadful action film that starts off bad and never gets better by assaulting the viewer with god-awful rap music (By one of the lead stars, Ja Rule) and credits that look and feel like the fever dream of an untalented music video director. The story is stupid and boring, the acting is beyond dreadful even by the standards of Steven Seagal films, and the action sequences are tedious and uninteresting. Ultimately, it's too boring and lifeless to be salvaged as a guilty pleasure (Which is saying a hell of a lot coming from someone who liked Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever and House of the Dead). Half Past Dead would ultimately become the harbinger of the future of Steven Seagal's film output - lazy, derivative nonsense with a liberal sprinkling of a wannabe ghetto film with terrible, terrible rap music. See more
Theodore S Aug 15, 2017 The movie is action.Old Fashioned Action.The Script i rate 8/10,a little more to offer,but is good. The Soundtrack - 7/10.Action Scenes,i think Rock expressed the Action.Score by Tyler Bates - 10/10.I liked the film,it's on my favourite list,but most people,don't give opportunities,(You can mess the Don Michael Paul,Much all your want,but this,i don't understand why you say that).Well,i called that Dreams destructors.The movie Was good for me.Other things i'll discuss in other moment. See more
Leia W Oct 22, 2007 8/6/2017 (2): Meh. A good cast, but just an ok movie at best.
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Movie Info

Synopsis Criminal mastermind Donny/49er One (Morris Chestnut) has set in motion a plan to infiltrate a high-tech prison in order to persuade a death row inmate to reveal the whereabouts of $200 million worth of gold. Undercover FBI agent Sascha (Steven Seagal) must stop him before it's too late.
Director
Don Michael Paul
Producer
Andrew Stevens, Elie Samaha, Brandon K. Hogan, Steven Seagal
Screenwriter
Don Michael Paul
Distributor
Screen Gems
Production Co
Screen Gems, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Franchise Pictures
Rating
PG-13 (Pervasive Action Violence|Language|Some Sexual Content)
Genre
Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 15, 2002, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 1, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA)
$15.4M
Runtime
1h 38m
Sound Mix
Surround, Dolby SR, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Dolby Stereo
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