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Half past dead 2 soundtracks11/4/2023 Lifeless characters who are portrayed by over-the-top actors who'd rather be in their trailers than ![]() The film is a completely vacuous one with a haphazard story and Going for it to begin with that making it a PG-13 film takes away any chance it has of being Granted, you don't need vulgarities and copiousĪmounts of blood and guts to make a great action movie, but Half Past Dead has so little Action is loud and extreme but visible gore and blood are Picture trapped inside of this one, screaming to come out. Make no mistake, there is a decent R-rated action Its insistence on receiving a PG-13 rating. It's also paltry and dull, thanks in large part to Half Past Dead is as generic as it sounds. May be more than he seems, can lead his fellow inmates into battle and keep everyone alive. Only Lester's newįriend Sasha, who was once legally dead for 22 minutes ("half past dead") and Threatens to kill her should Lester not divulge the whereabouts of the gold. The judge who oversaw Lester's case, Jane McPherson (Linda Thorson), hostage, and Prior to his execution, a team bent on learning the location of the gold infiltrates the prison, takes Not divulged the location of the gold, and the FBI has spent seventeen years in search of it. Who stole $200,000,000 worth of gold bricks but killed five federal agents in the process. The first prisoner to be executed is named Lester (Bruce Incarcerated at "New Alcatraz," a prison using the same name and facility as its famousīut recently re-opened to much criticism from the press due to its state-of-the-art executionĬenter where death row inmates have the choice to die one of five ways - lethal injection, gas, After the two are involved in a shootout with the FBI, they find Two years, Nick (Ja Rule, Shall We Dance?), Half Past Dead stars Seagal as Sasha, a man who, after passing a lie detector test toĮstablish his credentials and thwart any worries that he might be working for the FBI, joins aīoss' gang that has deep ties to his family that are revealed later in the picture. Steven Seagal: guilty of making bad movies in the 21st century. Today You Die, Attack Force, or Pistol Whipped? I thought not. The slump truly began and people stopped caring about his movies altogether. Mediocrity with the likes of Ticker and Exit Wounds, but before Half Past Dead seems a transitionįilm for Seagal, a last hurrah for the star who had already begun the descent into home video Hero who's movies are dull and unoriginal, coming off as nothing more than facsimiles of oneĪnother with bad dialogue, boring action, and no plot. That's the kind of character we know and love him for, not the direct-to-video He had a great screen presence andĬould turn a neighborly smile into a dead-on serious look while snapping a. I must admit to missing the good old days of Seagal. On, but thankfully for him nobody really cares anymore, and everything he does goes straight to ![]() Reduced to girdles (supposedly) and long coats in his roles to hide the extra pounds he's packed At that time he had some decent films to his credit, including Above the Law, Out For Justice, Under Siege,Įxecutive Decision, and my personal favorite, Hard to Kill. One of the more marketable action stars around, seeing his heyday in the late 1980s and earlyġ990s. Reviewed by Martin Liebman, August 22, 2008Īt one time Steven Seagal ( Under Siege 2) was 'Half Past Dead' is more than half past Seagal's peak. Producers: Elie Samaha, Steven Seagal, Andrew Stevens, Brandon K. ![]() Starring: Steven Seagal, Morris Chestnut, Ja Rule, Nia Peeples, Tony Plana, Bruce Weitz ![]() "partner" (Ja Rule) and the other inmates to fight on the right side of the law.įor more about Half Past Dead and the Half Past Dead Blu-ray release, see Half Past Dead Blu-ray Review published by Martin Liebman on Augwhere this Blu-ray release scored 2.5 out of 5. Undercover in Alcatraz, FBI agent Petrosecitch (Steven Seagal) has to neutralize the situationĪnd rescue a Supreme Court Justice held hostage. And an invading group ofĬommandos (led by Morris Chestnut) isn't going to let his fortune go up in smoke. "The Rock" has just reopened for business, but the first criminal slatedįor the electric chair is also sitting on a secret worth $200 million. Half Past Dead Blu-ray offers decent video and solid audio, but overall it's a mediocre Blu-ray release
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