Half Past Dead (2002)

User Rating:

4.0/10   

Director:

Don Michael Paul

Writer (WGA):

Don Michael Paul (written by)

Release Date:

15 November 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

The Good. The Bad. And the Deadly.

Plot:

This movie tells the story of a man who goes undercover in a hi-tech prison to find out information to help prosecute those who killed his wife. While there he stumbles onto a plot involving a death-row inmate and his $200 million stash of gold.

Plot Keywords:

Prison | FBI | Alcatraz | Death Row | Electric Chair

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Steven Seagal	...	Sasha Petrosevitch
Morris Chestnut	...	49er One / Donald Robert Johnson
Ja Rule	...	Nicolas 'Nick' Frazier
Nia Peeples	...	49er Six
Tony Plana	...	Warden El Fuego
Kurupt	...	Twitch
Michael Taliferro	...	Little Joe (as Michael 'Bear' Taliferro)
Claudia Christian	...	Special Agent Ellen Williams
Linda Thorson	...	Judge Jane McPherson
Bruce Weitz	...	Lester McKenna
Michael McGrady	...	Guard Damon J. Kestner
Richard Bremmer	...	Sonny Eckvall
Hannes Jaenicke	...	Agent Hartmann
Matt Battaglia	...	49er Three
Wiliam T. Bowers	...	Alcatraz Guard

Also Known As:

Halbtot - Half Past Dead (Germany)
Lockdown (USA) (working title)
The Rock (USA) (original script title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for pervasive action violence, language and some sexual content.

Runtime:

99 min | Finland:95 min (25 fps) (short version) | Finland:106 min (25 fps) (long version)

Country:

Germany | USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Finland:K-15 | Venezuela:PG-13 | Iceland:16 | Malaysia:18SG | USA:PG-13 (certificate #39349) | Australia:M | South Korea:15 | Netherlands:12 | Argentina:13 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | France:U | Germany:16 | Norway:15 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:15 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Company:

Franchise Pictures

Trivia:

Some aerial shots was taken from Michael Bay's film The Rock (1996) that got cut from that film.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): 49er One calls out for a rifle as he jumps into the electric chair pit, but his team did not bring any rifles to the island -- only submachine guns.

Quotes:

Twitch: Everything is good in the 'hood.

Movie Connections:

Features Navy Seals (1990)

Soundtrack:

Intro

Average movie with some decent action scenes

I just returned from seeing half past dead and walked out getting exactly what I expected. I would compare it to glimmer man and fire down below in the sense that it was entertaining but lacked what the earlier seagal movies gave to us. I hope that in the next two that seagal has in the works, that he goes back to what he does best which is punishing everyone without all the special effects and quick edits.