Coming from the same studio as Battlefield Earth should have been a red flag back in 2002 thanks to the failure of that movie. Granted, Franchise Pictures was also involved in The Whole Nine Yards, which may very well be Jonathan Lynn's funniest movie, but Half Past Dead is still only able to offer one moment of awesome: which is when a machine gun gets stuck in a door and is kicked back at its attackers by Steven Seagal's Sasha Petrosevitch.
Unfortunately, Half Past Dead is otherwise filled to the brim of underwhelming action scenes, pathetic acting, and a relatively bland soundtrack that is at the very least is consistent with a plot that rarely looks like it is even trying to make sense.
Unfortunately, Half Past Dead is otherwise filled to the brim of underwhelming action scenes, pathetic acting, and a relatively bland soundtrack that is at the very least is consistent with a plot that rarely looks like it is even trying to make sense.