Half Past Dead (2002)

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.

Director:

Don Michael Paul

Writer:

Don Michael Paul

Stars:

Morris Chestnut, Steven Seagal, Matt Battaglia

4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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
Matt Battaglia	...	49er Three
Hannes Jaenicke	...	Agent Hartmann
Wiliam T. Bowers	...	Alcatraz Guard

Storyline

A criminal mastermind 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. It's up to an undercover FBI agent to stop him before it's too late.

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Plot Keywords:

fbi federal bureau of investigation | gold | prison | undercover | alcatraz | 

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Taglines:

Seagal rocks the rock!

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Thriller

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Certificate:

14A

Did You Know?

Trivia

Although many industry publications stated that the film's budget was in the mid $20 million range, the actual figure is closer to $15 million.

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Goofs

The helicopter with the commandos crashes very close to the execution of the prisoner (midnight). Yet, an FBI-agent later reports that the helicopter crashed "around 7:30".

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Quotes

Nick: You better not be playing me.
Sasha: You know me. I ain't playing.

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Crazy Credits

Actor Richard Bremmer is credited in opening credits but missing from the closing credits.

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Connections

Referenced in While We're Young (2014)

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Soundtracks

Smartbomb
(Plump DJ's Remix)
Written by Jesse Bonds Weaver Jr., Steven Robert Procter and Belinda Kynn Layton
Performed by Hardknox
Courtesy of Jive Electro Records
Under license from Zomba Recording Corp.

User Reviews

One of the Worst Movies Ever Made

Steven Seagal, who has a proud history of creating some of the most realistic and exciting fight scenes in his past work is completely wasted in this movie. The money must have been good, because I don't see what else would have persuaded him to appear in it. What we have is a shallow excuse to feature some rappers on film. The script is abominable. Everything is contrived, superficial and artificial. The director seems confused about whether or not he is making a music video or an actual film. A lot of posing, unrealistically choreographed fight scenes, a lot of mindless shooting at walls. I was reminded of those ludicrous gunfights in the A Team, in which about 2,000 bullets are fired and nobody gets killed. The background music (if you can call it that) is loud and irritating. And the chief villain, boringly and predictably bumped off only at the end, displays the character development of a robot. I would have had him shot first just to ease the overall irritation of the film. Bad, bad, bad. The only reason I watched it was in the forlorn hope that Steven Seagal could do something to save it, but that was beyond even him. Stick with what you're good at, big guy, and don't appear in any more rap videos.

Details

Country:

USA Germany

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 November 2002 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Les coulisses de la mort

Filming Locations:

Germany

Box Office

Budget:

$13,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$7,820,536, 17 November 2002

Gross USA:

$15,567,860

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$19,233,280

Company Credits

Production Co:

Screen Gems, Franchise Pictures, Half Dead Productions Inc.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1