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	Half Past Dead (2002)
		Half Past Dead drops in an intriguing twist, literally, when a small force of heavily-armed and highly trained thieves led by Morris Chestnut infiltrate a newly reopened Alcatraz prison.
		One of the lesser hallmarks of past Seagal films was the fact that he actually handled his firearms with some degree of authenticity.
		Half Past Dead is non-entertaining, B-grade tripe with a thinly mainstream polish.
	www.kungfucinema.com /reviews/halfpastdead.htm (624 words)

	Half Past Dead
		After a bust gone bad, he took a number of bullets for Frazier, and was temporarily, or "half past" dead.
		Keep in mind that "half past" sounds suspiciously like "half-assed," which is the effort that went into this film.
		Half Past Dead is a series of brainless action sequences interspersed with dumb dialogue and a thoroughly incompetent understanding of logic, courtesy of writer/director Don Michael Paul.
	www.haro-online.com /movies/half_past_dead.html (469 words)

	OnWisconsin Live Movies: Half Past Dead
		"Half Past Dead" could hardly be more appropriate as the title for the latest film starring Steven Seagal.
		In "Half Past Dead," Morris Chestnut and rappers Ja Rule and Kurupt are along for the ride.
		With tired action scenes and unfunny one-liners littered throughout, "Half Past Dead" is to movies what Twinkies are to your diet: worthless junk.
	www.onwisconsin.com /movies/movie.asp?id=667 (472 words)

	Seagal looks 'Half Past Dead' himself
		"Half Past Dead" is about as weak a movie as can be made without actively trying.
		Then again, why shouldn't he be depressed to find himself in a picture so badly plotted that, for at least the first 20 minutes, it's not clear who the protagonist is? When the story of "Half Past Dead" finally shakes down, it's a prison drama, set on Alcatraz Island.
		Describing the story makes it sound more coherent than it is. In the actual experience, "Half Past Dead" is an almost nonstop bombardment of fights and explosions, accompanied by a thundering soundtrack that alternates between heavy metal and rap.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2002/11/15/DD76870.DTL&type=printable (477 words)

	FANBOY PLANET.com .: ro-halfpastdead :.
		But the Seagal expert I brought to the screening proclaimed Half Past Dead to be worse than Seagal's straight-to-video The Patriot, not to be confused with the Mel Gibson Braveheart remake.
		Half Past Dead mixes a poorly chosen mishmash of extreme facial close ups of grimacing and poorly-lit long shots of clumsy punching and kicking.
		Half Past Dead is just a lame head kicker with a weak plot, weak action, and non-existent acting.
	www.fanboyplanet.com /movies/ro-halfpastdead.php (811 words)

	Half Past Dead (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Ebert: "Half Past Dead" is like an alarm that goes off while nobody is in the room.
		"Half Past Dead" was unquestionably one of the most entertaining shows I've seen in a while and if you think about it, you're kind of suck without Siskel.
		Ebert: At the end of "Half Past Dead" there is a scene where Nick looks significantly at Petrosevitch and nods and smiles a little, as if to say, you some kinda white guy.
	uregina.ca /~pearsona/reviews/Movies/halfpast.htm (1006 words)

	The Popkorn Junkie :: Half Past Dead
		It's hard to find a dull moment in "Half Past Dead." I loved the soundtrack, especially Ja Rule's popular track which was used several times throughout the film.
		And, alas, "Half Past Dead" was the only other film playing that I hadn't already seen.
		"Half Past Dead" is one of the worst prison movies ever made and one of the worst films of the year.
	www.popkornjunkie.com /reviews/halfpastdead.html (803 words)

	SPLICEDwire \| "Half Past Dead" review (2002) Don Michael Paul, Morris Chestnut, Steven Seagal
		No, the title of "Half Past Dead" isn't meant to describe the state of one-note, whisper-tough action star Steven Seagal's movie career -- but it wouldn't be far off.
		But "Half Past" is so fatiguingly flashy in the action department -- over-edited fight scenes in heavy rain are just about all Paul has to offer -- and so aggressively asinine that it could insult the intelligence of a lobotomy patient.
		You don't have to be an idiot to watch "Half Past Dead" (although it would help), but you'd be foolish to think it could be anything beyond pure garbage.
	www.splicedonline.com /02reviews/halfpastdead.html (529 words)

	Half Past Dead \| ajc.com
		The result would be "Half Past Dead," which fails as miserably at personalizing the leaden Seagal as it does at injecting any note of credibility into the idea of taking the island prison out of mothballs.
		Written and directed by Don Michael Paul, "Half Past Dead" may be the year's funniest unintentional comedy for its inane plot, repetitive, unimaginative stunts and dreadful dialogue.
		This time, Seagal's teamed with two rappers, Ja Rule and Kurupt, and "Half Past Dead" is awash in hip-hop tunes and music-video quick cuts, all intended to bring youth appeal to a paunchy, fiftysomething hero.
	www.ajc.com /movies/content/shared/movies/reviews/H/halfpastdead.html (573 words)

	Movie Photos: Half Past Dead
		Morris Chestnut and Nia Peeples in Columbia's Half Past Dead - 2002
		Nia Peeples in Columbia's Half Past Dead - 2002
		HALF PAST DEAD is what you'll feel like after enduring this perfunctory picture, written and directed by Don Michael Paul.
	www.allmoviephoto.com /photo/2002_Half_Past_Dead_photo.html (556 words)

	Half Past Dead
		Anyway, as fate would have it, they're both sent to Alcatraz (which has reopened as "New Alcatraz") on the exact same day that the prison is overtaken by murderous crooks who are searching for a stash of gold.
		"Half Past Dead" is an obvious and feeble attempt to combine the plot of another movie about terrorists taking over Alcatraz ("The Rock") with the plot of another movie about cops in prison ("Tango & Cash").
		There are too many great movies out there, and too many not-so-great ones, and too many bad movies worth seeing, for anyone to waste their time watching "Half Past Dead." It's an hour and a half you'll never get back.
	www.roanoke.com /roatimes/news/story139761.html (413 words)

	Half Past Dead (2002) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Half Past Dead was not the best role for him.
		This film is the perfect example of a movie made just to get rap artists some screen time and attempt to bring an overweight action start from the 80s into the new generation.
		Sadly, in Half Past Dead it didn't work.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0297162 (1026 words)

	Welcome to Slushfactory.com: A Pop Culture Extravaganza (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Wayne finally finds Calhoun, but the fact that they are living in a post-apocalyptic world where flesh-eating dead folks walk the earth sort of complicates things a bit.
		Barrow Alaska is covered with 30 days of nighttime every winter and the living dead of the world prefer the night, and cannot even live in daylight.
		The horror facing the town is immense and only a married couple who serve the town as its police officers stand in the way of the feast of blood that the vampires have brought to the town.
	www.slushfactory.com /content/EpullFyZylcrniKAdG.php (2276 words)

	The World War 2 Store: Half Past Dead
		Half Past Dead did so poorly that The Foreigner, which was supposed to get a theatrical release depending on the success of the first film, was shot right out of the straight to DVD cannon.
		The funny thing is, The Foreigner, which went straight to DVD because of Half Past Dead's failure at the box office, is a better movie.
		The Half Past Dead DVD throws in a bunch of extras; at least they make some kind of effort after the fact.
	www.ww2incolor.com /shop.php?c=3&n=130&i=B0000844MD&a=reviews&p=7&x=Half_Past_Dead (820 words)

	HALF PAST DEAD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		HALF PAST DEAD appears in an aspect ratio of 1.85:1; the image has been enhanced for 16X9 televisions.
		HALF PAST DEAD is presented in a Dolby Digital 5.1 track.
		HALF PAST DEAD is leisure that brings in what we’ve already seen in such films as THE ROCK, UNDER SIEGE, THE LAST CASTLE and TOY SOLDIERS.
	www.dvdfreak.net /dvd%20reviews_files/half%20past%20dead%20review.htm (443 words)

	Half Past Dead (2002) - Ninth Symphony Films Review
		His cinematic career has slowly decreased in value over the past decade and there seems to be no sign that audiences can look forward to future improvements as every film he's completed since 1992's Under Siege has been a step in the wrong direction.
		Last year's Exit Wounds could be considered a mild improvement (mostly due to the involvement of DMX in the picture), that film had much more brain to it than Half Past Dead.
		It seems that the screenwriters for this movie thought that minimalism in its most severe nature would work best for the plot, because there is a scant amount of depth in any of the characters.
	regencylady.tripod.com /site/filmreviews/halfpastdead.html (816 words)

	Half Past Dead
		I couldn't focus on solid objects, and found that even simple concepts, like closing the fridge door or not walking into solid walls, flitted from my head after ten seconds of concentration.
		With all of this in mind, I decided on the new Steven Seagal trailer, Half Past Dead, on the grounds that I had most likely achieved the mindset of his core fanbase.
		Half Past Dead tempts you with the premise of Steven Seagal and Ja Rule (both of whom "live life on the edge," we are assured) attempting to kill a police officer, then getting sent to prison.
	thetrailertrash.com /halfpastdead.html (965 words)

	Half Past Dead: A Jabootu Nugget
		Half Past Dead is presumably the last movie headlining the ever aging and thickening Steven Seagal that will be afforded a theatrical release.
		Dead by the tool of her trade." Yes, that’s an entirely balanced way of stating it.
		This is one of the film’s marginally amusing bits, since we think it’s again meant to show how ruthless 49er One is. However, his men are wearing body armor and are actually unscathed, shooting the Secret Service agents from their position on the floor.
	www.jabootu.com /hpd.htm (13830 words)

	DVD Verdict Review - Half Past Dead
		For those looking to waste and hour and a half of their life on what will eventually be amnesiac entertainment, Half Past Dead is for you.
		Half Past Dead is presented in a fine looking 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer.
		Half Past Dead is the most apt name the makers could have given this movie.
	www.dvdverdict.com /printer/halfpastdead.php (1257 words)

	INTERVIEW: Art Camacho on "Half Past Dead"
		Half Past Dead marks his highest profile project to date working alongside Steven Seagal and Hong Kong stunt coordinator Xin Xin Xiong (The Musketeer).
		One of the biggest challenges this film faces is to combat a general feeling that Seagal has passed his prime as an action star, although Exit Wounds did prove that he is still bankable.
		I don’t know that HPD will change anyone’s perception of him but I think it is a pretty good picture and it will do well for him.
	kungfucinema.com /articles/2002-11-11-01.htm (1507 words)

	NextGen Electronics - Half Past Dead DVD Review
		Half Past Dead is a predictable, poorly acted, shoot 'em down, and blow 'em up action movie.
		Amazingly Tristar did not give this film a bare bones treatment, which shocked me. It is a credit to Tristar that they wish to give even their most medioker movies a treatment that is worthwhile.
		otherwise this is a film which deserves to be in the garbage next to the half eaten tuna melt.
	www.nextgenelectronics.com /pastdead.shtml (443 words)

	Half Past Dead Review at Hollywood.com
		Half Past Dead is a stock actioner complete with lame story, flashy stunts and lots of folks pointing guns at one another.
		Half Past Dead's new Alcatraz setting is ultra slick, complete with state-of-the-art execution chambers, yet still retains the dark and gritty feel that a prison should.
		Like its many predecessors, Half Past Dead tries to draw laughs and create chemistry by pairing two opposite characters, and while that worked for Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker in Rush Hour, it fails miserably between Seagal and Ja Rule.
	www.hollywood.com /review/Half_Past_Dead/1696414 (760 words)

	Half Past Dead (2002)
		The opposite is true of Ja Rule in Half Past Dead; while he rhymes aggressively on the booming soundtrack, the slight-framed Rule is comic relief on-screen, like a more sedate Chris Tucker with Busta Rhymes' voice.
		Half Past Dead's plot is even more preposterous than it sounds.
		Half Past Dead isn't half as good as Under Siege, but it isn't half bad, either.
	www.reel.com /movie.asp?MID=136381&Tab=reviews&buy=open&CID=13 (644 words)

	Half Past Dead [2002] [PG-13] - 3.6.4
		VIOLENCE/GORE 6 - A man lies dead on the ground with bloody bullet wounds on his chest; we see a flatline on a monitor and two people shock his chest repeatedly and do CPR until he is pronounced dead.
		Another shootout takes place with people shooting back and forth at each other: we see some get hit and jerk and fall dead, and stay with one man who is shot repeatedly and falls into an opening in the floor.
		A helicopter is shot out of its perch and begins to fall in flames; one man jumps out of it and hangs onto a chain, another goes down with it (we see him injured later, with blood coming out of his mouth).
	www.kids-in-mind.com /h/halfpastdead.htm (1395 words)

	Amazon.ca: Half Past Dead: Video (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Half Past Dead is far from Steven Seagal's best work (see: Above the Law and Under Siege).
		Half Past Dead's predictable plot provides enough action and interesting characters to keep the viewer's attention.
		They call it half past dead cause in a scene in the begining of the movie where he gets shot and dies, but they are able to save him.
	www.amazon.ca /Half-Past-Dead/dp/B0000844MB (1122 words)

	health-Half Past Dead
		Despite critical roasting and a blink-and-you-missed it theatrical release, Half Past Dead is surprisingly not half bad.
		Like the time he and Nick Frazier sit in a helicopter that has half crashed through glass panes in the ceiling of the prison and use the choppers arsenal to mow down the bad guys.
		"Half Past Dead" is half past brain dead.
	www.minihttpserver.net /z_health/A_half_past_dead-B0000844MD.htm (2077 words)

	Half Past Dead (2002): Steven Seagal, Morris Chestnut, Ja Rule - PopMatters Film Review
		And yet, despite the fact that Ja only had about four minutes of screen time in that big scary hit of a movie, he was prominently featured in the trailers, meaning that someone in the PR department spotted his tremendous charisma and meant to exploit it.
		In Half Past Dead, Seagal's most elaborate fight scene approximates a slow motion, po-mo-industrial version of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon's bamboo trees scene: Sascha and Donny swing about on huge chains, in some grim basement, kicking wildly as they swish by one another high above the concrete floor.
		It's not like he doesn't know he's past his moment, even in on the joke when Nick tries to improve Sascha's style: "It's not 'All right,' it's 'Ai-ight!' Put a little thug in it." Sascha can't manage it, and smiles weakly at his own silliness.
	www.popmatters.com /film/reviews/h/half-past-dead-dvd.shtml (1723 words)

	NYPOST.COM Movie Reviews: BIRDBRAINS OF ALCATRAZ By JONATHAN FOREMAN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		On the contrary, with its unimaginatively recycled "Under Siege"/"Die Hard" plot, wince-inducing dialogue and lack of convincing exterior shots (it was made in Berlin), "Half Past Dead" has the cheesy, deadened feel of a straight-to-cable film.
		The only thing that marks it as intended for the big screen is some straining-to-be-cool slow-motion and fast-motion sequences, and film-studenty close-ups of Seagal's face that show his pores in alarming detail.
		B action movies can often be daring in matters of race and casting (remember Schwarzenegger's fl and Latina love interests in "Commando" and "Running Man"?), and "Half Past Dead" is no exception.
	www.nypost.com /movies/50551.htm (563 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Half Past Dead at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Half Past Dead is no exception to the typical Seagal films: a weak plot, unrealistic action, and a 51 year old kicking @$$.
		Like his past two movies, Seagal is once again teamed up with a rapper.
		Half Past Dead thrives on action, and there is definitley plenty of it.
	www.epinions.com /content_81149005444 (782 words)

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