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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.
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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.
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.
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Overview

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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Don Michael Paul (written by)
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Release Date:
15 November 2002 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
The Good. The Bad. And the Deadly. more
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. full summary | full synopsis
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3 nominations more
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(21 articles)
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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

Hannes Jaenicke ... Agent Hartmann

Matt Battaglia ... 49er Three
Wiliam T. Bowers ... Alcatraz Guard
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Halbtot - Half Past Dead (Germany)
Lockdown (USA) (working title)
The Rock (USA) (original script title)
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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)
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All indoor prison scenes were shot in an old STASI prison in Berlin/Germany. more
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. more
Quotes:
Sasha: [Sasha confesses to Nick about who he is] I'm undercover. F.B.I.
Nick: But you passed the lie detector test.
Sasha: That's nothing man. Anybody can do that.
Nick: [with anger in his voice] All this time... y ou've been settin' up on me.
[aims his weapon at Sasha]
Nick: I believed in you. I trusted you. Brought you into my family...
[shouts]
Nick: I vouched for you! And you betrayed me?
Sasha: It's not that simple.
Lester: [places hand on Nick's shoulder] Don't do it.
[...]
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Movie Connections:
Edited into Half Past Dead 2 (2007) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Hold On more

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8 out of 10 people found the following comment useful.
Decent., 8 June 2006
7/10
Author: dglova519 from United States

The story is a cool concept, but the choices for the acting's sake weren't cool at all. Ja Rule was an ignorant cocky character but Seagul was actual very likable. I felt as though this film doesn't get the respect it deserves because Steven Seagul was in it. The dialogue was mediocre, some parts though were really random though. The scene where "Twitch" blows up the door seemed dumb. As well as the scene where Steve and Morris fight in the chains. And did anyone else notice that no one ever hit the bullets they shot? Anyway, the female who played the Supreme Court Justice member was actually enjoyable to watch.

All in all, Half Past Dead is just mindless fun, pretty good.

7/10

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