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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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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Don Michael Paul (written by)
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Release Date:
15 November 2002 (USA) more
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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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Cast

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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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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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This was Steven Seagal's last film to be given a theatrical release until the upcoming Machete (2010). All of his other films in between were released directly to video. more
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Factual errors: Rocket propelled grenades do not have blow-back, yet when he fires the RPG, Twitch is projected back to the glass. more
Quotes:
Nick: [SPOILER] I heard you busted Sonny.
Sasha: That's what I started out to do. I usually like to finish what I start.
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Edited into Half Past Dead 2 (2007) (V) more
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15 out of 24 people found the following review useful.
"Half past dead" is most appropriate, 1 May 2005
1/10
Author: Papadoc 1000 from United States

The best thing about the movie is the name, as it both describes the plot and the acting. At least they cannot say they didn't warn you... Kind of like the button labeled, "Don't push this".

Segal must have run out of things that move like planes, trains, and ships but the plot remains the same. Under cover guy who fights slowly, but still beats like 40 mercenary types and doesn't even blink when doing so. What amazes me is that Segal is now as big as a barn and the bad guys still cannot hit him in a hallway with a machine gun and 50 clips of ammo. Where do all these bullets actually go to? The only redeeming feature of this movie is watching Nia Peeples pound Ja Rule (real name Jeffrey Atkins doesn't quite sound so punk) into the floor. I could spend days watching that woman kick her foot over her shoulder like that... especially wearing an outfit like that! It was just a bonus watching Jeffy get is *ss kicked, and fun hoping one of those kicks actually landed. Sorry, it's just time we get stupid wannabe tough guy can't act rappers out of the movies. PLEEEEEASE! Who came up with idea anyway? I'd lay odds it was the person who decided that Cameron Diaz and Drew Barrymore would pass as witty athletic Angels.

The only surprising twist in this movie is that they don't do the politically correct thing and have Jeffy come in and save the day. No doubt if Snoop (otherwise known by his momma as Calvin Broadus which again doesn't sound so cool when you refer to him as Cal) had been in the movie, he'd throw some signs down on her and probably saved Segal's life or something.

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