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Half Past Dead
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Half Past Dead is a 2002 American action movie. It was directed by Don Michael Paul and was produced by Elie Samaha, Steven Seagal, and Andrew Stevens. Half Past Dead was released on November 15, 2002. It was the last theatrical release to feature Steven Seagal in many countries until Machete was released in 2010.
The movie gained negative reviews from critics and holds a 3% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It was also ranked #19 on Rotten Tomatoes' 100 worst films of the 2000s. Movie critic Roger Ebert stated: "Half Past Dead is like an alarm that goes off with nobody in the room. It does its job, stops, and nobody cares." Seagal was nominated a Razzie Award in the category of Worst Actor at the 2003 Golden Raspberry Awards but lost to Roberto Benigni in Pinocchio.

Cast
Steven Seagal as Sasha Petrosevitch
Morris Chestnut as 49er One / Donald Robert Johnson
Ja Rule as Nicolas "Nick" Frazier
Nia Peeples as 49er Six
Tony Plana as Warden Juan Ruiz "El Fuego" Escarzaga
Kurupt as Twitch
Michael "Bear" Talliferro as Little Joe
Claudia Christian as Special Agent Ellen "E. Z." Williams
Linda Thorson as Judge Jane McPherson
Bruce Weitz as Lester McKenna
Michael McGrady as Guard Damon J. Kestner
Richard Bremmer as Sony Eckvall
Hannes Jaenicke as Agent Hartmann
Matt Battaglia as 49er Three
Wiliam T. Bowers as Alcatraz Guard
References
Other websites
2002 action movies
American action movies
American prison movies
English-language movies
Gangster movies
Movies set in Germany
Movies set in San Francisco
Movies composed by Tyler Bates
