
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.... (Full plot summary below)
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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.
Leave your thoughts about Half Past Dead.
| Decent Films GuideSteven D. Greydanus[Segal’s] rising age and weight increasingly render him implausible in the action-figure role. As for Ja Rule and the other convicts, they’re about as dangerous as a schoolyard game of cops and robbers. |
| EricDSnider.comEric D. SniderNo, I don't know why Steven Seagal is considered a star, nor why he keeps being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good or make any money. |
| PopMattersCynthia FuchsSeagal has too much screen time and when he's on it, he takes up too much space. |
| New York TimesElvis MitchellAfter several scenes of this tacky nonsense, you'll be wistful for the testosterone-charged wizardry of Jerry Bruckheimer productions, especially because Half Past Dead is like The Rock on a Wal-Mart budget. |
| Milwaukee Journal SentinelPaul DoroThere's absolutely nothing of value here, and it's incredibly offensive to boot. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonWhat we get, while rarely boring, is a succession of senseless scenes bathed in formula-thriller blue light, full of blazing Uzis, exploding helicopters and sentimental male bonding. |
| Entertainment WeeklyBruce FrettsIt's no use: At this point, the bloated action figure [Seagal] couldn't restore his street cred if he joined the Wu-Tang Clan. |
| The Moving Picture ShowJoe LeydonI'm afraid you won't get through this frankly fantastical by-the-numbers B-flick with just a suspension of disbelief. Rather, you'll have to wrestle disbelief to the ground and then apply the chloroform-soaked handkerchief. |
| Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)Linda CookRemember when Steven Seagal made good action movies? I do. |
| Globe and MailRay ConlogueA shoot-'em-up for cynical times. Its only asset is Seagal himself, and frankly, he's is getting a bit past it. |