Rating: PG13
Genre: Action
Theatrical Release: 11/15/2002(USA)
Release Date: 08/12/2008
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol/Por/TH/KO
Dubbed: English/French/Por/Espanol
Sound: DD5.1/DD2
Run Time: 98 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Adult Situations, Adult Language, Adult Humor
Distributor/Studio: Sony Pictures

Action hero Steven Seagal goes behind bars -- though don't worry, he isn't really a bad guy -- in this action thriller. Sascha Petrosevitch (Seagal) is an FBI agent working undercover to infiltrate a gangland kingpin's operations. While Petrosevitch is able to gain the trust of one of the gangster's lieutenants, Nick Frazier (Ja Rule), things go haywire during an FBI raid, and Petrosevitch takes several slugs in the back as he struggles to maintain his cover. Eight months later, Petrosevitch and Frazier are serving time together in the newly refurbished Alcatraz Penitentiary, as Petrosevitch secretly continues his investigation. Prison warden Hubbard (Stephen J. Cannell) is arranging for the execution of convicted killer and thief Lester (Bruce Weitz), and U.S. Supreme Court justice Jane McPherson (Linda Thorson) has announced she will attend as a witness. But Hubbard's assistant Donny (Morris Chestnut) has devised a secret plan -- it seems Lester stole and stashed away 200 million dollars in gold before he was arrested, and Donny, along with an underground SWAT team, takes control of the prison and takes Hubbard, McPherson, and the other assembled dignitaries hostage, demanding to be told where Lester has hidden his fortune. Now Petrosevitch must drop his cover and persuade his allies within the prison -- including Frazier and Little Joe (Michael "Bear" Taliferro) -- to join him in a desperate bid to foil Donny and free the hostages. Half Past Dead also features Nia Peeples, Kurupt, Tony Plana, and Claudia Christian.

~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Steven Seagal - Sascha Petrosevitch
Morris Chestnut - Donny/49er One
Ja Rule - Nick Frazier
Nia Peeples - 49er Six
Tony Plana - El Fuego
Kurupt - Twitch
Michael "Bear" Taliferro - Little Joe
Claudia Christian - Williams
Linda Thorson - Jane McPherson
Bruce Weitz - Lester
Mo'nique - Twitch's Girl
Stephen J. Cannell - Hubbard
Kelly Lange -

Production:
Don Michael Paul - Director
Steven Seagal Andrew Stevens Elie Samaha - Producer
Phillip B. Goldfine James Holt - Co Producer
Tyler Bates - Composer
Vanick Moradian - Editor
Don Michael Paul - Screen Writer
Ernestine Hipper - Set Designer
Klemens Becker - Additional Cinematography
Andreas Olshausen - Art Director
Mac Yasuda - Associate Producer
Jeff Gerrard - Casting
Michael Slovis - Cinematographer
Barbara Jager - Costume Designer
Chris Eberts - Executive Producer
George Furla - Executive Producer
Uwe Schott - Executive Producer
Xiong Xin Xin - Fights Choreographer
Andrew Stevens - First Assistant Director
Alison Semenza - Line Producer
Michael Lloyd - Musical Direction/Supervision
Albrecht Konrad - Production Designer
Ed Cantu - Sound/Sound Designer
Uli Nefzer - Special Effects Coordinator
Volkhard Buff - Stunts Coordinator
Kami Asgar - Supervising Sound Editor
Pixel Magic - Visual Effects
Raymond McIntyre Jr. - Visual Effects Supervisor
Randall Emmett - Executive Producer

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