Half Past Dead marks the beginning of the Seagal straight to DTV era. This film has Seagal as an undercover FBI agent in New Alcatraz. Surrounded by rappers in this film it is a bit cringeworthy seeing Mr Seagal trying to act like these! Fight scenes are a bit disappointing here and anytime there is a shot of Seagal running it is clearly done by a stunt double. Morris Chestnut who starred with Seagal in Under Siege 2 is the main bad guy and puts in a performance worthy of a better film. All things aside Half Past Dead is still enjoyable in its own way. It is still fun to see Seagal saying things like "I am a bad maaan", and also being the worlds toughest man his character flat lines for 22 minutes but recovers fine with no brain damage or lasting side effects! Things like these always make a Seagal film enjoyable. If i want to switch my brain off after a hard day at work and watch something that puts a smile on my face Mr Seagal's films always entertain. And do the trick. Half Past Dead is big dumb and at times a lot of fun.
Review of Half Past Dead
