Rating: PG13
Genre:
Action
Theatrical Release: 11/15/2002(USA)
Release Date: 03/04/2003
SubTitles: English/French
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 98 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Adult Situations, Adult Language, Adult Humor
Distributor/Studio: Columbia TriStar
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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