Review of Half Past Dead (2002) by Patrick S — 31 Oct 2013
Wednesday, March 2, 2011.
(2002) Half Past Dead.
ACTION.
Despite the very low 2% rating on the RT scale, I still looked at it as pure adrenaline fun entertainment about undercover cop teaming with real life rap artist Ja Rule to retrieving the whereabouts of some pre-stolen gold bricks before this particular person is excuted on death row. Meanwhile, some other sociopath along with his cohorts also know about the missing gold too and attempt by any means of finding it, even if means raiding and then taking over the entire prison to do it. After seeing my fair share of very 'serious' prison films such as "Birdman From Alcatraz", "Cool Man Luke", "Escape From Alcatraz" and "Papillon" to name a few, seeing 7th degree Akido martial artist Steven Seagal kicking ass in a prison system can be a nice change of pace sometimes. There's cheap macho humor, guns and fights what more does one expect in an action movie- pure logic. Did we ever watch Bruce Lee, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sly Stallone movies for their acting. Wires are sometimes used on some of the action fights but it's used on many popular action films from Jet Lee to Donnie Yen movies back in the hey day when action movies were popular in Hong Kong during the 1990's. We also get to see a helicopter stuck on top of a prison ceiling with a machine gun attached to it are some of the highlights in this no brainer action prison flick. And the hip hop soundtrack doesn't hurt the film either.
3 out of 4.
This review of Half Past Dead (2002) was written by Patrick S on 31 Oct 2013.
Half Past Dead has generally received mixed reviews.
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