Half Past Dead

Starring: Morris Chestnut, Steven Seagal Director: Don Michael Paul Original UK Premiere: 2003 Dvd Release: 15th September, 2003 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: Closed-captioned, PAL, Widescreen, Region 2 Encoding

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Despite critical roasting, Half Past Dead is, surprisingly, not half bad. Once you recognise this bastard childs recent action-flick heritage , you can kick back & enjoy the unexpected perks that arise when a deep-cover FBI sleuth accompanies a convicted crook into New Alcatraz prison. A death-row killer sits on a $200 million goldmine, keeping his secret as a bargaining chip when criminal commandos drop in for a lethally greedy raid. After cutting his teeth on trashy, short-lived US TV series, director Don Michael Paul cant do much to help the puffy, career-tanking Seagal, but hes got lively allies in Ja Rule & alleged has-been Nia Peeples , & even legendary action-TV producer Stephen J Cannell drops in for a cameo. Derivative from the get-go, but fun just the same. ,

Steven Seagal is a popular action movie actor & an 7th dan black belt in aikido. He was born in Lansing, Michigan. His official film Bio claims that he went to Japan at the age of 17. However, this is inconsistent with an interview he gave in Aikido Magazine, in which he claimed to have given demonstrations in Japanese Deer Park in the early 70s. Ray Van De Walker claims to have met Steven Segal at the Orange County Aikikai, a prominent aikido dojo, around 1974, where he was known as Steve, who gives demos at Japanese Deer Park. It seems unlikely that a 17-year old, a minor in the U,S. would be allowed to emigrate to Asia. Rays memory of him may be worth nothing, He would come to Wednesday night practice. He tended to wear some weird striped robe thing that Japanese Deer Park asked him to wear. In practice, when he threw me, I couldnt feel his hands, which means that he was very skillful at blending ki. In Japan, Seagal taught English & studied zen, aikido, kendo, judo & karate. He is said to have become adept at all of them. Posters Of Half Past Dead

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