 Half Past Dead theatrical poster | |
| Written by | Don Michael Paul |
| Directed by | Don Michael Paul |
| Produced by | Elie Samaha Steven Seagal Andrew Stevens |
| Starring | Steven Seagal Ja Rule Morris Chestnut Nia Peeples Tony Plana Kurupt Michael "Bear" Talliferro |
| Music by | Tyler Bates |
| Cinematography by | Michael Slovis |
| Editing by | Vanick Moradian |
| Studio | Franchise Pictures |
| Distributed by | Screen Gems |
| Release Date | November 18, 2002 |
| Rated | R |
| Run time | 98 min. |
| Budget | $13,000,000 |
| Grossed | $19,233,280 |
Half Past Dead is a 2002 American action film written and directed by Don Michael Paul in his directorial debut, and produced by Steven Seagal, who also starred in the lead role. The film co-stars Morris Chestnut, Ja Rule, and Nia Peeples. The film was released in the United States on November 15, 2002. This was Steven Seagal's last theatrical film in many countries until 2010's Machete. Co-stars Kurupt and Tony Plana returned for the direct-to-video sequel, Half Past Dead 2.
The film tells the story of the criminal infiltrates a prison to interrogate a prisoner about the location of fortune in gold while an undercover FBI agent has to stop him. Distribution and copyrights are held by Sony Pictures' sister company Screen Gems.
Plot
In San Francisco, Sasha Petresovitch (Steven Seagal) is a Russian car thief who's brought in by criminal Nick Frazier (Ja Rule) to work for crime boss Sonny Eckvall (Richard Bremmer), who apparently shot and killed Sasha's wife. After some time, FBI Special Agent Ellen "E.Z." Williams (Claudia Christian) and her team show up to nail Nick, but things go bad, and Sasha gets shot.
After eight months of recovery following his brief bout of being clinically dead from the shooting, Sasha is incarcerated along with Nick in the newly reopened Alcatraz prison.
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