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Article: `HALF PAST' NOT MEANT TO BE FUNNY, BUT IS.(Living)
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- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
- Article date:
- November 15, 2002
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Byline: David Germain Associated Press
What if they reopened Alcatraz? What if they tried to graft a personality onto Steven Seagal? What if they tried both in the same movie?
The result would be "Half Past Dead," which fails as miserably at personalizing the leaden Seagal as it does at injecting any note of credibility into the idea of taking the island prison out of mothballs.
Written and directed by Don Michael Paul, "Half Past Dead" may be the year's funniest unintentional comedy for its inane plot, repetitive, unimaginative stunts and dreadful dialogue.
But then, this is a Steven Seagal movie, so maybe you already knew that.
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