Reception
The film received negative reviews from most film critics. It ranked 19th in Rotten Tomatoes's 100 worst films of the 2000s and had a 2% fresh rating, with critic Roger Ebert stating: "Half Past Dead is like an alarm that goes off with nobody in the room. It does its job, stops, and nobody cares."
Seagal earned a Razzie Award nomination as Worst Actor for his work in Half Past Dead.
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