![]() ![]() Most likely he originally died from a broken neck or something and they cut that out to preserve the PG-13 rating. We then jump cut to the guy's death face. ![]() Jump Cut: There's an odd bit where Sascha is fighting a Mook and hits him so hard he goes flying and crashes into a cabinet.He then sends a guard to investigate it anyways. It's Probably Nothing: El Fuego is told that they have lost all of their phone lines, and dismisses it as being due to the storm.Ironic Nickname: Little Joe is not little.When the firefight breaks out, it comes in handy. Helmet-Mounted Sight: Steven Seagal's character explains to his friend (played by Ja Rule) how to operate a crashed helicopter's gun using the helmet.Hellish Copter: The 49er's getaway chopper crashes in bad weather within the first minute or so of appearing in the film.Guns Akimbo: 49er Six's style of shooting.Evil Plan: The 49ers want to know where the gold is.Dynamic Entry: The 49ers sky dive in over the prison, then enter the prison proper via Fast-Roping."Die Hard" on an X: Die Hard in a prison.When she tries to stab him once he turns his back, Williams shoots her. Designated Girl Fight: Zig-Zagged: 49er Six ends up fighting most of the central male characters by the end of the film, and is finally apprehended by the warden.Bulletproof Vest: Used by the bad guys along with Playing Possum to get the drop on two Red Shirts.Break Them by Talking: The Leader of the terrorists does this to Supreme Court Justice June McPherson, whom they're holding hostage.Big Bad: 49er One is the one leading the terrorists to take over Alcatraz.Badass Boast: El Fuego, describing his history working in the prison system, where he had been spit on, stabbed, shot, and burned, but had always survived and persevered.Since he is already on Death Row, he simply waits. Subverted in that he's not doing anything in particular to make up for it, since he isn't sure if anything in his power would make up for what he did. He has become deeply religious and mournful for the deaths he caused. The Alcatraz: According to the director's commentary the screenplay for this film was actually written several years before The Rock's screenplay was conceived, and the original title of this film's screenplay was in fact The Rock, talk about Irony!.It is also the only Seagal film with a PG-13 rating. This film itself got an In Name Only direct to DVD sequel in 2007, sans Seagal, titled simply Half Past Dead 2 (which stars one of the supporting characters, so it's more like a spin-off). Now Sascha, Nick, and the other inmates are forced to battle the terrorists to regain control of the prison. They want McKenna to tell them where the gold is. But then a group of terrorists called the "49ers", led by Donald Johnson (Morris Chestnut), invades the island and takes control of it. With the location of the gold still unknown, he is scheduled to be executed that night. Lester McKenna ( Bruce Weitz) is a prisoner who stole $200,000,000 worth of gold and stashed it someplace, killing five people in the process. Alas, he and Nick get busted, and Sascha has a near-death experience (hence the film's title). Sascha Petrosevitch (Seagal) is a car thief who's brought in by criminal Nick Frazier (Ja Rule) to work for crime boss Sonny Eckvall (Richard Bremmer). It's 20 Minutes into the Future, and Alcatraz prison has been reopened due to rising crime rates. A 2002 American action movie written and directed by Don Michael Paul and starring Steven Seagal, Morris Chestnut, and Jeffrey "Ja Rule" Atkins. ![]()
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