4/16/2018 0 Comments Half To Death (DVD)This morning we told you that Universal and Sony Pictures shifted. There’s good news attached to that announcement, though, with word that Universal’s Half to Death will take its spot. So, yes, you will have a chance to be scared half to death this Halloween season. DVD, Digital and On Demand January 30th, Universal Pictures. So, yes, you will have a chance to be scared half to death this Halloween season, when the film hits theaters everywhere on October 13, 2017. Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones‘ Christopher Landon directs the film that sounds like a horror version of Groundhog Day. ‘Half to Death’ follows a girl who must relive the same day over and over again until she figures out who is trying to kill her and why. Ruby Modine, Charles Aitken, and Rachel Matthew star alongside Jessica Rothe and Israel Broussard. Christopher Landon is directing from a script he co-penned with Scott Lobdell. Landon, who penned Disturbia and several Paranormal Activity sequels, also directed P aranormal Activity: The Marked Ones and Paramount’s Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse. Filming took place in New Orleans. Action hero Steven Seagal goes behind bars -- though don't worry, he isn't really a bad guy -- in this action thriller. Sascha Petrosevitch (Seagal) is an FBI agent working undercover to infiltrate a gangland kingpin's operations. While Petrosevitch is able to gain the trust of one of the gangster's lieutenants, Nick Frazier (Ja Rule), things go haywire during an FBI raid, and Petrosevitch takes several slugs in the back as he struggles to maintain his cover. Eight months later, Petrosevitch and Frazier are serving time together in the newly refurbished Alcatraz Penitentiary, as Petrosevitch secretly continues his investigation. Prison warden Hubbard (Stephen J. Cannell) is arranging for the execution of convicted killer and thief Lester (Bruce Weitz), and U.S. Supreme Court justice Jane McPherson (Linda Thorson) has announced she will attend as a witness. But Hubbard's assistant Donny (Morris Chestnut) has devised a secret plan -- it seems Lester stole and stashed away 200 million dollars in gold before he was arrested, and Donny, along with an underground SWAT team, takes control of the prison and takes Hubbard, McPherson, and the other assembled dignitaries hostage, demanding to be told where Lester has hidden his fortune. Now Petrosevitch must drop his cover and persuade his allies within the prison -- including Frazier and Little Joe (Michael 'Bear' Taliferro) -- to join him in a desperate bid to foil Donny and free the hostages. Half Past Dead also features Nia Peeples, Kurupt, Tony Plana, and Claudia Christian. 'The rumor is you went half past dead and came back.' Let's get this out of the way: YES, Steven Seagal does break someone's neck in this film. You just knew he would. Half Past Dead is a film that suffers from atrocious acting. Ja Rule is one of the most laughable actors in Hollywood. He's unconvincing as a hard-ass tough guy standing at a measly 5'7' 150lbs. One of the most comical attempts at a serious standoff was in the beginning of the film when Ja Rule and his gang are confronted by a single female FBI agent. What ensues is a ridiculous exchange of words that included the line 'Today looks like a great day to die' and then followed by an asinine shoot off.
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