Disc Reviews

Half Past Dead 2 is, obviously, the sequel to 2002’s lukewarm action picture, Half Past Dead. The main difference in this sequel is the lack of Steven Seagal so automatically that should make this a better picture, but not necessarily a good one. The film stars two unlikely actors – a rapper and a wrestler – The Dogg Pound’s own Kurupt and WWE’s Goldberg. Not exactly promising, but I’ve been surprised before.

Twitch (Kurupt, Dark Blue), an inmate at the New Alcatraz penitentiary, has ju...t has one thing in mind, doing his time and minding his own business. That is until the day the warden mentions that the next person to instigate a fight will be sent to a prison out of state. It just so happens Twitch’s girlfriend resides there, as does $160 million in gold bricks, so say goodbye to Alcatraz and hello to mainland. While adjusting to life in the new prison, Twitch doesn’t want to befriend anyone accept another loner, Burk (Bill Goldberg, The Longest Yard). Although he tries to avoid the gang life behind bars he gets pulled into a Black gang hell-bent on destroying the Hispanic gang, all while he’s trying to find a way to escape. Things really get out of control when a prison-wide riot is in the works, on the same day Twitch’s girlfriend and Burk’s daughter are visiting. The two get trapped inside the prison on lockdown while the inmates are slowly taking over the prison. It’s a race against time as Twitch and Burk team up to save their loved ones and clear their names.