Editing Half Past Dead (section)

===Critical response===
{{Rotten Tomatoes prose|3|3.1|88|Seagal is now too bulky to make a convincing action hero, and ''Half Past Dead'' is too silly and incoherent to deliver any visceral kicks.|access-date=February 24, 2024|ref=yes}} {{Metacritic film prose|23|23|ref=yes|access-date=December 21, 2015}} Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale.<ref name="CinemaScore">{{cite web|url=https://m.cinemascore.com|archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20170916153548/https://m.cinemascore.com/|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 16, 2017|title=CinemaScore|work=cinemascore.com|access-date=August 17, 2020}}</ref> It was ranked number 61 in a ''Rotten Tomatoes'' editorial on the 100 worst movies of all time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/worst-movies-of-all-time/|title=Bad Movies: The 100 Worst Movies of All Time|website=Rotten Tomatoes|publisher=Fandango Media|access-date=February 24, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221044238/https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/worst-movies-of-all-time/|archive-date=February 21, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

Critic [[Roger Ebert]] wrote, "''Half Past Dead'' is like an alarm that goes off with nobody in the room. It does its job, stops, and nobody cares."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/half-past-dead-2002|title=Half Past Dead|newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|date=November 15, 2002|access-date=December 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423051020/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/half-past-dead-2002|archive-date=April 23, 2023|url-status=live|via=[[RogerEbert.com]]}} {{Rating|0.5|4}}</ref>

Seagal was nominated for Worst Actor at the 2002 [[Stinkers Bad Movie Awards]] and the [[23rd Golden Raspberry Awards]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/feb/10/filmnews.film|title=Raspberry time for Hollywood's worst|last=Campbell|first=Duncan|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=February 9, 2003|access-date=December 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524145846/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/feb/10/filmnews.film|archive-date=May 24, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Past Winners Database|url=http://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/2002/2002st.htm|website=The Envelope at LA Times|access-date=September 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070815213025/http://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/2002/2002st.htm|archive-date=August 15, 2007}}</ref>