(The justice admits to having given the death sentence and is now hanging around to witness the execution, which suggests that the screenwriter picked up his knowledge of American jurisprudence from ''Judge Judy.'') This corrupt official and his crew, the 49ers, parachute onto the refurbished Alcatraz and take a visiting Supreme Court justice hostage. A corrections official gone bad (Morris Chestnut) stages a - sigh - daring break-in to force a death-row inmate, Lester (Bruce Weitz), to reveal where he has hidden $200 million in gold before his impending execution. Seagal does send the rust from his joints flying after he humiliates a prison guard with his slow-motion martial arts - ''Dead'' takes another turn. Just when you think the movie is going to become another showdown in prison - and Mr. The two are busted and sent to the ''new Alcatraz'' after a fiery, blood-spattered arrest that leaves Metropolis, or Gotham City, or whatever nameless urban area, in shambles.īut wait - there's more. When Nick isn't schooling Sascha in hip-hop salutations - ''It's not all right, it's i'ight! Put a little thug in it'' - he is introducing his flabby and well-tanned partner to a mysterious big-cheese crime pooh-bah so they can all be knee-deep in Cheddar. Since pairing off with the rapper DMX in ''Exit Wounds'' brought him a few new fans, he is pairing off with another young star for ''Dead.'' This time around, it's the rap superstar Ja Rule, who plays Nick, the car-thief partner in crime to Mr. The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record.Breaking a sweat in the underlighted, overplotted and accurately titled ''Half Past Dead,'' Steven Seagal, the Action Hero That Time Forgot, is grunting mightily to hold on to his dwindling audience. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at for further information. THE BAND: (Singing) Take a load off, Fanny - take a load for free.Ĭopyright © 2023 NPR. MCCAMMON: One of his half a dozen later albums was called "Music For The Native Americans." In a statement, Martin Scorsese said his friend's music seemed to come from the deepest place at the heart of this continent - its traditions and tragedies and joys. ROBERTSON: I claim a right to live on my land and accord you the privilege to return to yours. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "WORDS OF FIRE, DEEDS OF BLOOD") Robertson says he learned guitar during family visits to the Six Nations Reserve. Robertson's mother was Mohawk and Cayuga. And their movies include the upcoming film "Killers Of The Flower Moon," which takes place in Oklahoma's Osage Nation. INSKEEP: After The Band split up, Robertson kept working with Scorsese. She defends me - a drunkard's dream, if I ever did see one. THE BAND: (Singing) I don't have to speak. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "UP ON CRIPPLE CREEK") MCCAMMON: When Robertson decided The Band had run its course, he enlisted film director Martin Scorsese to immortalize them in the legendary concert film "The Last Waltz." INSKEEP: This is often misunderstood as a Confederate anthem, although the song, by a Canadian, has also been interpreted as an attempt to empathize with Southern poverty and loss. THE BAND: (Singing) The night they drove old Dixie down. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN") MCCAMMON: But The Band became big stars on their own, thanks to albums like "Music From Big Pink" from 1968 and "The Band," released in 1969. It was like we were the bad guys in the situation. ROBBIE ROBERTSON: We got booed all over the United States. Robertson talked to WHYY's Fresh Air in 1994. His electric sound with The Band infuriated some fans. Dylan had become famous as a folk musician, playing acoustic guitar and harmonica, and then he plugged in his music. INSKEEP: Which they did at a hotly debated moment. The group became famous backing Bob Dylan. Robbie Robertson also played lead guitar for The Band. THE BAND: (Singing) I pulled into Nazareth - was feeling about half past dead. He wrote some of the most memorable songs of the 1960s and '70s.
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