10 Least Convincing Movie Badasses
3. Steven Seagal - (Sasha Petrosevitch) Half Past Dead
Steven Seagal had his heyday in the early nineties with the Under Siege movies, yet unlike most of his follow action icons he never even attempted to broaden his horizons. He always played the exact same invincible hero who never lost a fight, or had any discernible trace of humanity. His star diminished while his waist expanded, with all but the most loyal fans leaving him behind.
The final nail in his theatrical career was Half Past Dead, where he plays a prisoner trying to survive an attack on the reopened Alcatraz. Comparisons with The Rock end there as Half Past Dead is an incredibly lame action movie; where Seagal huffs and puffs his way through some poorly edited fights. In terms of his physique hed reached near Brando proportions, so hes shot from the waist up most of the time.
An obvious fight double does a lot of the physical stuff when things get busy, while Seagal's formerly cool Zen persona now seems pretty creepy. Things had gotten so bad for him by this point that his co-star - rapper Ja Rule - outshined him in the hero stakes. At least he was bothered to do his own fights.