When vengeful General Francis X. Hummel seizes control of Alcatraz Island and threatens to launch missiles loaded with deadly chemical weapons into San Francisco, only a young FBI chemical weapons expert and notorious Federal prisoner have the skills to penetrate the impregnable island fortress and take him down.

Top Cast

Sean ConneryJohn Patrick Mason

Nicolas CageDr. Stanley Goodspeed

Ed HarrisBrigadier General Francis X. Hummel, USMC

John SpencerFBI Director James Womack

David MorseMajor Tom Baxter

William ForsytheSpecial Agent Ernest Paxton

Michael BiehnCommander Charles Anderson

Vanessa MarcilCarla Pestalozzi