Story Line
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.
“Alcatraz. Only one man has ever broken out. Now five million lives depend on two men breaking in.”
Top Cast
Sean Connery
John Patrick Mason
Nicolas Cage
Dr. Stanley Goodspeed
Ed Harris
Brigadier General Francis X. Hummel, USMC
John Spencer
FBI Director James Womack
David Morse
Major Tom Baxter
William Forsythe
Special Agent Ernest Paxton
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Rating
7.1/ 10
Release Date
1996-06-07
Runtime
2h 17m
Genres
ActionAdventureThriller
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