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.
Acting
Cage's 'green smoke' freakout belongs in the Smithsonian.
Direction
Peak Bay before he lost all restraint. Every shot sweats.
Score
Hans Zimmer's brass section could wake the dead.
Director
Michael Bay
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
Michael Biehn
Commander Charles Anderson
Vanessa Marcil
Carla Pestalozzi
John C. McGinley
Marine Captain Hendrix
Gregory Sporleder
Captain Frye
Tony Todd
Captain Darrow
Bokeem Woodbine
Sergeant Crisp
Greg Collins
Private Gamble
Brendan Kelly
Private Cox
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Connery did most of his own stunts at 65 because he's built different. The shower fight scene took four days to shoot.
This is the ONLY film with writing credits for both Quentin Tarantino AND Aaron Sorkin, though neither wanted their names on it. The final script was allegedly 30 different drafts Frankensteined together.
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