Storyline
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.
Principal 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
Michael Biehn
Commander Charles Anderson
Vanessa Marcil
Carla Pestalozzi
Media Information
DirectorMichael Bay
StatusReleased
Runtime137 min
Genres
ActionAdventureThriller
Release Date1996-06-07
LanguageEnglish
CountryUnited States of America
Production
Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films
Hollywood Pictures
Buena Vista Pictures