Plot
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.
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
John C. McGinley
Marine Captain Hendrix
Gregory Sporleder
Captain Frye
Tony Todd
Captain Darrow
Bokeem Woodbine
Sergeant Crisp
Crew
Douglas S. Cook
Screenplay
John Schwartzman
Director of Photography
Mark Rosner
Screenplay
David Weisberg
Screenplay
Don Simpson
Producer
Hans Zimmer
Original Music Composer
Jerry Bruckheimer
Producer
Michael Bay
Director
Nick Glennie-Smith
Original Music Composer
Jonathan Hensleigh
Screenplay
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