Screenplay by David Weisberg, Douglas S. Cook, and Mark Rosner ; directed by Michael Bay.

Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris, Michael Biehn, William Forsythe.

San Francisco is taken hostage when a vengeful General seizes control of Alcatraz Island, threatening to launch missiles loaded with deadly poison gas! With time running out, only a young FBI chemical weapons expert and a notorious Federal prisoner have the skills to penetrate the island fortress and defuse the lethal situation!