The bitter Brigadier General Hummel (Ed Harris) barricades himself on the legendary prison island of Alcatraz with a handful of elite soldiers. He holds 81 tourists captive and possesses a highly explosive biochemical weapon. He threatens to wipe out the entire population of San Francisco unless the US government meets his demand for $100 million. Only two men can end this madness. Young FBI agent Goodspeed (Nicolas Cage), a chemical weapons expert, and the only man to ever escape from Alcatraz: the charismatic convict Mason (Sean Connery). A dramatic race against time begins... New product