Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 137 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Strong
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
The story
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.
- war veteran
- san francisco
- california
- fbi
- mercenary
- gas attack
- alcatraz prison
- prison escape
- shootout
- u.s. navy seal
- terrorism
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
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
- Jim Maniaci — Private Scarpetti
- Greg Collins — Private Gamble
- Brendan Kelly — Private Cox
- Directed
- Michael Bay
Production
- Rating
- 7.2 / 10 · 5,349 ratings
- Studio
- Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Hollywood Pictures, Buena Vista Pictures
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