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A Balasaur Score of 71 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.4/10, Rotten Tomatoes 76%, Metacritic 58/100. Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do. Scores higher than 87% of the 989 1990s action movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes76%
Metacritic58/100
Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do.
5,359 audience votes
Key crew
- Michael BayDirector
- David WeisbergScreenplay
- Douglas S. CookScreenplay
- Mark RosnerScreenplay
- Nick Glennie-SmithOriginal Music Composer
- Hans ZimmerOriginal Music Composer
- Jonathan HensleighScreenplay
Cast
- Sean ConneryJohn Patrick Mason
- Nicolas CageDr. Stanley Goodspeed
- Ed HarrisBrigadier General Francis X. Hummel, USMC
- John SpencerFBI Director James Womack
- David MorseMajor Tom Baxter
- William ForsytheSpecial Agent Ernest Paxton
- Michael BiehnCommander Charles Anderson
- Vanessa MarcilCarla Pestalozzi
- John C. McGinleyMarine Captain Hendrix
- Gregory SporlederCaptain Frye
- Tony ToddCaptain Darrow
- Bokeem WoodbineSergeant Crisp
Stills
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Themes
war veteransan francisco, californiafbimercenarygas attackalcatraz prisonprison escapeshootoutu.s. navy sealterrorismbritish spychemist
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