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.
Sean Connery
as John Patrick Mason
Nicolas Cage
as Dr. Stanley Goodspeed
Ed Harris
as Brigadier General Francis X. Hummel, USMC
John Spencer
as FBI Director James Womack
David Morse
as Major Tom Baxter
William Forsythe
as Special Agent Ernest Paxton
Michael Biehn
as Commander Charles Anderson
Vanessa Marcil
as Carla Pestalozzi
John C. McGinley
as Marine Captain Hendrix
Gregory Sporleder
as Captain Frye
Tony Todd
as Captain Darrow
Bokeem Woodbine
as Sergeant Crisp
