CAST - SCRIPT - PICTURES - TRAILER - POSTERS - MULTIMEDIA

Plot: An ex-con and bio-chemist lead a group of Navy SEALs to disarm a group of renegade Marine commandos who have seized a stockpile of chemical weapons and taken over Alcatraz with 81 tourists as hostages. The Marines are lead by a highly-decorated Brigadier General who demands $100 million to be paid in ransom, as restitution to families of soldiers who died in covert operations under him around the world.

Trivia:
- Dedicated to producer Don Simpson who died during production.
- Producers built a cabin for Sean Connery on Alcatraz as he didn't want to travel from the mainland to the island every day.

Goofs:
- The windshield of the Humvee after smashing through the water bottle truck.
- The windshield of the Ferrari after crashing into the parking meters.
- When the Humvee crashes into the meter-maid vehicle, it skids and goes sideways. In the next shot, it is still pointed straight down the street.
- The first lever that Mason flicks from his cell resets itself before he activates the second one.
- The plane which rolls out of the hanger is a two seater F/A-18 Hornet, yet all aircraft in the flight squadron are single seaters.
- At the end of the movie Mason says its been a long time since he's thanked anyone for anything. However, the day before he thanked Goodspeed for not embarrassing him in front of his daughter.

Budget: $75 million ($US)

Gross: $135 million in the USA and $325 million worldwide ($US)

Filming Locations:
- Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, California, USA
- San Francisco, California, USA
- San Pedro, California, USA
- Ventura, California, USA