| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Nominated | Oscar | Best Sound Kevin O'Connell Greg P. Russell Keith A. Wester |
Hollywood Pictures
Directed by Michael Bay
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Starz)
Mindless action film from Michael Bay that entertains despite itself. A psychopathic Marine general takes over the abandoned Alcatraz prison near San Francisco. He takes tourists hostage and then threatens to hit the city with missiles loaded with nerve gas...all in the name of "patriotism". The FBI sends in Nicolas Cage, an expert on chemical warfare, and Sean Connery, a British agent and the only person to ever escape from Alcatraz. The two make an unusual, but effective, pair as they infiltrate the prison via an elaborate underground tunnel system. One of the last big Hollywood pictures where most of the stunts are real instead of computer generated imagery.
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