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Crazy Backwards Escape from Alcatraz

This is an oddly unbalanced, but very enjoyable action film.

Disgruntled colonel Ed Harris is justly pissed about how the government treats families of men killed on secret missions and such. He steals some missiles, loads them with an ultra-deadly bioweapon, and take tourists hostage on Alcatraz Island. FBI geek Nicolas Cage teams up with escape expert Sean Connery to sneak in and defuse the missiles. All the main characters are very well written and performed. Not surprisingly, this tends to clash a bit with the cartoonish level the overblown action often reaches.

Director Michael Bay manages to keep the lid on just enough to keep the movie under control, for the most part. Contains a manic chase scene which pays tribute to movie chase scene clichés. 

P-stars Cage and Connery; gun fu; missile fu; incredible melting men; primo gratuitous car chase.

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