And the way that leads to a San Francisco street car chase inspired by " Bullitt," leading to acrash almost as sensational as the train crash in " The Fugitive." Strange, isn't it, that after going to all that trouble to escape, Mason allows himself to be recaptured almost passively-probably because unless he joins the team, there's no movie. Consider, for example, the highly entertaining way in which Mason turns a haircut into an opportunity to dangle one of his old enemies by a cord from a top floor of a hotel. Sometimes it doesn't even matter much how they fit together. Movies like "The Rock" progress from one action sequence to another. Mason's qualification: He is a jailbreak expert who is the only man ever to escape success fully from Alcatraz. Edgar Hoover's secret files("even the truth about JFK's assassination") before being secretly jailed for life without a trial. We've already seen Goodspeed think fast while sealed in an airtight chamber with a deadly chemical bomb now he's assigned to join the task force, even though he's basically a lab rat with minimal fieldor combat experience.Īnother key member of the team is Mason, a British spy who, we learn, successfully stole all of J. A news blackout is imposed while the Pentagon assembles a team to break into Alcatraz and neutralize the poison gasmissiles. Hummel is known and respected in Washington, and his demands are taken seriously. He wants $100 million in payments to their next of kin. What are the demands? Hummel, who has three Purple Hearts, two Silver Stars and the Medal of Honor, is angered that 83 men have died under his command and never been recognized, because they wereon secret missions that the government denied even existed. Harris and his men have occupied the former prison island, taken civilian hostages, and threatened to fire deadly rockets at San Francisco unless their demands are met. The plot hook is a mission to break into Alcatraz.