Alcatraz

(series)
Trailer
Action / Mystery / Thriller
USA, 2012, 9 h 19 min (Length: 42–44 min)

Cinematography:

David Stockton, Stephen McNutt

Cast:

Sarah Jones, Jorge Garcia, Jonny Coyne, Parminder Nagra, Sam Neill, Leon Rippy, Jason Butler Harner, Robert Forster, Samuel Patrick Chu, Greyston Holt (more)
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Episodes(13)

Plots(1)

From executive producer J.J. Abrams comes Alcatraz, a chilling drama revolving around America's most infamous prison and onetime home to the nation's worst criminals. When San Francisco detective Rebecca Madsen is assigned a grisly homicide case, a fingerprint leads her to Jack Sylvane, an Alcatraz inmate who died over 30 years ago. With a family history involving the prison, Madsen's interest is immediately piqued. And once the secretive government agent Emerson Hauser tries to impede her investigation, she's doggedly committed. Turning to Alcatraz expert Dr. Diego "Doc" Soto to piece together the inexplicable sequence of events, the two discover that Sylvane is not only alive, but loose on the streets of San Francisco, exacting decades-old revenge and leaving bodies in his wake. And, strangely, he hasn't aged a day since 1963. Reluctantly teaming with Hauser and his technician, Lucy Banerjee, to stop Sylvane's vengeful killing spree, Madsen and Soto delve into Alcatraz history, government cover-ups and Madsen's own heritage, to discover that Sylvane is only a small part of a much larger, more sinister present-day threat. For while he may be the first to reappear from Alcatraz, it quickly becomes clear that Sylvane won't be the last. (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment)

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Reviews (1)

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English Season one: Abrams took his favorite ingredients from Lost and mixed them up into a slightly more traditional offering where we are introduced to a new murdering psychopath in each episode. Some are more memorable than others, but most important is the pretty well-cast team. The excellent Sam Neill acting is on a higher plane, and he’s given the room to do it. I was pleasantly surprised by Sarah Jones and, gone astray from Lost, Jorge Garcia isn’t any different here. The plot doesn’t thicken much until the finale, but it’s worth the wait. A gourmet chase around San Francisco with strong references to Bullitt. The final crucial secret and the ending beeeep had me moaning that damn! it’s the end again. What year is it? ()