
Please note this is a Region B Blu-ray & will require either a Region B or Multi-Region Blu-ray player From executive producer JJ Abrams (Fringe Lost Star Trek) comes Alcatraz a chilling new drama revolving around America&s most infamous prison the one-time home to the nation&s worst murderers rapists kidnappers thieves & arsonists When San Francisco Police Department detective Rebecca Madsen is assigned to a grisly homicide case a fingerprint leads her to a shocking suspect Jack Sylvane an Alcatraz inmate who died over 30 years ago Given her family history -- both her grandfather & surrogate uncle Ray Archer were guards at the prison -- Madsen&s interest is immediately piqued & once the enigmatic knows-everything-but-tells-nothing government agent Emerson Hauser tries to impede her investigation she&s doggedly committed Madsen turns to Alcatraz expert & comic book enthusiast Dr Diego " Doc" Soto to piece together the inexplicable sequence of events The two discover that Sylvane is not only alive but he&s loose on the streets of San Francisco exacting decades-old revenge & leaving bodies in his wake & strangely he hasn&t aged a day since 1963 when Alcatraz was ruled by the iron-fisted Warden Edwin James & the sadistic Associate Warden EB Tiller Madsen & Soto reluctantly team with Hauser & his technician Lucy Banerjee to stop Sylvane&s vengeful killing spree By delving into Alcatraz history government cover-ups & Madsen&s own heritage the team will ultimately 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 Through the course of the investigation Madsen & Soto will learn that Hauser has been awaiting the prisoners& return for nearly 50 years Soto will witness his life&s work -- the history of Alcatraz -- come alive Madsen will be forced to keep her supportive San Francisco cop fiance Jimmy Dickens at arm&s length from the highly classified assignment as she sees everything she thought she knew about her family&s past shattered all while fighting to keep the country safe from history&s most dangerous criminals