It's 2002 and The California Penal Authority has reopened the most notorious prison in history - Alcatraz. Disgruntled Prison Bureaucrat-turned-criminal mastermind Donny (Morris Chestnut) has assembled a commando team to infiltrate the newly refurbished, high tech fortress in order to force a death row inmate to reveal the whereabouts of $200 million worth of gold. Inmate Nick Frazier (Ja Rule) must help Undercover FBI agent Sascha Petrosevitch (Steven Seagal) rally the other inmates to stop the invaders - before they murder the Supreme Court Justice who is present for the impending execution.