It’s almost impossible not to like any dramatic concept conceived around Alcatraz, the famous and shuttered prison-turned-tourist-attraction that sits on its own little island, from what seems a stone’s throw from one of the most beautiful cities in the world.
The J.J. Abrams-produced Fox drama revolves around the concept that when the infamous prison Alcatraz closed, all the remaining prisoners were not shipped to other prisons, they mysteriously vanished. 302 prisoners and guards went poof into the night.
And now they're back. And they haven’t aged. And they’re picking up where they left off in the doing-bad-things department. Now, a San Francisco cop, Det. Rebecca Madsen (Sarah Jones), has stumbled on a murder committed by the first prisoner to surface. She's aided in her search by “Alcatraz expert and comic book enthusiast” Dr. Diego “Doc” Soto (Jorge Garcia).
Those two get more information than they really know what to do with once they interfere with and then essentially get absorbed by government agent Emerson Hauser (Sam Neill) and his less evil-seeming partner, Lucy (Parminder Nagra). Yeah, we know the real story, Hauser says reluctantly. But the hows and whys will come slowly.
(review content partially lifted from Hollywood Reporter-thanks y'all!)
I will be watching. BTW JJ Abrams has started shooting the next Star Trek already. I wonder if Captain Kirk will have an iPhone...
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