Alcatraz is a new show for 2012, putting together parts of Heroes with Lost and abit of CSI. The main cast are assigned to a top-secret branch of the FBI, discovering that Alcatraz did not shut down in 1963 and the prisoners moved to other prisons. In 1963, the entire population of Alcatraz island; prisoner and prison staff just vanished. The whole event is covered up by the US Government and forgotten about, the story of the prison being shut down due to unsanitary conditions for prisoners and budget cuts is the blanket story still being given to the public in 2012.
However now the prisoners and prison staff are returning from where ever they vanished to, which is unknown and they seem to have been given missions and assignments by those who took them. A new branch of the FBI is formed, by Sam Neill who was once a guard at Alcatraz but who luckily avoided the vanishing, now he wants to find out what happened to those on the island. Enter Sarah Jones, a tough as nails FBI agent who stumbles onto the secrets Sam Neill is hiding from the public and joins the new branch, along with historical specialist Jorge Garcia from Lost.
The premise is good, and luckily I can say that Alcatraz is still pulling me in as a viewer for the moment with some top-notch action, back stories behind some of the prisoners returning and a Lost homage story involving those who did the vanishing and why they took the 63's. However it does have its faults, the story is original but not the format it is presented in. We've had it before with Haven, and other science-fiction crime shows. Hopefully Alcatraz can steer away into its own and guide itself, rather than fall back onto old used methods of presentation.
Alcatraz I would recommend to fans of Lost and Haven, as it has both elements.
However now the prisoners and prison staff are returning from where ever they vanished to, which is unknown and they seem to have been given missions and assignments by those who took them. A new branch of the FBI is formed, by Sam Neill who was once a guard at Alcatraz but who luckily avoided the vanishing, now he wants to find out what happened to those on the island. Enter Sarah Jones, a tough as nails FBI agent who stumbles onto the secrets Sam Neill is hiding from the public and joins the new branch, along with historical specialist Jorge Garcia from Lost.
The premise is good, and luckily I can say that Alcatraz is still pulling me in as a viewer for the moment with some top-notch action, back stories behind some of the prisoners returning and a Lost homage story involving those who did the vanishing and why they took the 63's. However it does have its faults, the story is original but not the format it is presented in. We've had it before with Haven, and other science-fiction crime shows. Hopefully Alcatraz can steer away into its own and guide itself, rather than fall back onto old used methods of presentation.
Alcatraz I would recommend to fans of Lost and Haven, as it has both elements.
