Alcatraz The Complete Series

Tienda It's still got that mystique, Alcatraz. Where else would you build a TV series premise about the closing of a prison that resulted not in the orderly dissemination of the remaining prisoners and staff but an inexplicable opening in the time-space continuum that caused the vanishing of hundreds of people? Alcatraz closed in 1963, so the present-day characters in Alcatraz have their hands full, and their minds blown, when the missing folks begin to materialize in San Francisco. This means the 2012 show's double-humped concept has investigators solving a case per episode--these escapees are still up to their old criminal tricks--but also pursuing the overall mystery of what the heck happened in '63. The presence of genre maestro and executive producer J.J. Abrams can't lick this awkward setup; for instance, even with an eager suspension of disbelief, it's tough to imagine that nobody in this alternate universe would have questioned the mass disappearance of that many Alcatraz-connected people at the same moment. It would help, of course, if the characters were something other than tiresomely stock. Sarah Jones plays the cop with a personal connection to the case (rather refreshingly without a romantic interest), Lost favorite Jorge Garcia is the Alcatraz expert/comic shop owner who joins the investigative crew, and Sam Neill grimaces as the hard-as-nails boss man. The show's distinguishing factors include some striking set design as well as truly explicit violence--none of which was enough to sustain it beyond 13 episodes, at which point it was cancelled. The show was obviously meant to be spun out over a good long spell, so--spoiler alert--the "Finale" ends with a cliffhanger designed for an exciting follow-up. That won't happen, and it's not difficult to see why the thing didn't catch on. Special features in this three-disc set consist of a short gag reel and a 10-minute look at the filmmakers and cast talking about the allure of the original Alcatraz. --Robert Horton

Detalles del producto Descatalogado por el fabricante : No Clasificación de MPAA : NR (Not Rated) Dimensiones del producto : 0,7 x 7,5 x 5,4 pulgadas; 0,64 Onzas Director : Various Formato multimedia : Color, NTSC, Cofre, Formatos múltiples, Subtitulado, Dolby, AC-3 Tiempo de ejecución : 9 horas y 32 minutos Fecha de lanzamiento : octubre 16, 2012 Actores : Various Subtítulos: : Coreano, Español, Francés, Tailandés Idioma : Inglés (Dolby Digital 5.1) Estudio : WarnerBrothers ASIN : B008B4KVRE Número de discos : 3 Clasificación en los más vendidos de Amazon: nº48,474 en Películas y TV (Ver el Top 100 en Películas y TV) nº7,732 en DVDs de Drama Opiniones de clientes: 4.7 4.7 de 5 estrellas 707 calificaciones Descatalogado por el fabricante : No Clasificación de MPAA : NR (Not Rated) Dimensiones del producto : 0,7 x 7,5 x 5,4 pulgadas; 0,64 Onzas Director : Various Formato multimedia : Color, NTSC, Cofre, Formatos múltiples, Subtitulado, Dolby, AC-3 Tiempo de ejecución : 9 horas y 32 minutos Fecha de lanzamiento : octubre 16, 2012 Actores : Various Subtítulos: : Coreano, Español, Francés, Tailandés Idioma : Inglés (Dolby Digital 5.1) Estudio : WarnerBrothers ASIN : B008B4KVRE Número de discos : 3