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Movie poster: New Alcatraz (2001)
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New Alcatraz

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2001 · 95 min Science Fiction Horror Action
3.7 / 10 · TMDB

Paleontologist Robert Trenton answers the FBI's call to the remote, frozen wastes of Northeastern Antarctica. His expertise is needed to construct an underground maximum-security prison for the world's most dangerous terrorists, a facility the crew grimly nicknames 'New Alcatrax.' As they carve into the ancient ice, their drills shatter more than rock—they rupture a prehistoric tomb. From a two-hundred-year slumber, a primordial boa constrictor awakens, its hunger as vast as the ice sheets, and the labyrinthine prison becomes its new hunting ground.

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Year 2001
Country United States of America
Genre Science Fiction, Horror, Action
Director Phillip J. Roth
Runtime 95 min.
Rating TMDB: 3.7/10 (49 votes)

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The film cleverly uses its frozen, claustrophobic setting to amplify the threat, turning a high-tech prison into a prehistoric feeding ground. The creature feels like a force of nature unleashed upon human arrogance.

What lingers after the credits is the chilling idea that our most secure fortresses are no match for primeval hunger. The true prison is the ice itself. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Phillip J. Roth

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Claustrophobic concrete veins buried in ancient ice, humming with primal dread.

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