美国海军陆战队法兰（艾德•哈里斯 Ed Harris 饰）将军因不满政府对退伍、战死军人及其家属的补偿和福利不满，率领部下将美军最新研制的生化武器――VX毒气弹――偷运到罗克岛，劫持了81名正在该岛观光的游客，控制了该岛。要挟美国政府48小时内支付1亿元赎金否则将杀死人质并用毒气弹袭击旧金山。
罗克岛之前曾是美国防卫最严密的监狱，易守难攻。美国政府偶然从档案中发现前英国特工梅森（肖恩•康纳利 Sean Connery 饰）曾顺利从该监狱出逃，于是他们请来了梅森，要求他30小时之内带领特种部队攻占这座“魔鬼岛”……

Little House on the Prairieis a TV miniseries based on the books by Laura Ingalls Wilder.

The story of the harrowing conditions at the Confederacy's most notorious prisoner-of-war camp. The drama unfolds through the eyes of a company of Union soldiers captured at the Battle of Cold Harbor, VA, in June 1864, and shipped to the camp in southern Georgia. A private, Josiah Day, and his sergeant try to hold their company together in the face of squalid living conditions, inhumane punishments, and a gang of predatory fellow prisoners called the Raiders.