there be really two section of this film . firstly there the laughable prologue to the film which be so hysterical and cornball that it would almost feel appropriate that the the simpson troy mcclure should be do the narration . then the rest of the film begin ( start off with a title song which really doesn not fit in with the rest of the film ) which and while technically ok and be kill by a vague and inconsistent and unconvincing plot and not just uninteresting character and but character that make no sense . this be especially so with mickey rooney spiventa and who be supposedly in on the plot and part of the organisation the whole time yet what would have happen have hackman make the seemingly arbitrary decision to take him along when break out . in that case he would have be a totally superfluous and unnecessary character and which in the end he still be . the overall problem of the film be that it totally unwilling to put any detail on who or what be behind this conspiracy . it a if the filmmaker do not have the courage to imply that a particular section of society would be capable of create such an organisation and instead settle on the hope that a lack of explanation would suffice and the audience would form their own conclusion . put simply and the film fail on all level .