Alcatraz Prison Escape: Deathbed Confession

Whoever did the production music needs to find a new line of work. Good luck deciphering what the hell they are saying because of that idiot producer that has the thought it was a good idea to crank the background music twice the volume of the voices. My Gods it's unwatchable.

Let's put the background music at a higher level than the narration. Can't hear the narration because the music is too loud. Unwatchable

Good luck hearing the narration on this documentary. Subject matter was interesting, but whoever did the sound should've been fired. Can barely hear the voices over the music and sound effects.

Alcatraz Prison Escape: Deathbed Confession (2015)

*** (out of 4)

Danny Trejo narrates this documentary that takes a look at what happened to the three convicts who escaped Alcatraz. This story is one of the greatest mysteries in American history and there have been countless theories over the year as to what happened.

This film was released the same year as the slightly better ALCATRAZ: SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH. Both films featured FBI Marshall Arthur D. Roderick who has been on this case for several years now. If you've seen that special then you know what "ending" it gave for the three men who escaped. This documentary gives you a completely different ending so I won't ruin what it is.

For the most part if you're a fan of these types of documentaries then you'll probably enjoy this one. I love certain subjects and Alcatraz is one of them so I will watch just about anything on it. The film manages to hold your attention as we've basically got a man on his deathbed confessing to his role in the escape. Again, I won't ruin what he did or what he claims happened but it is somewhat shocking and certainly much different than what most of these documentaries have shown.

If they did watch it, they would have the same trouble everyone else has: YOU CAN'T HEAR HALF THE INTERVIEW CONTENT BECAUSE THE MUSIC DROWNS IT OUT. Dishonest filmmaking for other reasons, e.g. Floating yet another sea story about this event, but this event and not helped by sub-moronic statements like "the rock has not revealed all it knows and all it doesn't know" -- like what isn't known can be revealed. The irony here perhaps is that a good fictional thriller probably could have been made of the material they were attempting to sell as fact, but perhaps that is more work than taking a premise and cobbling "supportive" material around it.