- A prisoner's plot to escape from Alcatraz turns into a two-day hostage stand-off that results with showdown against the prison guards and the U.S. Army.
- Genetically enhanced individuals decide to create a utopia by exterminating "imperfect" people. A widowed journalist falls for a mysterious young woman he has rescued from a terrorist attack and brings her to the home he shares with his introverted teenage son. Her presence disrupts their lives in many ways.