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The Rock (1996)

Directed by Michael Bay

Action | Crime | Thriller

Most recently watched by sensoria, archstanton43, zombiefreak, schofizzy, lolareels, noahphex, BTSjunkie

Overview

When vengeful General Francis X. Hummel seizes control of Alcatraz Island and threatens to launch missiles loaded with deadly chemical weapons into San Francisco, only a young FBI chemical weapons expert and notorious Federal prisoner have the stills to penetrate the impregnable island fortress and take him down.

Rated R | Length 137 minutes

Actors

Sean Connery | Nicolas Cage | Ed Harris | John Spencer | David Morse | William Forsythe | Michael Biehn | Vanessa Marcil | John C. McGinley | Gregory Sporleder | Tony Todd | Bokeem Woodbine | Jim Maniaci | Greg Collins | Brendan Kelly | Steve Harris | Danny Nucci | Claire Forlani | Celeste Weaver | Todd Louiso | David Bowe | Raquel Krelle | Dennis Chalker | Marshall R. Teague | Duffy Gaver | Steve Decker | Joseph Hawes | Mike Mahrer | Carlos Sandoval | Rick Toms | Billy Devlin | Jack Yates | Juan A. Riojas | Joseph Patrick Kelly | Ingo Neuhaus | John Laughlin | Harry Humphries | Howard Platt | Willie Garson | John Nathan | Robert M. Anselmo | Jack Ford | Thomas J. Hageboeck | Dwight Hicks | Ralph Peduto | Anthony Clark | Andy Ryan | Hans Georg Struhar | Robert C. Besgrove | Sean Skelton | Raymond O'Connor | Jane Sanguinetti | Luenell | John W. Love Jr. | Sam Whipple | Tom Towles | Ronald Simmons | Robert Ben Rajab | Leonard McMahan | Anthony Guidera | Jim Caviezel | John Enos III | Ken Kells | Fred Salvallon | Buck Kartalian | Xander Berkeley | Raymond Cruz | Matthew James Gulbranson | Philip Baker Hall | Pat Skipper | Stuart Wilson | Stanley Anderson | David Marshall Grant

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
03/31/2018TVBlu-rayLibrary8 stars
 

Viewing Notes

Fun revisit. I didn’t see this when it initially was released but a co-worker talked it up back in ‘99 so I rented it and was equally entertained. Still holds up rather well even as ridiculous as it becomes at times w/those sequences. Fortunately there’s a stellar cast top to bottom and it’s sad to see how fucking amazing Sean Connery was during this time knowing that he just up and quit the biz after LXG.

I wish Michael Bay was still making movies like this rather than Transformers.

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