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starring: Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris, John Spencer, David Morsedirected by: Michael Bay
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786304258989
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Digital Sound, HiFi Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 6304258984
Label: Buena Vista \ Hollywood Pictures
Manufacturer: Buena Vista \ Hollywood Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Buena Vista \ Hollywood Pictures
Release Date: June 09, 1997
Running Time: 136 minutes
Sales Rank: 4793
Studio: Buena Vista \ Hollywood Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: June 07, 1996
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Description:
Hollywood superstar Sean Connery (FINDING FORRESTER) joins Academy Award(R)-winner Nicolas Cage (1995 Best Actor -- LEAVING LAS VEGAS) in the action-packed thriller of the year, THE ROCK! All of San Francisco is taken hostage when a vengeful general (Ed Harris -- A BEAUTIFUL MIND) seizes control of Alcatraz Island, threatening to launch missiles loaded with deadly poison gas! With time running out, only a young FBI chemical weapons expert (Cage) and a notorious federal prisoner (Connery) have the skills to penetrate the island fortress and defuse the lethal situation! Edge-of-your-seat suspense and unstoppable action explode off the screen in this must-see motion picture event!
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - The Rock, rocks!!
I love this movie! It came as a suprise to me because I'm not normally a big fan of the action genre. The story itself has levels deeper than the special effects and explosions. You care about the characters and what has and will happen in their lives. Okay, completely believeable, not so much, but that's the fun of the action genre!
Rating: - A Thriller That Rocks
There are a variety of many-splendored reasons to watch this 1996 action flick, where an early peek at pre-9/11 terrorism rears its ugly head. The performances soar: Sean Connery as a nonchalant killer intent on saving "The City By the Bay" - Nicholas Cage, as his astute but nervous student - and Ed Harris as a fearless mad Marine who formulated a plot to blow up San Francisco through the tunnels of Alcatraz. I enjoyed the love angle between Nicholas Cage and his girlfriend and the redemption of ... Read More
Rating:  - coolcoolcool
one interesting fact is that the navy seals are the best anywhere and would have gutted those marines in the first fight.anyway,the moviemakers know nothiung about the special forces.in this great film,sean connery is offered a pardon if hell help some navy seals and a rocket nerd sneak into alkatraz prison to stop some renegade marines from blasting sanfransisco full of rockets filled with cx gas.this stuff will make you "spasm so hard youll snap your own back and thats after your skin is eaten ... Read More
Rating: - im Sean Connery and im on The Rock
a top notch action thriller is one of the best action movies of 1996. its about Ed Harris and hes fed up with crap so he organizes a team and they hold up Alcatraz because he's going to launcha missle that'll kill a lot of people. Nicolas Cage, with Sean Connery(a man who knows Alcatraz like he knows his foes), Michael Biehn and a team of professionals go to The Rock and try to get the missles and stop Harris from killing innocent people. some stupid oneliners but otherwise its great with a car chase, ... Read More
Rating: - Well-acted action thriller
Featuring Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage and Ed Harris,this is a fast-paced action thriller that is, of course, very well acted and full of energy.
The cinematography is topflight, as is the direction, and it will keep you interested until the end, as a good yarn should.
I would rate it as an easy five stars except for the message the story-line pushes: that the government has stiffed our combat soldiers and treated them with anonimity, and when they ... Read More
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