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72% Critic Match
The Rock
“Alcatraz. Only one man has ever broken out. Now five million lives depend on two men breaking in.”
7.2 / 10• 1996• 2h 17m•R• English
ActionAdventureThriller
Storyline
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 skills to penetrate the impregnable island fortress and take him down.
Cast & Crew
Sean Connery
John Patrick Mason
Lead
Nicolas Cage
Dr. Stanley Goodspeed
Ed Harris
Brigadier General Francis X. Hummel, USMC
John Spencer
FBI Director James Womack
David Morse
Major Tom Baxter
William Forsythe
Special Agent Ernest Paxton
Michael Biehn
Commander Charles Anderson
Vanessa Marcil
Carla Pestalozzi
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Michael Bay's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Rock is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
