Variety
This is a pure popcorn picture that benefits heavily from its trio of highly skilled, charismatic leading thesps, an unusual setting that provides plenty of visual stimulation...
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The Rock
Michael Bay's 1996 blockbuster starring Oscar-winners Nicolas Cage and Sean Connery as the only solution to a big problem: a military group gone rogue. Academy Award-nominee Ed Harris leads the troop, occupying Alcatraz with a deadly plan to drop nerve gas on San Francisco.
1996Rating: MA15+, Strong violence, Strong coarse language137 minsUSA
ActionAdventureThrillerBlockbuster
- Director:
- Michael Bay ('Transformers', 'Bad Boys', 'Pain & Gain', '13 Hours')
- Writer:
- David WeisbergDouglas CookMark Rosner
- Cast:
- Sean ConneryNicolas CageEd HarrisJohn SpencerDavid MorseWilliam ForsytheVanessa MarcilJohn C. McGinley
The Rock | Reviews
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Roger Ebert
A first-rate, slam-bang action thriller with a lot of style and no little humor.
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