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Rating: 7/10 (14 October 2016)

The Rock (1996)2h 16min | Action, Adventure, Thriller 7/10 A mild-mannered chemist and an ex-con must lead the counter strike when a rogue group of military men, led by a renegade general, threaten a nerve gas attack from Alcatraz against San Francisco from super star action Director:Michael Bay Brought to you by Hollywood Pictures. academy award winning best supporting actor Sean Connery and nick cage star in adventure blockbuster that had critics are hailing as the drop deal thrill ride the rock millions of lives hang in the balance after a military madman seizes control of the island prison of Alcatraz and threatens to launch a deadly poison gas missile at San Francisco with time ticking away chemical weapons expert goodspeed and a federal prisoner who happens to be the only man to escape must now break in and disarm the missile from the hot film making team that brought you crimson tide and bad boys the rock delivers hard hiting action and suspense you'll never forget nominated for an Oscar with an outstanding cast Sean Connery ... John Patrick Mason Nicolas Cage ... Stanley Goodspeed Ed Harris ... General Francis X. Hummel John Spencer ... F.B.I. Director Womack David Morse ... Major Tom Baxter William Forsythe ... Ernest Paxton Michael Biehn ... Commander Anderson John C. McGinley ... Marine Captain Hendrix Jim Caviezel ... Rear F-18 Pilot (as James Caviezel) Stanley Goodspeed, who lives in Washington D.C., is a biochemist who works for the FBI. Soon after his fiancée Carla Pestalozzi announces that she is pregnant, Stanley gets a call from FBI director James Womack. Womack tells Stanley that San Francisco's Alcatraz Island has been taken hostage, along with 81 tourists, by marine General Francis Xavier Hummel who, for years, has been protesting the government's refusal to pay benefits to families of war veterans who died during covert military operations. The death of his wife Barbara Hummel on March 9, 1995 drove General Hummel over the edge, and now he's holding hostages in order to get his point across. Stanley is needed because General Hummel has stolen some VX gas warheads and has announced that he will launch them onto San Francisco unless his demands are met. Stanley knows how to disarm the bombs, but Stanley needs someone who knows Alcatraz well enough to get him inside. That man is former British intelligence agent John Patrick Alcatraz. Only one man has ever broken out. Now five million lives depend on two men breaking in
The film contains superior character development of both the antagonist and protagonist. Each is clear and well defined. We also learn the characters motives, reasoning, dramatic situation, and premise--all brilliantly introduced within the setuSean Connery provides us with strong character development through John Patrick Mason--." · It is uncanny how well the movie's visual style works. It propels the film's suspense the extra mile, increasing the tension and enticement. Also contributing to the style is the fitting soundtrack. There is a stolid, aggressively effective cast present. Each actor contributes a taut, penetrating performance, especially Ed Harris as the film's villain, General Francis X. Hummel who demands a moral purpose holding the lives of an urban area at stake.
* The character's motives and perfectly defined, especially General Francis X. Hummel. Even as the film's bad guy, he serves an understandable position, thus we empathize with him, unlike most villains witnessed in modern day thrillers.
The picture is unpredictable and contains several inducing and unexpected twists proving this movie is imaginative and free to surprise us. The conclusion is not formulaic. "The Rock" is filled with artful design and crafty performances. It is one of the 1996 best action films.