Connery and Cage save the world

Rating: Null/10 (8 April 2010)

I was a little surprised at how ridiculous "The rock" is. It's about a group of rebellious marines, led by Ed Harris, who take Alcatraz by force and then threaten to fire a massively lethal gas upon the population unless they get one million dollar each as a compensation for the oblivion that they feel the American government has condemned all killed military to. Sean Connery is a member of the British Intelligence who is still held in prison, and was the only person to ever manage to escape from Alcatraz; and Nicolas Cage is a FBI chemical expert. They both end up being teamed up to save the world.
The whole premise, at least the way it is purported here, is completely ridiculous, and things are made worse by Michael Bay's direction, because he films the whole thing in his usual video clip style. I also found Sean Connery and Nicolas Cage to be a very unlikely hero duo -Connery's role perhaps a little parody of his 007 impersonation? There also aren't real serious villains, those that you love to hate until the heroes of the show take care of them; or any mind-blowing action.
All in all, "The rock" is, at best, one more action flick that you can watch and immediately hopefully forget.