Too brainless to keep interest

Rating: Null/10 (9 October 1999)

Well, this is kind of a Armageddon/Independence Day clone... In other words: more nerve-racking than exciting!
The holes in the plot are numerous (forbidden to use your brain)and the many,many (not so many as Armageddon, though) sins against plausibility kill all involvement. Is THAT how a 60-year old man behaves/jumps/runs/jokes after 30 years in prison? Is THAT how the muting soldiers will get their money after all? I also got sick from the ridiculous scenes of stupid patriotism, and the total cliché at the end.
I really don't have anything against good action movies, but at least they have to stay honest with themselves. That is: if you're an action movie, then ACT like an action movie, without complexes or pretentions. Not so with The Rock! It pretends to be more intelligent than typical action movies. They try to make the Bad Guy Good(trying to avoid one-dimensional characters?). The injected humour (trying to put things into perspective?) seems totally out of place at times, which makes it difficult to care about what's going on.
This one doesn't even reach the ankles of Die Hard....