Slick, brutal and almost human, this is the team-spirit action movie Mission: Impossible should have been.
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09/19/08
The Rock (1996)
65 %
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Reviews Counted: 46
Fresh: 30
Rotten:16
Average Rating: 6.5/10
Consensus: For visceral thrills, it can't be beat. Just don't expect The Rock to engage your brain.
Runtime: 2 hrs 16 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: In Michael Bay's THE ROCK, gung-ho general Francis Hummel (Ed Harris), armed with deadly chemical rockets and aided by violent cohorts, takes over the island of Alcatraz, holding 81 tourists hostage. Hummel promises to deploy the... [More]
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Sean Connery, Ed Harris, Michael Biehn
Director: Michael Bay
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Reviews for The Rock
Top Critic
It's an action junkie's angry fix -- 130 minutes of sound and fury, signifying nothing but big bucks and boundless contempt for viewer intelligence.
09/19/08
Providing an endless stream of one-liners, which put in check any of the films pretensions towards seriousness, Connery brings life to an otherwise formulaic movie.
09/19/08
Fake countdown and knowing reactionary tone, but the best SF car chase to date.
06/24/06
The movie, directed by sophomore Michael Bay (Bad Boys) is almost unwatchable.
05/26/06
A rousing action picture with generous dashes of humor, The Rock remains the much-maligned director's best film
08/06/05
The movie's extreme violence, exhausting action and macho posturing make it an unlikely ticket choice for women and unsuitable for children.
06/25/04
Connery was very good in this role, and his presence is the reason why The Rock doesn't suck as bad as it could have.
01/20/03
The dialogue is real sharp and perky, and cool one-liners abound. Oddly enough, the thing that works the least in the film is the action.
09/10/02
Top Critic In a summer already bursting at the seams with amazing special effects and star-driven excitement, The Rock redefines nail-biting suspense and heart-pounding action.
06/11/02
Above Mission Impossible and Twister put together. But being better than two bloated, style-over-substance movies does not equal good.
06/05/02
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