The Rock (1996)
Average Rating: 6.5/10
Reviews Counted: 49
Fresh: 33 | Rotten: 16
For visceral thrills, it can't be beat. Just don't expect The Rock to engage your brain.
Average Rating: 6.1/10
Critic Reviews: 17
Fresh: 11 | Rotten: 6
For visceral thrills, it can't be beat. Just don't expect The Rock to engage your brain.
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Movie Info
The sophomore film from former music video and commercial director Michael Bay, this fast-paced action yarn featured rapid-fire editing, a cutting-edge rock soundtrack and liberal use of shots awash in a haze of burnished hues, all trademarks of producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer. Nicolas Cage stars as Stanley Goodspeed, an FBI chemical weapons expert handed a unique assignment. Francis X. Hummel (Ed Harris), an insane Marine Corps general, has taken 81 tourists hostage on the abandoned
Jun 7, 1996 Wide
Dec 2, 1997
Disney
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Cast
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Nicolas Cage
Stanley Goodspeed -
Sean Connery
John Patrick Mason -
Ed Harris
Gen. Francis X. Humm... -
Michael Biehn
Commander Anderson -
William Forsythe
Eddie Paxton -
David Morse
Major Tom Baxter -
David Bowe
Dr. Ling -
Jim Caviezel
Rear F-18 Pilot -
Anthony Clark
Paul the Hotel Barbe... -
Greg Collins
Private Gamble -
Raymond Cruz
(uncredited) -
John Enos III
Sea Stallion Pilot -
Jack Ford
Military Official -
Willie Garson
Francis Reynolds -
Anthony Guidera
Lead F-18 Pilot -
Thomas J. Hageboeck
F.B.I. Agent Cord -
Buck Kartalian
Reverend -
Ken Kells
Spotter -
Brendan Kelly
Cox -
Todd Louiso
Marvin Isherwood -
Jim Maniaci
Private Scarpetti -
John C. McGinley
Marine Capt. Hendrix -
Danny Nucci
Special Agent Shepar... -
Raymond O'Connor
Park Ranger Bob -
Howard Platt
Louis Lindstrom -
John Spencer
FBI Director Womack -
Gregory Sporleder
Capt. Frye -
Marshall R. Teague
Seal Reigert -
Tony Todd
Capt. Darrow -
Tom Towles
Alcatraz Park Ranger -
Sam Whipple
Larry Henderson -
Bokeem Woodbine
Sgt. Crisp -
Ralph Peduto
FBI Agent Hunt -
Andy Ryan
Lab Technician -
John Nathan Turner
FBI Radar Technician -
Claire Forlani
Jade Angelou -
Harry Humphries
Navy Admiral -
Juan A. Riojas
Hummel Marine "B" -
Jack Yates
Hummel Marine "A" -
Vanessa Marcil
Carla Pestalozzi -
Sean Skelton
Kid on Motorcycle -
Ingo Neuhaus
Marine That Dies -
Robert M. Anselmo
F.B.I. Radar Technic... -
Robert Ben Rajab
Alcatraz Park Ranger -
Robert C. Besgrove
F.B.I. Agent -
Dennis Chalker
Seal Boyer -
Steve Decker
Navy Seal -
Billy Devlin
Navy Seal -
Dando Gaver
Seal Dando -
Joseph Hawes
Navy Seal -
Dwight Hicks
F.B.I. Agent Star -
Joseph Patrick Kelly
Hummel Marine -
Raquel Krelle
Agent Margie Wood -
John W. Love Jr.
Tourist -
Jane Sanguinetti Lue...
Tourist -
Mike Mahrer
Navy Seal -
Leonard McMahan
Cable Car Conductor -
Carlos Sandoval
Navy Seal -
Fred Savallon
Chef -
Ronald Simmons
Alcatraz Park Ranger -
Hans George Struhar
Valet -
Ricky Toms
Navy Seal -
Celeste Weaver
Stacy Richards -
Steve Harris
Private McCoy -
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All Critics (49) | Top Critics (17) | Fresh (33) | Rotten (16) | DVD (28)
The yarn has its share of gaping holes and jaw-dropping improbabilities, but director Michael Bay sweeps them all aside with his never-take-a-breath pacing.
Top CriticSlick, brutal and almost human, this is the team-spirit action movie Mission: Impossible should have been.
Fake countdown and knowing reactionary tone, but the best SF car chase to date.
A violence-intoxicated, far-fetched, morally corrupt drama.
From a helicopter's point-of-view, The Rock is just typical big American dumb fun. It's only when you look underneath at the film's underlying assumptions that you want to recoil.
A popcorn-movie deluxe.
An explosive, violent, mile-a-minute actioner.
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.
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.
Un festival de démolition aussi grandiose que profondément immature
Entertaining action, nothing more nor less.
The movie, directed by sophomore Michael Bay (Bad Boys) is almost unwatchable.
Extremely far-fetched, but undeniably exciting.
A rousing action picture with generous dashes of humor, The Rock remains the much-maligned director's best film
It may not be an original, but it's certainly a good knock-off.
The movie's extreme violence, exhausting action and macho posturing make it an unlikely ticket choice for women and unsuitable for children.
A huge, noisy mess.
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.
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.
The Rock is a B-movie blast!
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.
Above Mission Impossible and Twister put together. But being better than two bloated, style-over-substance movies does not equal good.
Audience Reviews for The Rock
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- Stanley Goodspeed: If the rocket renders it aerosol, it could take out an entire city of people.
- John Patrick Mason: Really? And what happens if you drop one?
- Stanley Goodspeed: Well, happily, it will just wipe just you and me
- John Patrick Mason: How?
- Stanley Goodspeed: It's a cholinesterase inhibitor. It stops the brain from sending messages down the spinal cord within 30 seconds. Any epidermal exposure or inhalation and you'll a twinge at the small of your back as the poison seizes your nervous system... DO NOT MOVE THAT! Your muscles freezes, you can't breathe, you spasm so hard you break your back and spit your guts out. But that's after your skin melts off.
- John Patrick Mason: My God.
- Stanley Goodspeed: Well, I think we'd like God on our side at the moment, don't you?
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- Stanley Goodspeed: I love pressure, I eat it for breakfast!
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- John Patrick Mason: The Rock has become a tourist attraction?
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- Stanley Goodspeed: Look, I'm just a biochemist. Most of the time, I work in a little glass jar and lead a very uneventful life. I drive a Volvo, a beige one. But what I'm dealing with here is one of the most deadly substances the earth has ever known, so what say you cut me some FRIGGIN' SLACK?
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- John Patrick Mason: Are you sure you're ready for this?
- Stanley Goodspeed: I'll do my best.
- John Patrick Mason: Your 'best'! Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home and f**k the prom queen.
- Stanley Goodspeed: Carla was the prom queen.
- John Patrick Mason: Really?
- Stanley Goodspeed: [cocks his gun] Yeah.
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- Stanley Goodspeed: Well, I'm one of those fortunate people who like my job, sir. Got my first chemistry set when I was seven, blew my eyebrows off, we never saw the cat again, been into it ever since.
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