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Mood:
Rough Suspenseful Exciting Stylized Tense
Plot:
Hostages Race Against Time Rescue Terrorism Heroic Mission Chases and Races Confined Crimes more...
Genres:
Action Thriller Hollywood Tone Adventure
Time/Period:
20th Century 90s
Place:
USA Island Prison
Audience:
Boys' Night
Praise:
Award Winner Blockbuster
Attitudes:
Serious Realistic Fast
Score:
Rock
Flag:
Profanity Violent Content

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The Rock, 1996

Starring: Nicolas Cage, Sean Connery

Directed by: Michael Bay

Written by: David Weisberg

Language: English

Country: USA

Runtime: 136 min

MPAA Rating: R

Rating:7.3

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The mood of The Rock is rough, exciting, and suspenseful. The plot centers around hostages, terrorism, and a race against time. It is a thriller, action, and adventure movie. Stylistically, The Rock has a Hollywood tone. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The pacing is fast. The Rock takes place, at least partly, on an island and in a prison. The setting is the USA. It happens in the 1990s. The musical score of The Rock is rock. The movie is known for being a blockbuster and an award winner. It is especially suggested for a boys' night. Note that The Rock includes profanity and violent content.

Summary of The Rock

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 missiles over San Francisco if Washington doesn't make amends to ignored combat victims to the tune of $100 million. A cadre of Navy SEALs are dispatched to quell the situation, assisted by the mysterious, macho John Mason (Sean Connery), the only man to ever escape from Alcatraz, who must now help the SEALs break back in. Joining them is mild-mannered chemical weapons expert Stanley Goodspeed (Nicolas Cage), who is unaccustomed to such things as guns and military maneuvers. Their high-octane mission is filled with surprises, particularly after Hummel and company quickly annihilate the SEALs--leaving Mason and Goodspeed to save the day all by themselves.

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Language:	English
Country:	USA
Release date:	7 June 1996
Runtime:	136 min

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Nicolas Cage

as Dr. Stanley Goodspeed

Sean Connery

as John Patrick Mason

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Variety

This is a pure popcorn picture that benefits heavily from its trio of highly skilled, charismatic leading thesps, an unusual setting that provides plenty of visual stimulation, and a confrontational standoff that actually stems from a legitimately... Full Review

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by: Todd McCarthy

The New York Times

Seldom is it clearer that a film is nothing more than high-gloss jokey escapism, or that when visual cliches are this relentless they become weirdly fascinating in their own right. Full Review

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by: Elvis Mitchell

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Wow. What an awful movie. I understand having to suspend disbelief, but suspending every shred of reality is too much. How do you get 81 hostages for 2-3 days with no food and not have at least one diabetic? Thats really the most mild of the... Read and rate it

17.June.2010
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by: hawks5999
hawks5999 rated this movie1/10Awful

Perfect for a boys' night.

The fast-paced action makes this movie very exciting. But it seems that the focus is almost completely on Sean Connery. Read and rate it

29.August.2008
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by: ralph.wiggum
ralph.wiggum rated this movie0/10

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