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Sean Connery | ... | ||
Nicolas Cage | ... | ||
Ed Harris | ... | ||
John Spencer | ... |
F.B.I. Director Womack
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David Morse | ... | ||
William Forsythe | ... |
Ernest Paxton
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Michael Biehn | ... | ||
Vanessa Marcil | ... | ||
John C. McGinley | ... |
Marine Captain Hendrix
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Gregory Sporleder | ... | ||
Tony Todd | ... | ||
Bokeem Woodbine | ... | ||
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Jim Maniaci | ... | |
Greg Collins | ... | ||
Brendan Kelly | ... |
Stanley Goodspeed, who lives in Washington D.C., is a biochemist who works for the FBI. Soon after his fiancée Carla Pestalozzi announces that she is pregnant, Stanley gets a call from FBI director James Womack. Womack tells Stanley that San Francisco's Alcatraz Island has been taken hostage, along with 81 tourists, by marine General Francis Xavier Hummel who, for years, has been protesting the government's refusal to pay benefits to families of war veterans who died during covert military operations. The death of his wife Barbara Hummel on March 9, 1995 drove General Hummel over the edge, and now he's holding hostages in order to get his point across. Stanley is needed because General Hummel has stolen some VX gas warheads and has announced that he will launch them onto San Francisco unless his demands are met. Stanley knows how to disarm the bombs, but Stanley needs someone who knows Alcatraz well enough to get him inside. That man is former British intelligence agent John Patrick ... Written by Todd Baldridge
"The Rock" combined action, adventure, comedy, romance, special effects and a great plot into one of the biggest worldwide blockbuster action films in decades. Add to the mix, Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris and a great supporting cast including John Spencer, William Forsythe and David Morse, and "The Rock" is one of the best ways to spend two hours. This film also devotes a great deal of time and effort to character development, something that most action movies neglect. This film is definitely underrated and is worth more praise than it has received.