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A mild-mannered chemist and an ex-con must lead the counterstrike when a rogue group of military men, led by a renegade general, threaten a nerve gas attack from Alcatraz against San Francisco.

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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

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Alcatraz. Only one man has ever broken out. Now five million lives depend on two men breaking in. See more »


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Rated R for strong violence, language and a sex scene | See all certifications »

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7 June 1996 (USA)  »

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Budget:

$70,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£5,604,935 (UK) (19 July 1996)

Gross:

$134,006,721 (USA) (8 November 1996)
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Trivia

The film cast includes two Oscar winners: Sean Connery and Nicolas Cage; and one Oscar nominee: Ed Harris. See more »

Goofs

(at around 48 mins) When the Ferrari finally is destroyed, it appears that it is simply a shell sitting over a chassis. The shell seems to almost jump off the chassis upon impact, indicating that it wasn't bolted in as it should be. See more »

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[first lines]
General Hummel: Congressman Weaver and esteemed members of the Special Armed Services Committee, I come before you to protest a grave injustice... It has to stop.
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Featured in The Oprah Winfrey Show: Summer Movie Reviews (1996) See more »

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World Without Love
Written by John Lennon, Paul McCartney
Performed by Peter & Gordon
Courtesy of Capitol Records
Under license from EMI-Capitol Music Special Markets
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Definitely underrated!
21 March 2001 | by (Poughkeepsie, NY) – See all my reviews

"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.


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