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.
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09/19/08
The Rock (1996)
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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... [More]
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Sean Connery, Ed Harris, Michael Biehn
Director: Michael Bay
Reviews for The Rock
Top CriticEntertaining action, nothing more nor less.
12/30/06
Top CriticFake countdown and knowing reactionary tone, but the best SF car chase to date.
06/24/06
Top CriticThe Rock has its moments, but ultimately overshoots the target.
01/01/00
The Rock is the Guy Movie to end all Guy Movies, a ridiculously overblown summer testosterone blowout right down to the Wagnerian strains of the soundtrack and its stunningly high body count. It's also a hell of a lot of fun.
01/01/00
Above Mission Impossible and Twister put together. But being better than two bloated, style-over-substance movies does not equal good.
06/05/02
A first-rate, slam-bang action thriller with a lot of style and no little humor.
01/01/00
Top CriticFreneticaly paced action flick truly thrills.
01/01/00
The movie, directed by sophomore Michael Bay (Bad Boys) is almost unwatchable.
05/26/06
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
By the time Cage says, late in the film, 'OK, that's just about the most awful thing I've ever seen,' the audience should be ready to agree.
01/01/00
Excitement may be The Rock's selling point, but it has plenty more to offer than you bargained for.
01/01/00
For all-out amusement-park entertainment, The Rock is one heck of a ride.
03/19/01
Extremely far-fetched, but undeniably exciting.
01/23/06
One hell of a story -- and hands down the best action flick of the year to date.
01/01/00
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.
04/12/02
As an action film, this movie delivers the goods, but the best part is the acting.
01/01/00
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
The Rock is a B-movie blast!
06/11/02
What The Rock does best is pay homage to some of the classic, if not well-worn, films and themes to emerge from Hollywood in the last three decades.
01/01/00
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