The Rock

About The Rock

When vengeful General Francis X. Hummel seizes control of Alcatraz Island and threatens to launch missiles loaded with deadly chemical weapons into San Francisco, only a young FBI chemical weapons expert and notorious Federal prisoner have the skills to penetrate the impregnable island fortress and take him down.

The Rock (1996) is a thriller film directed by Michael Bay. It runs 137 minutes and was released in June 1996.

Its themes are shootout, military, ambivalent, and mercenary.

Sean Connery stars as John Patrick Mason, Nicolas Cage as Dr. Stanley Goodspeed, Ed Harris as Brigadier General Francis X. Hummel, USMC, and John Spencer as FBI Director James Womack. The screenplay is by David Weisberg and Douglas S. Cook. It comes from Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films and Hollywood Pictures. American members can watch it on YouTube TV.

Face/Off, Half Past Dead, and Die Hard make useful companions to The Rock, all filed under FBI, FBI agent, and prison escape. TMDB voters put it at 7.2 out of 10 across 5,408 votes and it carries a R rating.