The Rock
- Release Date
- June 7, 1996
- Director
- Michael Bay
- Cast
- Sean Connery , Nicolas Cage , Ed Harris , John Spencer , David Morse , William Forsythe
- Runtime
- 136
- Main Genre
- Action
- Studio
- Hollywood Pictures
- Writers
- David Weisberg , Douglas Cook , Mark Rosner
- Tagline
- Alcatraz. Only one man has ever broken out. Now five million lives depend on two men breaking in.
Summary
For years Brigadier General Francis Xavier Hummel (ED HARRIS), a decorated military hero, has petitioned the United States government to honor his men who have lost their lives in service to their country during highly covert military operations by providing their families the same benefits and tributes due other war veterans. For years his efforts have been scorned. Now, angry and determined to seek justice, Hummel and a crack team of commandos seize control of Alcatraz Island, taking hostage a group of tourists. If reparations are not immediately forthcoming, Hummel plans to launch a battery of rockets charged with lethal V.X. poison gas on the San Francisco Bay area. The city's only hope for survival is FBI chemical/biological weapons expert, Stanley Goodspeed (NICOLAS CAGE), and a top-secret federal prisoner, John Patrick Mason (SEAN CONNERY), who also happens to be the only known convict to have escaped the island fortress. With the clock ticking, this unlikely and reluctant duo, escorted by a U.S. Navy SEAL team, embark on a desperate bid to infiltrate the island and detoxify the weapons before disaster strikes, in Hollywood Pictures' explosive drama, The Rock.
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