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Summary: 1 of the top action movies out there!
Review: This movie is 1 of my favorites of all time! It's great & it has a good plot, which can sometimes be hard to find in action movies. All the actors do a great job! The action is top notch! Nicolas Cage was awesome & amazing in this movie. They could have made him a normal guy whos caught in a situation. But instead the made him a loser, who happens to win. I say that because you could tell he wasn't a tough guy. Nicolas Cage was a bit of a wimp in this 1. Which was very entertaining to watch. I loved his character! Sean Connery is very true to the role of John Mason. There was a lota chemistry amounst the characters, especially between Cage & Connery. They played off each other very well. Don't get me wrong, the rest of the cast does an extremly great job. This is a movie I'd definitly recommend to everyone!
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Summary: Bruckheimer need I say more!
Review: First off we have Nicolas Cage, Sean Connery, and Ed Harris starring in this action movie. Nicolas Cage is a "chemical super-freak" who is directed to go to "The Rock" (Alcatraz) and difuse rockets armed with VX gas that could take out the whole city of San Francisco. Sean Connery is an ex-spy from Great Britain who has been held in our prison system for almost 30 years because he stole microphones and film that gave him the knowledge of the actual Kennedy assasination and some other of our secrets and was never charged. He has been chosen to lead Cage and Navy Seals into The Rock through the underground drainage system, because, well, he is the only man to escape! Ed Harris is a decorated veteran of the armed forces who was sick of seeing his soldiers die in Vietnam and the Persian Gulf and not get the proper burial a fallen soldier deserved. He stole rockets containing the VX gas and threatens to launch them at San Francisco if the boys back in D.C. do not meet his demands of transferring money from various secret accounts so that the families of these men receive the benefits they have never gotten and the soldiers who are helping him will get paid and move to non-extradition treaty country so they will face no charges.What this all adds up to is a great action flick. Bruckheimer & Simpson deliver the best movie they have ever put out (Simpsom passed in the making of the film, god rest his soul) arguably. The on-screen chemistry between Nicolas and Sean is awesome and offer some of the best one liners in movie history. Ed Harris gives a great performance and plays a great role! If you have not seen this movie you are missing perhaps one of the best action films made. There is some cheesiness and idiosincricies, but they are small and do not stand out. As Nicolas Cage's character Stanley Goodspeed said, Let's cut the chit-chat A-Hole, buy this movie and watch it over and over again.
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Summary: Top Of The Line Movie!
Review: Sean Connery,Nicholas Cage and Ed Harris were outstanding in this movie. It was action packed from the get go. Ed Harris plays a disillusioned general who seizes Alcatraz and threatens to Launch chemical weapons if his demands are not met. He wants missing soldiers accounted for by the government. Navy Seals are sent in and killed by the Harris forces. Cage who plays a chemical expert is called upon. Connery who has been a prisoner of the government for 20 plus years is called upon because he is the only man to ever break out of Alcatraz. Connery and Cage gain entrance to Alcatraz. They finally subdue the forces of Harris and disarm the chemical weapons. Connery is allowed to escape by Cage. The movie ends with Cage obtaining the secret film that sent Connery to prison. An outstanding movie.
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Summary: A Spellbinding Movie!
Review: This is a movie that i genuinely enjoyed. The movie had an excellent plot. The actors were outstanding. Sean Connery and Nicholas Cage played the heros very weel Ed Harris was outstanding in his role as a disillusioned Marine General. When Harris and his former troops seize Alcatraz and threaten San Francisco with chemical weapons the UniteD States government has to find an answer. Navy Seals(who were well played) are slaughtered by the Marine troops fall short. The government is forced to call upon the only man to ever break out of Alcatraz(Sean Connery). Connery,accompanied by chemical weapons expert Nicholas Cage penetrates Alcatraz. The action from that point is nonstop. Connery and Cage finally manage to offst and nuetralize the chemical weapons. Cage declares that Connery has been killed and Connery escapes to freedom after being imprisoned for more than 20 years. The final scene,where Cage obtains stolen film is a very fitting end to a good movie. This is a must see movie. Be sure to see it.
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Summary: The BEST Action Movie Ever Made
Review: This is the best action movie ever made. It has everything-gunfights, explosions, hand-to-hand combat. How can any reviewer now give this movie ANYTHING below 5 stars? Whether you have VHS or DVD, go out and rent or buy this movie now. Trust me.
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Summary: One of the best action films of all time
Review: "The Rock" is yet another great Bruckenheimer movie, perhaps his best (although that is debatable because of "Crimson Tide" would give it a run for its money). "The Rock" features top notch actors, something that is usually lacking in action flicks. Instead of lunchbox actors like Keanu Reeves, we get Ed Harris, Nicholas Cage and Sean Connery. The scenes in which Connery & Harris appear together are almost electric - both have such an authoritative screen presence. Micheal Biehn once again plays a Seal, although this time it is a much better role than the one he was given in that rather silly movie called "Navy Seals." One of the things I liked best about this movie is its depiction of Special Forces. I hate it when Hollywood makes elite fighting groups (such as Navy Seals, Green Berets, Ninjas, etc.) look like a bunch of incompetent buffoons. "The Rock" features one of the most favorable portayals of Marine Recon and Navy Seals that I have ever seen. Now, to dispel some of the criticism of the movie that I have read. Is some of this movie unbelievable? Of course it is. It's an action movie. It's not meant to be taken too seriously. It is entertaining and delivers on its promise of non-stop action. You have everything from Marine Recon vs. Navy Seals to a good car chase which involves a Ferrari to an Air Force air-strike, + a whole lotta neat stuff getting blown up. It is also about as plausible as action movies get. This is a great movie for all those who have even a passing appreciation for action movies. It's also a "must" movie for DVD to get all the full effect of the sights and sounds.
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Summary: One of the best action films ever!
Review: No doubt this is one of the best action movies ever. The music combined with Connery's and Cage's performance's, this movie is hard to beat. There's not much i can say about this film b/c when i saw it, it blew me away with all that gas chemical stuff. But I love this movie and I'll always remember it. No movie will ever take the place of this one!
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Summary: One of Michael Bay's best films ever made.
Review: I have this film on DVD and I think that Michael Bay did a good job on directing this film. This film is just as good as Armageddon. I think that The Rock and Armageddon are two of the best films that Michael Bay has ever directed.
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Summary: Better than the average action movie
Review: The Rock, in most aspects, is like the average action film. It has the explosions, the gunfights, and a car chase. However, there are some points to it that differentiate it from other films of the genre. What I liked about this movie was how the bad guy in the film wasn't really bad. General Francis Hummell (Harris) is just disgruntled. He wishes to expose the injustice that the government had inflicted upon him. However, he doesn't choose the right people to help him, nor does the choose the best method of carrying out his mission. He never does anything crazy in the movie. As Sean Connery's character says in the movie, "He's a soldier, not a murderer." Another thing I like about The Rock is its realistic portrayal of government. In some other films, the United States is made to be some kind of world savior, and almost like a group of angels and saints coming to anyone's rescue, and always doing what is good for the people. But in The Rock, the government is shown how it really is- deceptive at some times, and not always doing good for the people. In the movie, John Mason (Connery) is an ex-SAS agent from Scotland who stole secrets that the government had been hiding from the public. He was caught, and has been held in prison for 30 years without trial. The final good point of the movie was the incredible musical score by Hans Zimmer, Harry Gregson-Williams, and Nick Glennie-Smith. They seem to know how to do action music very well. One thing I didn't like about the movie, however, was the Bay-Bruckheimer syndrome. It was made into a movie with unrealistic and unbelievable action sequences. There were many parts that could have been done with a little bit more realism. This would have made the movie much better. Another thing I didn't like was how some parts of the movie remained unexplained and/or unfinished. For example, they never finish the story of Mason and his daughter, Jade Angelou. He is supposed to go and find her to prove that he exists (the government had erased all of his identity records), because she is his next of kin. Also, the fate of the hostages is never shown in the movie. It wasn't really that important to show, but it's just interesting that they forgot all about it. In short, The Rock is basically what it says on the box cover: A slam-bang action thriller. Nothing more. It gets that fourth star because of the reasons explained in the second and third paragraphs of this review. See this movie if you like nonstop action and don't mind unrealistic, crazy action sequences.
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Summary: Good movie, but unbelievable action scenes
Review: The reason this movie fails to get a five star rating from me is because of its extreme action scenes. Some examples of these are: when the trolley explodes, when Mason (Connery) crushes half of a parked car, when the F/A-18s pulled away at the very last second (it would be impossible in real life), and when Stanley (Cage) isn't hurt from the final explosion at the end. The movie would be five starts if the scenes above were more refined or devloped. However it did have great sound and great performance from Ed Harris. The bottom line: if you like well-developed, realistic movies, don't see The Rock. However, if you are in to non-stop, explosive, in-your-face action, then by all means see this movie.
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