Rating: 
Summary: Not As Good As You Would Think
Review: This film The Rock was too overhyped, and the fact that it had so little action, made for an ok movie, but you expect more, no matter how many people tell you diffrently. The acting is ok, but the Academy Award Nomination for Sean Connery was ludacrous. And well this is the worst Nicholas Cage movie out. (With exception of Guarding Tess).The film The Rock is about a retired army veteran (Ed Harris) who wants compensation for a group of soldiers who werent even acknowledeged after loosing their life in the line of war. So he hijacks some nuclear weapons and takes over Alcatrez. Now San Fransisco's only hope is with an man (Sean Connery) who is still doing life in prison after he escaped Alcatrez, and his help is needed to sneak into the prison and with the help of a nuclear scientist (Nicholas Cage), they must take out the nuclear missiles. The features lacks action, and well the acting is less than tolerable. Its ok to rent, but not to buy, thats for sure. DVD Special Features Include: • Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
• Color, Closed-captioned, DTS Surround Sound, Widescreen, Dolby
• Commentary by director, actors, and produce Jerry Bruckheimer
• Disc One: The Feature
• Disc Two:
Analysis of the dive sequence by Hoyt Yeatman-Dream Quest Images
• "Movie Magic" episode on the film's special effects
• Outtakes selected by Michael Bay
• Production Stills
• Storyboards
• Production design drawings
• Do's and Don'ts of Hollywood gunplay with Harry Humphries and Marshall Teague
• Interview with Jerry Bruckheimer
• Excerpts from "Secrets of Alcatraz" documentary
• "The Rock" world premiere on Alcatraz
• Widescreen anamorphic format (2:35:1)
• Number of discs: 2
Rating: 
Summary: "The Rock" was fantastic
Review: "The Rock" is an all around fantastic movie. The characters are easy to identify with and likeable, and the action scenes leave nothing to be desired. Most of all, the story is very easy to believe, and entirely possible. The layout of the scenes is perfect, and you feel as though your right there along wiht the characters. Superb acting jobs are done by Cage and Connery, as well as the supporting cast. Most of all, the music that plays in the background during tense scenes and action scenes is another perfectly accomplished feat by Hans Zimmer.
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Summary: 'The Rock' Rocks!
Review: I happen to really like this 1996 Michael Bay directed action packed blockbuster. If you like that sort of thing, then you will be in action movie heaven. Nicolas Cage stars as a biochemist who works with a con(Sean Connery), who is the only person to escape Alcatraz, to help stop a psychotic war hero who is holding the island jail hostage. He plans on releasing poisonous gas on San Francisco. Ed Harris plays the mentally unstable war hero. He does is with steely excellence. Connery is his usually solid self in his role. Nicolas Cage is good as well. The action scenes are wild, loud, and as explosive as can be. There is also a nice touch of pretty funny comedy throughout the film as well. It's loud and obnoxious, and I love it. Michael Biehn, Tony Todd, Vanessa Marcil also star. This is one fun, wild ride. Take a trip to the rock.
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Summary: Action/comedy classic
Review: Feel like just sitting on the couch and killing a few hours with a video? The Rock is a great movie to just sit back and watch over and over. While the plot is thin, isn't it always with an action film? It is Unconventional Warfare (chemical weapons and the SEAL/Marine Recon team) that is believable, unlike, say, the Under Siege series. I've lost count of the amount of times I've seen this movie and always remember classic quotes like "Glass or plastic?" and "Ah'll take pleasure in guttin' yew, boa. Lot of teenage I'm-angry-at-my-father-anger here..." Great performances by Connery in the role of an untried SAS spy (slightly unbelievable), Nick Cage (FBI Agent Stan Goodspeed, Chemical Weapons expert) and Ed Harris (revolting Marine Commander.)
Rating: 
Summary: One less star 'cause DVD edition should be better featured
Review: Excellent movie. Nobody could disagree with this.
A real edge-of-the-seat action thriller full of great images and astonishing sound.
But the DVD release surely could be a higher quality stuff in terms of including a couple of more extras than the simple trailer.
Perhaps an interview to the actors or the director, backstage videos, or something like that. Action movies are particularly apt for enhancing them with that kind of extras, because the watcher always wants to know how this or that scene was footed. And of course the director's comments are always welcome.
I've got several early- and mid-80s action and suspense movies that include those cinema-fans most wanted features. Strangely this late-90s release lacks them.
In fact, after you watched to the movie a couple of times at the cinema, perhaps another two or three times at home, there's no further interest in the movie itself. But backstage videos or any kind of add-ons you could not see in cinemas surely can show you a different aproach to the subject.
This review applies to the standard edition, not the Criterion-Colection edition, which actually IS full of features. Unfortunately I found it after buying the other one.
Rating:
Summary: Non-stop, high octane movie.
Review: This movie is the single greatest action movie I have ever seen. It's very entertaining. It packs high power stars (Cage, Connery, and Harris) along with a heart pumping soundtrack by Hans Zimmer and the gang, and tops it all off with the high voltage producers Bruckheimer and Simpson (Days of Thunder, Crimson Tide, Armageddon and Con Air). Micheal Bay brings his unique style of non stop camera movements seen in the 'Aaron Burr' milk commercial as well as Bad Boys and Armageddon. Be prepared for one major league blast. Watch this movie. I think you'll be glad you did.
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Summary: Alcatraz is back in bussiness with a vengence
Review: In , 1933 Alcatraz was opened as a prizon facility to house
some of the worst criminals the world had ever seen at the time.
But Alcatraz or The Rock was closed for a time but now General
Hummel and his band of elite merc's have just put Alcatraz on the map again but it's no longer a jail anymore it's a war zone
because Hummel has taken hosteges and demanded fairness for the
mistreatment of his soilders or he will fire VX gas missles to
the San Francisco Bay area.It's up to an over the hill former
prisoner of Alcatraz and a biological cemical expert to go on
an excursion to take it back in this huge action thrill ride. Huge Explosions, high flying bullets and blood action packed
film with three great actors , get ready to rock with one of the
best movies Jerry Bruckenhimer has ever done.Sean Connery , ED
Harris,Nicholas Cage , The Rock is on fire and get it while it's
hot.
Rating:
Summary: a must have dvd
Review: incredible movie, great action all over san francisco. nicholas cage was great, sean connery at his best. breaking into alcatraz, what a storyline there.
Rating:
Summary: FANTASTIC
Review: This movie is the bomb and if you want to test your system to the fullest this is the one...
Rating:
Summary: Once again, Criterion takes it to another level...
Review: Next to T2: UE, this is the next best DVD in my collection. The film transer is perfect. The sound is wonderful, and the features are incredible. Buy this and buy this now!
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