Adidas03
07-26-2001, 02:00 AM
The Rock (10/10)
Produced by: Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer
Directed by: Michael Bay
Starring: Nicholas Cage, Sean Connery and Ed Harris
Running time: 136 minutes (Rated R)
Plot: There's a hostage situation on Alcatraz, a group of renegade Marines have seized the island and 81 tourists, and now the only person to break out, must break back in to save them. The San Francisco bay area is at stake for a chemical weapon strike, and the only people who can save the city are a 60 year old highly trained SAS operative and an FBI chemical weapons specialist.
*** minor spoilers below ***
Review: Okay first and foremost I have to say I really liked "the Rock" because it was
different, this film doesn't follow the overused formula for a flick of its genre. It is not another movie trying to copy "Die Hard". The villian is not even that bad of a guy, Generall Hummell just wants compensation for the death of Reconnaissance
Marines. The government still won't give in to his demands so he and an elite team of U.S. Marines take Alcatraz Island under siege. Surely his demands couldn't be too
steep and he ends up not even executing any civilians. I hope I haven't revealed too much, I don't want to give away this movie for those who haven't seen it. I guarantee after you have watched "The Rock", you will a new-found respect for Recon Marines though. This film has a moving story and great scenes of action to go with it. And oh yeah, there is no unrealistic face-off at the end between the bad guy and the good guy in some wierd place. It you feel up to a classic action-thriller, this is probably one of the first movies I suggest.
Produced by: Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer
Directed by: Michael Bay
Starring: Nicholas Cage, Sean Connery and Ed Harris
Running time: 136 minutes (Rated R)
Plot: There's a hostage situation on Alcatraz, a group of renegade Marines have seized the island and 81 tourists, and now the only person to break out, must break back in to save them. The San Francisco bay area is at stake for a chemical weapon strike, and the only people who can save the city are a 60 year old highly trained SAS operative and an FBI chemical weapons specialist.
*** minor spoilers below ***
Review: Okay first and foremost I have to say I really liked "the Rock" because it was
different, this film doesn't follow the overused formula for a flick of its genre. It is not another movie trying to copy "Die Hard". The villian is not even that bad of a guy, Generall Hummell just wants compensation for the death of Reconnaissance
Marines. The government still won't give in to his demands so he and an elite team of U.S. Marines take Alcatraz Island under siege. Surely his demands couldn't be too
steep and he ends up not even executing any civilians. I hope I haven't revealed too much, I don't want to give away this movie for those who haven't seen it. I guarantee after you have watched "The Rock", you will a new-found respect for Recon Marines though. This film has a moving story and great scenes of action to go with it. And oh yeah, there is no unrealistic face-off at the end between the bad guy and the good guy in some wierd place. It you feel up to a classic action-thriller, this is probably one of the first movies I suggest.