The Rock

Theatrical - Wide 1996-06-07

Cast Sean Connery Nicolas Cage Ed Harris John Spencer David Morse William Forsythe Michael Biehn Vanessa Marcil John Ginley Gregory Sporleder Tony Todd Bokeem Woodbine
Directed by Michael Bay
Written by David Weisberg Douglas Cook Mark Rosner

Genres: Action

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A decorated military hero (Ed Harris) and his band of commandos seize Alcatraz Island, taking a group of tourists hostage. His demands are simple. He wants recognition, benefits and tributes for the families of covert military operatives who have died in... See more service to their country. If his demands are not met, he will launch a battery of rockets charged with lethal poison gas into San Francisco.

The city’s only hope for salvation is an FBI chemical weapons expert and a top-secret federal prisoner (Sean Connery), who is the only known convict to have escaped the island fortress. With the clock ticking, this unlikely duo embarks on a desperate bid to infiltrate the island and detoxify the weapons before disaster strikes.

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