The Rock R

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DVD Details

  • Rated: R
  • Closed captioning available
  • Run Time: 2 hours, 16 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: December 2, 1997
  • Originally Released: 1996
  • Label: Walt Disney Video

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Entertainment Reviews:

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Total Count: 64

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 305,062
Rating: 4/5 -- Neither as cartoonish as Con Air, nor as sentimental as Armageddon, this most satisfying of blockbuster movies deserves further kudos for establishing Nicolas Cage as one of Hollywood's unlikeliest action heroes. Full Review
Radio Times
May 27, 2014
Rating: 3/4 -- The borrowings from other movies, going all the way back to the car chase in 1968's Bullitt, are heavy. But Bay has three leads to lend weight and dimension to characters who are hardly original and flatly written. Full Review
Philadelphia Inquirer
May 27, 2014
...[The] blistering pace boasts an A-list acting trio in roles precisely tailored to their personas...
USA Today
Jun 7, 1996
Rating: 2/5 -- If it's not the most awful thing I've ever seen, it's close enough to make me wince. Full Review
Orlando Sentinel
May 27, 2014
The filmmakers got suckered by their own high-tech effects, turning a potentially clever entertainment into yet another barrage of violence, vulgarity, and excess. Full Review
Christian Science Monitor
May 27, 2014
Rating: 2.5/4 -- Connery and Cage are a compelling team and redeem the film from ruin despite the mechanical plot, an excessive body count and a miraculous recovery (you'll know it when you see it). Full Review
Baltimore Sun
May 27, 2014
Rating: 2/4 -- The Rock is far from the worst movie that Bay's made, but given its roster of impressive performers and promising opening hour, it might just the ADD-afflicted filmmaker's most disappointing. Full Review
Reel Film Reviews
Jul 16, 2014

Product Description:

In Michael Bay's THE ROCK, gung-ho general Francis Hummel (Ed Harris), armed with deadly chemical rockets and aided by violent cohorts, takes over the island of Alcatraz, holding 81 tourists hostage. Hummel promises to deploy the missiles over San Francisco if Washington doesn't make amends to ignored combat victims to the tune of $100 million. A cadre of Navy SEALs are dispatched to quell the situation, assisted by the mysterious, macho John Mason (Sean Connery), the only man to ever escape from Alcatraz, who must now help the SEALs break back in. Joining them is mild-mannered chemical weapons expert Stanley Goodspeed (Nicolas Cage), who is unaccustomed to such things as guns and military maneuvers. Their high-octane mission is filled with surprises, particularly after Hummel and company quickly annihilate the SEALs--leaving Mason and Goodspeed to save the day all by themselves.

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Product Info

  • Sales Rank: 112,616
  • UPC: 717951000040
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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