The Rock
The Rock is a 1996 American action thriller film directed by Michael Bay, produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, and written by David Weisberg, Douglas S. Cook and Mark Rosner. It stars Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage and Ed Harris, with supporting roles played by Michael Biehn, William Forsythe, David Morse, and John Spencer. Connery plays a former SAS captain and Cage an FBI chemist, who must rescue hostages from a rogue group of Force Recon Marines on Alcatraz Island.
Plot
Disillusioned USMC Brigadier General Francis Hummel and his rogue group of Force Recon marines, including his loyal subordinate Major Tom Baxter, steal 15 rockets filled with lethal VX gas from a Navy facility. The next day, they seize control of Alcatraz Island, taking the tourists and guards hostage. Hummel contacts the FBI and threatens to launch the rockets at the San Francisco Bay Area unless the government pays him $100 million, of which some will be donated to each family of the men who died during his command but were never compensated.
Cast
- Bokeem Woodbine
- Brendan Kelly
- Claire Forlani
- Danny Nucci
- David Marshall Grant
- David Morse
- Dwight Hicks
- Ed Harris
- Greg Collins
- Gregory Sporleder
- Jim Caviezel
- John C. McGinley
- John Enos III
- John Spencer
- Luenell
- Marshall R. Teague
- Michael Biehn
- Nicolas Cage
- Philip Baker Hall
- Raymond Cruz
- Sam Whipple
- Sean Connery
- Stanley Anderson
- Steve Harris
- Stuart Wilson
- Todd Louiso
- Tom Towles
- Tony Todd
- Vanessa Marcil
- William Forsythe
- Willie Garson
- Xander Berkeley
More details
author | Aaron Sorkin David Weisberg Douglas S. Cook Jonathan Hensleigh Nicolas Cage Quentin Tarantino Robert Towne |
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contentLocation | San Francisco |
director | Michael Bay |
editor | Richard Francis-Bruce |
events | terrorism |
genre | action crime thriller |
keywords | alcatraz island bay area capture car chase chemical weapons church classify department of defense disillusion drown estranged daughter fbi force force recon held at gunpoint j edgar hoover kill mi6 navy seals nsa director rock sa san francisco bay area special air service usmc vx gas wound |
musicBy | Hans Zimmer Nick Glennie-Smith |
nomination | Academy Award for Best Sound |
producer | Don Simpson Jerry Bruckheimer |
publisher | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
recordedAt | California Los Angeles San Francisco |
theme | buddy prison terrorism |