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The Rock

Alcatraz. Only one man has ever broken out. Now five million lives depend on two men breaking in.

1996 · R · 2h 17m

Directed by Michael Bay

7.2

TMDB audience score
5,461 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

When vengeful General Francis X. Hummel seizes control of Alcatraz Island and threatens to launch missiles loaded with deadly chemical weapons into San Francisco, only a young FBI chemical weapons expert and notorious Federal prisoner have the skills to penetrate the impregnable island fortress and take him down.

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Cast

  • Sean Connery
    John Patrick Mason

  • Nicolas Cage
    Dr. Stanley Goodspeed

  • Ed Harris
    Brigadier General Francis X. Hummel, USMC

  • John Spencer
    FBI Director James Womack

  • David Morse
    Major Tom Baxter

  • William Forsythe
    Special Agent Ernest Paxton

  • Michael Biehn
    Commander Charles Anderson

  • Vanessa Marcil
    Carla Pestalozzi

  • John C. McGinley
    Marine Captain Hendrix

  • Gregory Sporleder
    Captain Frye

  • Tony Todd
    Captain Darrow

  • Bokeem Woodbine
    Sergeant Crisp

  • Jim Maniaci
    Private Scarpetti

  • Greg Collins
    Private Gamble

  • Brendan Kelly
    Private Cox

  • Steve Harris
    Private McCoy

  • Danny Nucci
    Lieutenant Shephard

  • Claire Forlani
    Jade Angelou