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.
The Rock has generally received positive reviews.
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The Rock was released in 1996 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 627 reviews, giving The Rock (1996) an average rating of 74%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 79%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 65%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with The Rock than critics were.
With a score of 74%, The Rock is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1996, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 1996 with similar scores include films like Pusher, Primal Fear and A Time to Kill.
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