Review of The Rock (1996) by Andre T — 14 Oct 2011

The Rock is a 1996 action film that primarily takes place on Alcatraz Island and in the San Francisco Bay area. It was directed by Michael Bay and stars Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage and Ed Harris.A group of rogue Force Reconnaissance Marines led by disenchanted Brigadier General Francis Hummel (Harris) seize a stockpile of deadly VX gas-armed rockets from a heavily guarded military bunker, reluctantly leaving one of their men to die in the process. The next day, Hummel and his men seize control of Alcatraz Island during a guided tour and take 81 tourists hostage in the prison cells. Hummel then threatens the Pentagon with launching the stolen rockets against the population of San Francisco unless the government pays ransom and reparations to the families of Recon Marines who died on illegal, clandestine missions under his command and whose deaths were not honored.This movie is a vehicle to Connery's scene appeal in a good action movie, Die Hard Style.

For the record, Quentin Tarantino was an uncredited screenwriter on The Rock. The car chase was not in the original script, and , in my oppinion, is an exagerate and no use part of the film.