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List Price: $14.99 | | Label: Walt Disney Video
Salesrank: 3814
Released: December 3, 1997 |
| Our Price: $6.86 |
| Used Price: $2.71 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
A vengeful general and his highly trained commandos seize control of Alcatraz island and threaten San Francisco with rocket loaded with deadly gas unless the families of the men who've died under his command in covert missions are paid a million dollars a piece. Only two men can stop them.
Description of The Rock:
Between his high-octane debut, Bad Boys, and 1998's wannabe blockbuster Armageddon, hotshot director Michael Bay forged his dubious reputation with this crowd-pleasing action extravaganza. In it a psychotically disgruntled war hero (Ed Harris) seizes the island prison of Alcatraz and threatens to wage chemical warfare against nearby San Francisco unless the government publicly recognizes the men who were killed under Harris's top-secret command. Nicolas Cage plays the biochemist who teams up with the only man ever to have escaped from Alcatraz (Sean Connery) in an attempt to foil Harris's terrorist scheme. As one might expect, what follows is an action-packed barrage of bullets, bodies, and climactic confrontations, replete with enough plot contrivances to give even the most jaded action fan cause for alarm. It's a load of hooey, but the cast is obviously having a grand old time, and there's enough wit to make the recycled action sequences tolerable. If you're ordering this movie on DVD, be careful with the volume knobs on your home-theater sound systems, because The Rock could cause partial hearing loss and structural damage to your home. --Jeff Shannon
The Rock Reviews:
A keeper! 
2009-11-18 - My husband loves this movie and is builing up quite a classic collection. It doesn't matter how many times that he has seen this, he will watch it again because it's so enjoyable.
If the hair at back of your neck doesn't rise at least 10 times while watching this, you should seriously see a doctor
2009-07-01 - This movie is so awesome I have trouble even saying it. One of the best action movies I've ever seen. Sean Connery and Nicholas Cage infiltrate Alcatraz as the whole city of San Francisco is taken hostage by Ed Harris and his group of mercenaries. Oh, and did I mention it has just about the greatest film score ever made as well? Go see at once. Highly recommended*****
The Rock
2009-02-16 - DVD was very entertaining.
DVD arrived in a very timely fashion.
DVD arrived in excellent condition.
Amazing 
2009-01-21 - I love this movie and my husband and I did not have the DVD so I purchased it. We both love it, how could you not?
Entertaining!
2008-08-30 - I don't like many Bay movies because he has very little skill in crafting a honest and detailed movie. Armageddon was a horrendous piece of donkey dung, everything that's wrong with Hollywood was detailed in that schlock! The Rock is a slightly different proposition, it's entertaining and never tries to be anything but! The story is thin and the dialogue is typically bad at times. The action is excellent and Sean Connery makes the movie work! The direction is very Mtv, the editing is silly at times - what's with the quick cuts? Why can't I enjoy the compositions? Pathetic! But still, the pace is consistent. The acting is okay, Connery's presence elevates the material. Ed Harris is always dependable and Cage is pretty funny as Goodspeed. The music is very patriotic and but fun. Overall, entertaining, switch your brain off! After this, Bay descended into familiar MTV garbage!
