Rating: R
Genre: Action
Release Date: 01/08/2008
SubTitles: French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French/Espanol
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 136 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Not For Children, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: Walt Disney Video

The sophomore film from former music video and commercial director Michael Bay, this fast-paced action yarn featured rapid-fire editing, a cutting-edge rock soundtrack and liberal use of shots awash in a haze of burnished hues, all trademarks of producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer. Nicolas Cage stars as Stanley Goodspeed, an FBI chemical weapons expert handed a unique assignment. Francis X. Hummel (Ed Harris), an insane Marine Corps general, has taken 81 tourists hostage on the abandoned island prison of Alcatraz. He and his men are threatening to bomb San Francisco with deadly gas unless $100 million is paid in war reparations to the families of servicemen killed in covert operations. Goodspeed is teamed with former British spy John Patrick Mason (Sean Connery), the only man ever to escape "The Rock," as well as a Navy SEAL team. When their military escorts are ambushed, it's up to odd couple Goodspeed and Mason to break into Alcatraz and stop Hummel. The Rock was the last film produced by Simpson, who died of a drug overdose before the film's release. Solo, his partner Bruckheimer continued making the sort of glossy, frenetic films for which the duo was famed.

~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Nicolas Cage - Stanley Goodspeed
Sean Connery - John Patrick Mason
Ed Harris - Gen. Francis X. Hummel
Michael Biehn - Commander Anderson
William Forsythe - Eddie Paxton
David Morse - Major Tom Baxter

Production:
Michael Bay - Director
Jerry Bruckheimer Don Simpson - Producer
Ken Bates - Co Producer
Hans Zimmer Nick Glennie-Smith Harry Gregson-Williams - Composer
Richard Francis-Bruce - Editor
Douglas S. Cook David Weisberg Mark Rosner - Screen Writer
John H.M. Berger Rosemary Brandenberg Cosmas Demetriou - Set Designer
Edward Mcavoy - Art Director
Barry H. Waldman - Associate Producer
Billy Hopkins - Casting
Heidi Levitt - Casting
John Schwartzman - Cinematographer
Bobbie Read - Costume Designer
Louis A. Stroller - Executive Producer
Sean Connery - Executive Producer
William Stuart - Executive Producer
Craig Pinckes - First Assistant Director
George Parra - First Assistant Director
Jerry Grandey - First Assistant Director
Pat Gerhardt - Makeup
Michael White - Production Designer
David Weisberg - Screen Story
Douglas S. Cook - Screen Story
Mark Rosner - Screen Story
Kenny Bates - Second Unit Director
Hans Zimmer - Songwriter
Nick Glennie-Smith - Songwriter
Keith A. Wester - Sound/Sound Designer
Dream Quest Images - Special Effects
Michael Meinardus - Special Effects
James M. Halty - Stunts
Mark Mansbridge - Supervising Art Director
Harry Humphries - Technical Advisor
Pete Antico - Stunts

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