The Rock

The Rock

1996 · 2h17 · Film

Directed by Michael Bay

Starring Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris, John Spencer, David Morse, William Forsythe, Michael Biehn, Vanessa Marcil, John C. McGinley, Gregory Sporleder

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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.

Original language
English
Screenplay
Douglas S. Cook, Mark Rosner, David Weisberg, Jonathan Hensleigh
Music
Hans Zimmer, Nick Glennie-Smith
Cinematography
John Schwartzman
Cast
John Spencer, David Morse, William Forsythe, Michael Biehn, Vanessa Marcil, John C. McGinley, Gregory Sporleder, Tony Todd, Bokeem Woodbine
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