IMDb plot summary: An FBI chemical weapons expert, and a former SAS soldier turned political prisoner, must break into Alcatraz prison when a rogue military group, led by a renegade general, take it over and threaten a nerve gas attack on San Francisco.
Directed by Michael Bay. Stars Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, and Ed Harris.
The Rock is a Michael Bay film in which a U.S. military leader takes over Alcatraz with a threat to launch devastating bombs at the city if his demands are not met. An explosives expert, played by Nicolas Cage, and a convict who escaped from Alcatraz years ago, played by Sean Connery, must break back in and disarm the bombs before they're launched. The only Michael Bay movie I think I can say I actually enjoyed is Ambulance, and this movie adds another to the "meh" list for me. It's a good concept, and I love the motivation of the lead villain -- that's ripe for cinematic exploration -- but they get super lazy and just drop it when it gets inconvenient. Nicolas Cage is hamming it up, but very inconsistently, and Sean Connery is playing the whole thing pretty straight, and the combo is awkward. Overall pretty disappointing as an action film, although admittedly this is not a genre tailor-made for me to begin with
Had some difficulties saving my Flickchart full ranking, but it landed at 55% on my chart.
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