A disgruntled general and a bunch of military dudes take over Alcatraz
Island. They lock all of the tourists in cells and then threaten to kill
everybody in San Francisco with a deadly chemical gas (launched on missiles)
unless they get 100 million dollars. That sounds like the set-up for a
fairly entertaining film: highly trained dudes in a highly fortified position,
super badass dudes gotta sneak in and rescue the day...but then you see the
credit "Directed by Michael Bay" and you know that you're gonna get all of that
plus loads of crazy, illogical, fucked-up silliness. Exotic cars,
wailing guitars, explosions on top of other explosions, a ridiculous car chase,
people barking orders, manly camera angles, patriotism overload, the Sun,
helicopters, military jets...and
then you add on Nicholas Cage's patented
overacting!!! Wow! That's a surefire recipe for entertainment.
Entertainment like a motherfucker!!
In order to sneak
into Alcatraz, the FBI forcefully recruits escape
artist/ex-spy Sean Connery (the only man to have successfully snuck out of
Alcatraz) to lead a group of Navy SEALS and FBI chemical weapons nerd Nicholas
Cage into "
the Rock".
Even all these years later THE ROCK is still an entertaining ride. Dumb
story, impressive cast, fast pace, worried girlfriend looking all worried, Sean
Connery channeling James Bond, a runaway coal mine cart chase.
Recommended.
If you think about it, it's kinda funny because Michael Biehn and Ed Harris'
roles from THE ABYSS are now reversed: now it's Harris who is the bad guy and
Biehn is the good guy. Also, I'm kinda surprised they haven't remade this with
Dwayne Johnson in it.
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