The Rock
1996 · Film · 2h 17m
Action, Adventure, Thriller
7.6 average
Peak loud-90s blockbuster: Connery growling, Cage panicking, explosions everywhere, and it somehow never stops being fun.
What it is
A disgruntled military commander seizes a former prison and threatens San Francisco with deadly chemical weapons. An FBI chemical-weapons expert must join forces with a notorious prisoner who once escaped the fortress, infiltrating the island to disarm the missiles and stop the attack.
The feel
Relentless energy·No romance·Completely conventional·Endlessly rewatchable
Heads up
14+Graphic violence
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