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| ACTORS: | Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Michael Bay |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 07 June, 1996 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Hollywood Pictures |
| MPAA RATING: | R (Restricted) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Closed-captioned, Dolby, Widescreen |
| TYPE: | Feature Film-action/Adventure |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 717951000040 |
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Customer Reviews of The Rock
The MICHAEL BAY/JERRY BRUCKHEIMER team rules! THE ROCK is the story of General Hummell (Harris) who steals four V-X poison gas rockets, holds his command at Alcatraz Island with 81 hostages, and threatens the government, that he will launch them to San Francisco if his demands aren't met. Now ex-Alcatraz escapee (Connery) leads an army headed by Commander Anderson (Michael Biehn) and an F.B.I. Chemical Weapons expert (Nicolas Cage) into THE ROCK.
MY REVIEW:
"This is one of my top favorite movies! THE ROCK is one of the coolest action movies around! Film making team MICHAEL BAY and JERRY BRUCKHEIMER make the best movies including: ARMAGEDDON and PEARL HARBOR! Nicolas Cage is awesome, and is hilarious as well as Sean Connery! This movie deserved BEST PICTURE in '96 at the Academy Awards! BOTTOM LINE: This movie is superb! It is a non-stop action packed thrill ride of sheer adventure- one of the biggest actioners ever made- if you liked Nicolas Cage in GONE IN 60 SECONDS, FACE/OFF and CON AIR, and if you liked SEAN CONNERY as James Bond- then you will love THE ROCK- especially if you're a big-time action fan! See this movie ASAP! It is awesome"- MJV & the Movies
Michael Bay's Best
Only Bad Boys comes close to this action extravaganza about a group of marines who take hostages on Alcatraz and threaten the San Francisco Bay Area with poison gas rockets. Sean Connery, Nick Cage and Ed Harris are in fine form supported by a great ensemble of actors, including the always excellent David Morse. This is Michael Bay's best. It has a good story (never mind some of the plot holes this is a movie!), tons of action and great shots that make it look very slick.
The DVD presented by those generous folks at Criterion is pretty good. The video transfer is exceptionally good with only a few artefacts here and there. The sound comes in DTS and Dolby Digital and both are loud and make full use of the surrounds. The score by Hans Zimmer just roars into action.
The special features are extensive with a commentary and several interesting documentaries. It is a pretty extensive (not more so than Armageddon) 2 disc set with a very interesting commentary on disc 1. The Hollywood Gunplay feature is one of the more interesting ones that deserve a mention
This movie with a running time over 2 hours goes by at a blistering pace. I highly recommend the Criterion Collection set of The Rock.
excellent film with great extra features
This review is for the Criterion Collection DVD edition of the film.
In this director approved Criterion Collection release, we are treated to some excellent materials.
The film follows the story of Francis Hummel (Ed Harris), a retired marine who takes hostages on Alcatraz island. His demand is that the families of soldiers killed in covert operations be given compensation. He treatens to launch VX nerve gas into the city of San Francisco if his demands are not met. A navy SEAL team is sent in to neutralize the threat. Helping out is Stanley Goodspeed (Nicholas Cage), a chemical weapons expert, and John Patrick Mason (Sean Connery), the only man to have escaped from Alcatraz.
The film has great acting and there are some good laughs in the film also. There are many action packed scenes including a car chase through the streets of San Francisco and the cars are often airborne when they go on the hills.
The Criterion DVD has many special features and is on a deouble disc set.
Disc 1 contains the movie with optional audio commentary by Director Michael Bay, Producer Jerry Bruckheimer, Technical advisor Harry Humphries, and actors Nicholas Cage and Ed Harris.
Disc 2 contains a theatrical trailer and TV spots, a video interview with producer Jerry Bruckheimer, a blooper reel, a special about the film's premiere on Alcatraz, scenes from a TV special "Secrets of Alcatraz" that contains interviews with actual former inmates and a history of the island from Native American times to modern times.
There is a special "Dos and Don'ts of Hollywood Gunplay" with the film's technical advisor Harry Humpries and Marshall Teague. This specail contains depictions of errors made in action films regarding the use of guns it emphasises saftey and common mistakes including gun drawing techniques that don't "work" such as the "gangster grab" or the "wyatt earp pull".
There are also 2 features on the films special effects. One is on the dive sequence and the other is on other effects, like the cable car crash. There are also storyboards, production stills and drawings.
This is a must biy for fans of the movie as well a fans of the Criterion Collection.