Product Details

• Actors: Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris, John Spencer, David Morse
• Directors: Michael Bay
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Digital Sound, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Buena Vista \ Hollywood Pictures
• VHS Release Date: June 9, 1997
• Run Time: 136 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (40 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304258984
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #15,038 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Hollywood superstar Sean Connery (FINDING FORRESTER) joins Academy Award(R)-winner Nicolas Cage (1995 Best Actor -- LEAVING LAS VEGAS) in the action-packed thriller of the year, THE ROCK! All of San Francisco is taken hostage when a vengeful general (Ed Harris -- A BEAUTIFUL MIND) seizes control of Alcatraz Island, threatening to launch missiles loaded with deadly poison gas! With time running out, only a young FBI chemical weapons expert (Cage) and a notorious federal prisoner (Connery) have the skills to penetrate the island fortress and defuse the lethal situation! Edge-of-your-seat suspense and unstoppable action explode off the screen in this must-see motion picture event!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Thriller That Rocks, June 19, 2006

By	Ruth Z. Deming "Backyard Trees" (Willow Grove, PA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

There are a variety of many-splendored reasons to watch this 1996 action flick, where an early peek at pre-9/11 terrorism rears its ugly head. The performances soar: Sean Connery as a nonchalant killer intent on saving "The City By the Bay" - Nicholas Cage, as his astute but nervous student - and Ed Harris as a fearless mad Marine who formulated a plot to blow up San Francisco through the tunnels of Alcatraz. I enjoyed the love angle between Nicholas Cage and his girlfriend and the redemption of Sean Connery for the one reason on earth he has to live: to make amends with his lovely daughter. See the movie! And have in hand, as I did, your remote control to lower the crash-bang volume. This movie was sooo exciting I lay in fetal position at the end!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome movie..., September 2, 2000

By	Jeremy Bowen (Rush, Ky United States) - See all my reviews

This movie has several action packed scenes for all of you who love action movies. It has three of the greatest actors around: Sean Connery, Ed Harris, and Nicolas Cage. I am for the Marines on there patriotic beliefs in this movie, but nothing else. You have to watch this movie to see what I am talking about. It is absolutely a great movie and it kinda makes you think. HOO-YAH! Thank all war veterans.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An explosive action packed movie, April 4, 2002

By	bryhil_04 (Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews

One word to describe it "Great!" Ed Harris stars as General Frank Hummel who seizes control of Alcatraz. Only chemical specialist Goodspeed(Nicolas Cage) and a trained killer(Sean Connery) have what it takes to defuse the rockets and stop the bad guys. A great movie put together, one of the best in the 90's. Great job!