| The Rock (1996),
				Director: Michael Bay, rated R for violence, 
				language 
				Alcatraz. Only one man has ever broken out. Now five 
				million lives depend on two men breaking in. 
				
		  Starring: Sean 
				Connery, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris, Michael Biehn, William 
				Forsythe, John Spencer, David Morse, John C. McGinley, Tony Todd 
DML Rating: 
★★★★★★★★★☆ 
- near perfect 
				"I was trained by the best. 
				British intelligence. But in retrospect, 
				I would rather have been 
				a poet. Or a farmer." - 
				John Mason 
				Why watch this? 
				This is as good an action flick as you'll ever see. 
				Plot Summary: 
				A rogue general seizes control of Alcatraz Island and threatens 
				San Francisco with deadly chemical weapons unless his demands 
				for military reparations are met. To prevent catastrophe, the 
				FBI sends a chemical weapons expert and a former Alcatraz 
				inmate, with intimate knowledge of the prison, to infiltrate the 
				island. The unlikely duo must navigate the dangerous fortress 
				and confront the general's forces to disarm the threat before 
				it's too late. Dad's Preview: 
				Nick Cage starred in a number of mid-90's action flicks. This 
				Michael Bay offering is one of the best for three reasons. 1 – Ed Harris as the 
				disgruntled Army colonel causing all the ruckus, 2 – A superb 
				plot about holding hostages at the abandoned Alcatraz prison. 
				And 3 – Sir Sean Connery – who, despite is age, kicks ass and 
				takes names. There 
				are lots of 
				explosions, car chases and close calls. It's a thrilling ride until the 
				explosive (and I mean KA-BOOM!) ending. 
				 
				 Hollywood 
				Pictures, Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films;
 Buena Vista Distribution
 
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