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The Rock

1996 · Movie · 136 min
B

MEANRANK

75/100

Averaged across 12 ratings · 1.3M votes

Every rating

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50–90 out of 100

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A renegade general and his team of rogue Marines take over Alcatraz Island, threatening to launch chemical weapons on San Francisco. The authorities are forced to enlist a former SAS captain and the only man to ever escape The Rock—a convicted FBI agent—to lead a desperate counter-strike.

Details

Director
Michael Bay
Released
7 June 1996
Country
United States
Language
English
Runtime
136 min
Rated
R
Budget
$75.0M
Box office
$335.1M
Awards
0 wins, 3 nominations

This title elsewhere

Sean Connery

Sean Connery

John Patrick Mason

Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Cage

Dr. Stanley Goodspeed

Ed Harris

Ed Harris

Brigadier General Francis X. Hummel, USMC

John Spencer

John Spencer

FBI Director James Womack

David Morse

David Morse

Major Tom Baxter

William Forsythe

William Forsythe

Special Agent Ernest Paxton

Michael Biehn

Michael Biehn

Commander Charles Anderson

Vanessa Marcil

Vanessa Marcil

Carla Pestalozzi

Awards & nominations

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0 wins from 3 nominations across 1 ceremony

69th Academy Awards 1997 Best Sound Greg P. Russell Nominee
69th Academy Awards 1997 Best Sound Kevin O'Connell Nominee
69th Academy Awards 1997 Best Sound Keith A. Wester Nominee

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