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The Rock 1996

When vengeful General Francis X. Hummel seizes control of Alcatraz Island and threatens to launch missiles loaded with deadly chemical weapons into San Francisco, only a young FBI chemical weapons expert and notorious Federal prisoner have the skills to penetrate the impregnable island fortress and take him down.

Directed by: Michael Bay
Written by: Jonathan Hensleigh & Douglas S. Cook & David Weisberg & Mark Rosner
Release date: 1996-06-07
Runtime: 137 minutes
Critics score:
66 / 100
Tagline: Alcatraz. Only one man has ever broken out. Now five million lives depend on two men breaking in.
Cast:
Sean Connery Sean Connery
John Patrick Mason 
Nicolas Cage Nicolas Cage
Dr. Stanley Goodspeed 
Ed Harris Ed Harris
Brigadier General Francis X. Hummel, USMC 
David Morse David Morse
Major Tom Baxter 
Jim Caviezel Jim Caviezel
Rear F-18 Pilot 
Claire Forlani Claire Forlani
Jade Angelou 
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Also known as:
  • The Rock - Entscheidung auf Alcatraz
  • 더록