The Rock (1996)
Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews
Alcatraz. Only one man has ever broken out. Now five million lives depend on two men breaking in.
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.
- Released: 1996-06-07
- Genres: Action, Adventure, Thriller
- Runtime: 2h 17m
- Status: Released
- TMDB rating: 7.2/10 from 5,385 votes
Directed by Michael Bay.
Top cast
- Sean Connery as John Patrick Mason
- Nicolas Cage as Dr. Stanley Goodspeed
- Ed Harris as Brigadier General Francis X. Hummel, USMC
- John Spencer as FBI Director James Womack
- David Morse as Major Tom Baxter
- William Forsythe as Special Agent Ernest Paxton
- Michael Biehn as Commander Charles Anderson
- Vanessa Marcil as Carla Pestalozzi
- John C. McGinley as Marine Captain Hendrix
- Gregory Sporleder as Captain Frye
Where to watch The Rock
- United States: stream on YouTube TV; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home
- United Kingdom: stream on Disney Plus; watch free on Channel 4; rent on Rakuten TV, Sky Store; buy on Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store
- India: rent on Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Google Play Movies, YouTube
- Canada: stream on Disney Plus, Crave, Crave Amazon Channel; rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
- Australia: stream on Disney Plus, Stan; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
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