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The Rock

1996·2h 16m·R
AdventureThrillerAction
IMDb Rating
★ 7.4/10
381,104 votes
Metascore
58
Metacritic

An FBI chemical weapons expert, and a former SAS soldier turned political prisoner, must break into Alcatraz prison when a rogue military group, led by a renegade general, take it over and threaten a nerve gas attack on San Francisco.

The Rock is a 1996 adventure thriller movie directed by Michael Bay, starring Nicolas Cage, Sean Connery, Ed Harris. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.4/10 from 381,104 votes and runs 2h 16m.

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Director
Michael Bay
Stars
Nicolas Cage
Sean Connery
Ed Harris
John Spencer
Details
1996-06-07
136 min
Movie
R
★ United States
★ English
Keywords
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