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The Rock

Movie·1996·Action, Adventure, Thriller·2h 17m·7.2 (5,213)·Directed by Michael Bay

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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.

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Sean ConnerySean ConneryJohn Patrick MasonNicolas CageNicolas CageDr. Stanley GoodspeedEd HarrisEd HarrisBrigadier General Francis X. Hummel, USMCJohn SpencerJohn SpencerFBI Director James WomackDavid MorseDavid MorseMajor Tom BaxterWilliam ForsytheWilliam ForsytheSpecial Agent Ernest PaxtonMichael BiehnMichael BiehnCommander Charles AndersonVanessa MarcilVanessa MarcilCarla Pestalozzi

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