The only thing I don't like about it is the weak reason that General Hummel (Ed Harris) gives for holding 81 (quite a weak number) tourists hostage. And the fact that he doesn't actually do anything thats worth him being a bad guy.
I probably best like the part where Goodspeed (Cage) is defusing the first rocket in the morgue. The interchange betwen him and Connery is excellent.
It's just a stupid, unbelievable, unoriginal, loud, corny guys 'n guns flick.
And I ****ing love it. The opening scene is fantastic, and the final scene is even better. I probably would've liked it even if it had been full of D-list meat-headed nobodies, but the fact that it's Cage, Harris, Connery and John C. McGinley is like the icing on the cake.
if you have never seen this movie you HAVE TO SEE THIS, if you have a dvd collection and dont own this movie your crazy. Go and buy this movie one of the best action movies out there.
Great film, one of my best ever - i remember as a young starpping lad that I must of watched that film 3 times a week over at my grandas.
mmm.....81 hostages is a quite reasonable number, they wern't going to go anywhere else, that just happened to be the number of tourists on the rock at the time. Their main objective was Alcatraz - a place in range of san Fransisco and pretty much inpeniterable (they didnt count on John masson and Stanly goodspeed whooo!!).
One of connery's best films (apart from james bondera).
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wow i love this movie, i love all of the one liners, and i read somewhere that QT had written some of the dialogue and that would be interesting to know what has of his thinking. i like the you must never hesitate scene and the winners go home and f*ck the prom queen!! and the you want me to stick this in my heart, are you F*CKING NUTS!!! hella sick
Stanley Goodspeed: Hi, I'm an agent with the federal... FBI... I'm Stanley Goodspeed.
John Mason: But of course you are.
Stanley Goodspeed: Of course.
John Mason: And you have an emergency.
Stanley Goodspeed: Right.
John Mason: And you need my help.
Stanley Goodspeed: Exactly right.
John Mason: Coffee?
Stanley Goodspeed: No, I'm fine, thank you.
John Mason: Offer me coffee.
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The Rock
Apr 27th, 2005 11:38 AM
