
The Rock
“Alcatraz. Only one man has ever broken out. Now five million lives depend on two men breaking in.”
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Synopsis
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.
Cast
Sean Connery·John Patrick Mason
Nicolas Cage·Dr. Stanley Goodspeed
Ed Harris·Brigadier General Francis X. Hummel, USMC
John Spencer·FBI Director James Womack
David Morse·Major Tom Baxter
William Forsythe·Special Agent Ernest Paxton
Michael Biehn·Commander Charles Anderson
Vanessa Marcil·Carla Pestalozzi
John C. McGinley·Marine Captain Hendrix
Gregory Sporleder·Captain Frye
Average shot length
2.5s per shot
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