# The Rock (1996)

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**Runtime**: 137 min
**Genres**: Action, Adventure, Thriller
**Directed by**: Michael Bay
**Written by**: Jonathan Hensleigh, David Weisberg, Douglas S. Cook
**Starring**: Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris, John Spencer, David Morse, William Forsythe

> *Alcatraz. Only one man has ever broken out. Now five million lives depend on two men breaking in.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Alcatraz Island summer fog rolling in over cold steel bars a lone seagull cries out 
FBI expert and Federal prisoner infiltrate the fortress 
Michael Bay directs this explosive action thriller.

**Mood tags**: raw, unhinged

**Critic & audience scores**: IMDb 7.4/10 (377015 users) · Rotten Tomatoes 68% · Metacritic 58/100

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