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The Rock
Directed By: Michael Bay





A group of U.S. marines, under command of a renegade general, take over Alcatraz and threaten San Francisco Bay with biological weapons. A chemical weapons specialist and the only man to have ever escaped from the Rock are the only ones who can prevent this chaos from happening..

We all know Michael Bay's movies are loud, noisy, and big. I mean sometimes it can feel abit to much when your sitting in the cinema and your ears feel like someone is hitting them with a stick, and Michael Bay is well known for throwing his stick about (insert Joke). Looking back through his filmography I wanted to pick up on a movie I think he deserves a little bit of credit for. Don't get me wrong i enjoy his movies, there big dumb fun, there entertaining and there sh**, but this is a movie that is actually a really good film, and a movie worth writing a review on.

Trivia:
Quentin Tarantino was an uncredited screenwriter on this film, along with Jonathan Hensleigh who wrote the shooting script, and Aaron Sorkin.

Sean Connery insisted the producers build a cabin for him on Alcatraz as he didn't want to travel from the mainland to the island every day; he got what he asked for.
The Rock is a movie I have always enjoyed, it has everything you would expect from an action movie, gun fights, fist fights, car chases, and explosions, well everything you would expect from a Bay movie really. The difference between The Rock and every other Michael Bay movie is.... this movie actually has a good story, it actually has a good cast, and it doesn't have Shia LaBeouf, seriously! although I love Transformers --- I just can't cope with Shia LaBeouf and his screaming. With a running time of over 2 hours this movie is long, but it's not a problem with its pacing, it's non stop from the word go and there's always something going on without a dull moment in sight. Ime not saying this movie is a masterpiece, ime not saying it's brilliant, but it is an enjoyable movie. Ed Harris and Connery are fantastic, it has a pretty interesting story (not really original) and its always fun to watch with alot happening.

Trivia:
Some of the Navy SEALs in the film were played by real Navy SEALS.
Overall Michael Bay can actually make an enjoyable movie, he can actually come up with a story for his movies, and he can actually make a movie without giant robots.....he isn't all that bad.