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The Rock (1996)
 
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Director:
Michael
Bay |
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COUNTRY
USA |
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Genre
Action/Thriller |
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NORWEGIAN TITLE
The
Rock |
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RUNNING TIME
135 minutes |
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Producers:
Jerry
Bruckheimer
Don Simpson |
Screenwriters:
Douglas S.
Cook
Mark Rosner
David Weisberg |
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Cast includes:
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| CHARACTER |
ACTOR/ACTRESS |
RATING |
| John
Patrick Mason |
Sean
Connery |
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| Dr. Stanley
Goodspeed, FBI |
Nicolas
Cage |
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| General
Francis X Hummel, USMC |
Ed Harris |
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Commander
Charles Anderson, USN |
Michael
Biehn |
½ |
| Ernest Paxton,
FBI |
William
Forsythe |
½ |
| Major Tom
Baxter, USMC |
David
Morse |
½ |
| FBI Director
James Womack |
John
Spencer |
½ |
| Captain
Hendrix, USMC |
John C.
McGinley |
- |
| Captain
Darrow, USMC |
Tony Todd |
½ |
| Sergeant
Crisp, USMC |
Bokeem
Woodbine |
- |
| Lieutenant
Shepard, USN |
Danny Nucci |
- |
| Jade Angelou |
Claire Forlani |
- |
| Carla |
Vanessa
Marcil |
- |
| Captain Frye,
USMC |
Gregory
Sporleder |
½ |
Review
Explosive, sympathetic, sarcastic
and reasonably clever – The Rock is a full-fledged action flick
circa 1996. As directed by Michael Bay (Bad Boys) and produced by
the team of Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer (Beverly
Hills Cop, Top Gun), the film strikes just the
right balance of smartness and confusion to work within the realm it creates. And with
Nicolas Cage's atypical action hero, plus Ed Harris and Sean Connery
adding zest and star power opposite him, the film also offers its own
perspective on the fine line between morality and immorality. Perhaps
the best among the several large-scale summer blockbusters of 1996 (Independence
Day, Twister,
Mission: Impossible).
Copyright © 22.7.1996
Fredrik Gunerius Fevang
(English version: © 24.03.2021 Fredrik Gunerius Fevang)
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