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Where to Watch The Rock (1996) in the US
- 1996
- R
- 2h 16m
- 7.4IMDb
- 76%Rotten Tomatoes
- 58Metascore
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What it's about
Stanley Goodspeed, who lives in Washington, D.C., is a biochemist who works for the F.B.I. Soon after his fiancée Carla Pestalozzi announces that she is pregnant, Stanley gets a call from F.B.I. Director James Womack. Womack tells Stanley that San Francisco's Alcatraz Island has been taken hostage, along with eighty-one tourists, by Marine General Francis Xavier Hummel who, for years, has been protesting the government's refusal to pay benefits to families of war veterans who died during covert military operations. The death of his wife Barbara on March 9, 1995 drove General Hummel over the edge, and now he's holding hostages in order to get his point across. Stanley is needed because General Hummel has stolen some VX gas warheads and has announced that he will launch them onto San Francisco unless his demands are met. Stanley knows how to disarm the bombs, but he needs someone who knows Alcatraz well enough to get him inside. That man is former British Intelligence Agent John Patrick Mason, who has been in prison for the past thirty years without a trial because he was accused of stealing the private files of J. Edgar Hoover. In 1962, John became the only inmate ever to escape from Alcatraz, and he stayed out of Alcatraz long enough to father a daughter named Jade Angelou. Despite his extreme hatred of the F.B.I., John agrees to help Stanley. When John and Stanley are sent into Alcatraz with a Navy S.E.A.L. team, General Hummel's men kill the entire S.E.A.L. team, leaving Stanley and John to work on their own to rescue the hostages.
Cast and crew
- Director
- Michael Bay
- Writer
- David Weisberg, Douglas Cook, Mark Rosner
- Starring
- Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris
Details
- Release date
- Jun 7, 1996
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Box office
- $134,069,511
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 9 wins & 10 nominations total
Where to Watch The Rock (1996) in the US — common questions
- Where to watch The Rock in the United States?
- The Rock is available with a subscription or to rent in the United States. Watch the movie with a subscription on Peacock (HD) and YouTube TV (HD). Rent the movie on Apple TV Store, Fandango at Home, and Prime Video.
- Can I stream The Rock or do I have to rent it in the United States?
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- Can I watch The Rock for free in the United States?
- We have not confirmed a free option for The Rock in the United States.
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