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The Rock

The Rock

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 7, 1996

Runtime

2h 17m

Genres

Action, Adventure, Thriller

User Score

71%

Original Title

The Rock

Production Companies

Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Hollywood Pictures

Director

Michael Bay

Budget

$75,000,000

Revenue

$335,062,621

Description

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.