One of my favorite movies of all time. Not only do I think it's just a fun action-packed movie, it also delivers heavy nostalgia for me. I remember seeing it as a teenager back in the mid-90s. The good ole' days! I really wish they would get this one on 4K Blu-ray as I would instantly purchase it.
One of the best 90s action movies. Made back in the day when everyone didn't hate Michael Bay, Nicholas Cage was a bona fide movie star and Sir Sean was still alive. Great music too (shared the same composer as MGS2)
@@fattiger6957 it's funny because I made a metal gear playlist for the later entries with music from this movie. Except the tunnel music, that one I saved fir the RE4 remake
James Bond has only ever been one character played by a few actors. If you know the films, that theory does not hold up. George Lazenby saying “this never happened to the other fellow” does not count. He’s referring to Prince Charming.
The Rock is the only Michael Bay movie that is both critically & financially success. It also cemented Nicolas Cage's action movie creditons. "I am Stanley Goodspeed." " But of course you are." Are just some of the classic lines spouted in this action epic which had its movie premiere at its movie namesake The Rock. The end credits acknowledge Producer Don Simpson who passed away during production.
It's full of great lines, like when Cage complains to Connery about the twitching body whilst trying to defuse the missile and Connery responds "What do you want me to do. Kill him again?".
One of my personal favourites, and one of the best pure action movies of all time. To this day I still quote "The Shower Room" scene and Sean Connery's "Losers always whine about their best." speech. One correction though. John Mason id's himself as British SAS not MI6
My family lived in San Francisco at that time and my father had run a metaphysical bookstore since the 60s. He's name was Stanley Goodspeed. He was quite a character and I always wondered how his name ended up in the movie.
Agreed. I always thought it was a strange name to be invented by a writer but it sounds like one of the writers saw it and took a liking to it. Makes sense now.
I saw this movie twice in one week when I was in the military I liked it so much. My cohorts and I laughed at how the Marines were depicted. So sensationalized.
The Rock. Terminator. The Wizard of Oz. A New Hope. Back to the Future. The Fellowship of the Ring. Movies I've Re-watched a ridiculous amount of times and never get tired of seeing again. Make of that what you will. I've enjoyed every time and will again until the day I die. I'm enjoying it and not doing anyone else any harm while I do it so pretty much innocent fun all the way.
So many Nick Cage action movies (that I love) came out around that time… The Rock; Face Off, Con Air, Gone in 60 seconds… Great time for the action genre!
Personally, I've had sequel burnout for years. So, in my grumpy opinion, it's better that this movie stands on its own. I have always loved this movie! This is probably the Nicholas Cage performance I most identify with, so it has a special place in my heart.
It's a great action movie, full of thrills and black humour. I visited Alcatraz in 1993, just two years before this was filmed there so it brings back memories. Weirdly you can tell the scenes that Clement and La Frenais rewrote for Connery as the dialogue just seems different ("Some sniper will get his arsch" 😂). Cage doesn't seem to take himself too seriously and It's got a terrific Hans Zimmer score. I also think Ed Harris nearly steals this film from the two leads. This was made right at the beginning of Michael Bay's career and is one of the more watchable films of his back catalogue. His over use of filters and tracking shots was probably influenced by Tony Scott. Incidentally did you know that Bay is related to Leonard Nimoy?
"Dodging Gang Rape in the showers. Although that happens less these days. Maybe I'm losing my sex appeal" was one of theirs. Jerry Bruckheimer was actually impressed by them so much that he retained them as dialog polishers on his next films. They even wrote a draft of Bad Boys 2, set in London!
Another great bit of dialogue is when Mason and Goodspeed are locked in their cells. Mason is already working his way out via a stripped down mattress he's turned into a rope whilst Goodspeed goes through a speech that ends in"How in the.name of Zeus's butthole did you get out of your cell?", The door suddenly opens and Mason suddenly appears and says something like "trade secrets old chap, trade secrets" leaving Stanley none the wiser. The film is full of eminently quotable bits of dialogue.
The Rock is one of those movies that operates best as a standalone. Now, you can play with the sequel element like they did, but you can't call it "The Rock 2" or have it associated at all with The Rock since it won't have anything to do with Alcatraz. That would lose the name appeal for a follow up. And if you think about it, National Treasure 2 could easily be viewed as The Rock 2. "Somehow Hummel survived" and takes them all on a merry chase of cat and mouse as they have to solve puzzle after puzzle to get to the treasure (or unlock a secret from the microfilm).
I've been to Alcatraz many times and have direct they dark night there. The fog made it that much more darker and scarier. One of the main reasons I can't rise with a great prison is the inmates could hear people partying from shore answer Francisco. It must have been torture to be hearing so many people having so much fun but to be locked up at the same time.
Nicholas Cage's line delivery cadence is awesome. Not to mention the following line. "How in the name of Zeus's butthole, did you get out pf your cell?"
It's so surreal to think I've walked the grounds of Alcratraz when I was 17 years old while I was on Holiday in San Francisco. Everything about the prison was so exciting to me but knowing it's history before hand made my experiences even better. It's these biases that I have is why I love movies set in Alcratraz. The Rock is a sensational flick and it is one of my greatest movies.and anyone who has yet to experience it must see it.
The Rock is one of my all time FAVORITE movies 😊 so many AMAZING actors in this one movie, and Sean Connery and Nicholas Cages chemistry is top notch 😁 i could go on and on about this movie lol... just one of the best all around !!!!
Totally superb action film with actors, awesome action, perfect chemistry with all these actors & the story plot was famously superb in every way imaginable! I wished there was a sequel but nothing became of it! Jim Greszczuk
spent many hours and had fun exploring the Island when I was in the Coast Guard. We maintained the Lighthouse, fog signals and navigation lights around the island so we got to go everywhere. Even got a tour of the off limits catacombs
I was chatting away on IRC one day (early internet chat) and I kept hearing explosions, so after a while, I called a friend up and asked him if he heard the explosions and he was all "Oh yeah, they're filming a movie about Sean Connery on Alcatraz!"
Oh man.. one of my personal top10... is a fun movie to watch, the chemistry between Cage and Connery are the best, the villans too... such great actors
On the Bond theory if you watch On Her Majesty's Secret Service, George Lazenby's Bond is after Sean Connery's Bond and in the movie he says "the other guy never had this problem". Which make me wonder if The Rock happened after Connery's last Bond movie and MI5 Disavowed Connery's Bond and hired another and 007 and the name Bond became a codename used by loads of different men
It's a reference to Prince Charming in Cinderella. The codename doesn't make any sense as Bond himself has used cover names on missions, he has the same relationships with the MI6 staff and Felix Leiter, and there are several references for the different actors who played Bond mourning their dead wife Tracy. If Bond is a codename, then so must every character who's been played by different actors. E.g. Blofeld, Moneypenny, Leiter. Charles Gray played a MI6 agent who is killed in You Only Live Twice but he faked his own murder and came back as Blofeld Incarnation 5 in Diamonds Are Forever? Actor recasting's happen all the time, and it's just accepted. No one's ever said that Rachel Dawes in The Dark Knight Trilogy is a codename, as she was played by Katie Holmes in Batman Begins and Maggie Gyllenhaal in The Dark Knight.
@@davidjames579 I was just talking about What Bond said in On Her Majesty's Secret Service not characters spanning the whole Film franchise. And what does Batman have to do with Sean Connery or The Rock. I was not talking about people playing the same character just one phrase from one movie and putting forward a theory which makes sense to me (and possible to others).
@@jakabames "007 and the name Bond became a codename used by loads of different men". That's not just Lazenby's comment. That's the Codename Theory. The only reason different men are Bond is because it's recasting's. The characters aren't supposed to be seeing the character as looking different, same reason no one thought Rachel Dawes in Batman had changed. She hadn't to the characters.
@@davidjames579 it is though. Lazenby said that comment in the movie. And his Bond was after Connery's Bond. And I have no idea why you keep mentioning Rachel Dawes from Batman because that has nothing to do with this theory (with the Bond movies or The Rock). I know that Katie's and Maggie's Rachel is the same character. But with Bond, there has always been the theory that they are different people. This goes all the way back to Casino Royale with David Niven.
Now let's drop this otherwise we'll end up going in circles. I was commenting on a video I was watching and just saying to Minty what I thought. Not to get into an argument with someone else. End of subject, please.
There's little in the film that outright rules out the possibility that Capt JPM was Bond under an alias. So its still a fun, harmless theory. Then there was the interview given by Sir Sean some time after the film released wherein he confessed that he played Mason as though he WAS an elder, retired Bond. So...that's good enough for me 😎
@@ethanholgate2512: Nooooo waaaay!!! I, too love Tony Scott & John Woo big time!!!! One of my favorite action films is The Last Boyscout. I always describe that film as "if the writers of Married With Children wrote a action film". John Woo is just amazingly badass. I love Hard Boiled with a sick passion. I love Woo's trademarks (slow-mo, doves, shooting their two guns as his characters are spinning using a coat as a cape). Those are MY holy trinity in action films for sure!!!!!
Love the, "Leave your brain at the door" comment. It really is what I want to do after a hard day at work. Just watch something where I don't have to think and let Hollywood entertain me. I'm definitely glad there wasn't a sequel as this usually spoils the original. Good video Minty.
The Rock is one of my favorite movies, so many quotable lines in it, "I sh!t you not"' Still Clint Eastwood film ed two movies there, 'Escape from Alcratraz' and the Dirty Harry movie, 'The Enforcer'. @Minty, Maybe you can do a 10 things episode about those two movies as well.
One and done the film is a classic. One of my favorite action films of all time. The whole cast was amazing especially Nic and Sean Connery. RIP Sean. Great video Minty always enjoy them. Remember seeing the film in theaters as a young kid lol with my parents.
this is a fun movie one of my favorite lines from goodspeed is where he says "why dont we say we cut the chit chat" when he is talking to sean connery which honestly is kinda comical
I feel very similar to you on this one. A bit silly at times but a lot of fun. This had some terrific actors and interactions. I always link this to movies like demolition man, cliffhanger and the specialist because it a movie of its era. Another great movie that was a favourite of mine at the time.
The film was dedicated in loving memory of producer Don Simpson who passed away short after production. R.I.P. Sean Connery O.B.E. aka Bond ...James Bond 007
My dad's friend John Laughlin(or McLaughlin, goes by both) played General Petersen in this film. Supposedly he sent a shirt for me before I was born from the set of Footloose. I hope my mom finds it someday.
WOW!, this is my first time knowing about the James Bond Theory of The Rock. The many times watching this movie, I never thought about Sean Connery's Rock character being James Bond with a different identity, LOL but a clever theory no doubt.
I agree Minty, I’m not a big Michael Bay fan but the Rock was good. And with Nick Cage is a really good actor but his movies are Hit or Miss. This one was definitely a Hit.
It was such an amazing experience going to watch this movie at the theater as a kid, I was blown away and it was my favorite movie at the time. Today it still holds a special place in my heart and it is still a fun movie to watch even after watching it dozens of times.
This was actually one of the better movies to come out of the 90s. Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael bay movies are always over the top for sure, but they're also always fun with good characters.
After watching this movie, I always wanted a sequel to the Navy SEAL movie. Primarily because I loved Michael Bien in this movie. He has been one of my favorite actors since Aliens.
LOVED THIS MOVIE! We just bought it again from Apple TV for $AUD5 (they have a sale on right now). Loved the whole cast; just have LOTS OF POPCORN on hand! (Would have loved a sequel as we lived in SFBA then (San Jose)) miss "The City"
Yes, one of the few (if not only) good (nay, GREAT) Michael Bay films. A few others were...ok(?), but this one was really a lot of fun. Granted, had I known what SF would turn out to be like today, I would've rooted a lot stronger for Ed Harris to just blow it up.
Sean Connery going to a meeting to protect a rookie director from Disney suits is so wholesome.
He's probably one of the few actors that could do that.
I am imagining him hanging Bob Iger over the Balcony by a rope tied around the arm. 🥵
yeah no BS from James Bond. Well done Sean.
"This boys doing a good job and we need more fucking money" we're his exact words according to Michael Bay 😂
Hey, they let him have his cabin on the island. Seems like he was being fair and returning the favor.
Man do I miss the 90’s movies. So much better direction and story than most movies lately
And i miss the awsome best decade for movies the 1980s i do love early 90s 90 to 93.:)
@@markusforsberg6741 before Marvel came along and ruined it
"Mickey Moush"...I just spit coffee all over myself 😂😂😂
One of the best action movies from the 90’s
One of my favorite movies of all time. Not only do I think it's just a fun action-packed movie, it also delivers heavy nostalgia for me. I remember seeing it as a teenager back in the mid-90s. The good ole' days! I really wish they would get this one on 4K Blu-ray as I would instantly purchase it.
Yes! I'd love it in 4k. Saw a 35mm screening of it last year, and the colours are fantastic, look painted, so alive with texture.
One of the best 90s action movies. Made back in the day when everyone didn't hate Michael Bay, Nicholas Cage was a bona fide movie star and Sir Sean was still alive. Great music too (shared the same composer as MGS2)
Whoah really?
@@pheunithpsychic-watertype9881 Yep, Harry Gregson Williams. That's why the MGS2 theme sounds very similar to the theme from The Rock.
@@fattiger6957 it's funny because I made a metal gear playlist for the later entries with music from this movie. Except the tunnel music, that one I saved fir the RE4 remake
MGS2 and RE4?.
I thought Connery was dead when he made The Rock.
Idiot.
Without a doubt one of the best action movies ever made!!!! 👍🏻
I just assumed that Sean Connery's character was actually James Bond in his older years under an alias.
Same. On that note though, I think "James Bond" is just an alias.
@@7t2z28no it’s his actual name. 007 is the code name
In my head canon, he IS.
And it actually fits together better than you might think...
James Bond has only ever been one character played by a few actors. If you know the films, that theory does not hold up. George Lazenby saying “this never happened to the other fellow” does not count. He’s referring to Prince Charming.
I always thought it'd be cool to have other James Bond's do their version of The The Rock
Yes! Michael Bay’s best movie!!!
I remember seeing this in the theater and instantly fell in love with it, Hans score made it worthwhile. To this day I still quote Connery’s line.
Quote please.
@@SansoHumar
Stanley: I’ll do my best
Mason: Your "best"! Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home and F the prom queen. 😂
The Rock is the only Michael Bay movie that is both critically & financially success. It also cemented Nicolas Cage's action movie creditons. "I am Stanley Goodspeed." " But of course you are." Are just some of the classic lines spouted in this action epic which had its movie premiere at its movie namesake The Rock. The end credits acknowledge Producer Don Simpson who passed away during production.
yeah quite sad tbh.
It's full of great lines, like when Cage complains to Connery about the twitching body whilst trying to defuse the missile and Connery responds "What do you want me to do. Kill him again?".
"But of course you are" is actually a Connery trademark line, and first appeared in his Bond days. He's used it a few times since.
So did Roger Moore. If memory serves he says it in Octopussy
In the end, critical acclaim means sod all.
One of my personal favourites, and one of the best pure action movies of all time. To this day I still quote "The Shower Room" scene and Sean Connery's "Losers always whine about their best." speech. One correction though. John Mason id's himself as British SAS not MI6
My family lived in San Francisco at that time and my father had run a metaphysical bookstore since the 60s. He's name was Stanley Goodspeed. He was quite a character and I always wondered how his name ended up in the movie.
That’s so cool, there must be a connection
Agreed. I always thought it was a strange name to be invented by a writer but it sounds like one of the writers saw it and took a liking to it. Makes sense now.
The "prom queen" line was created by Jersey City Police Detective, Larry Mullane who worked as technical advisor to writer, Mark Rosner.
I saw this movie twice in one week when I was in the military I liked it so much. My cohorts and I laughed at how the Marines were depicted. So sensationalized.
I have always loved the prom queen line from Sean Connery. Perhaps his best one liner ever.
The Rock. Terminator. The Wizard of Oz. A New Hope. Back to the Future. The Fellowship of the Ring. Movies I've Re-watched a ridiculous amount of times and never get tired of seeing again. Make of that what you will. I've enjoyed every time and will again until the day I die. I'm enjoying it and not doing anyone else any harm while I do it so pretty much innocent fun all the way.
Probably the best buddy action comedy ever filmed. And the Bond theory just makes everything better.
Saw this one at the theater.
I like the bond angle. It's like on a mission he got hung out to dry. Just adds some cool backstory
I remember visiting Alcatraz as they were finishing the movie. The tour guide pointed out scenery that wasn’t part of Alcatraz.
So many Nick Cage action movies (that I love) came out around that time… The Rock; Face Off, Con Air, Gone in 60 seconds… Great time for the action genre!
Dude, your channel is such a joy...
Thanks for being you :)
Mint!
Personally, I've had sequel burnout for years. So, in my grumpy opinion, it's better that this movie stands on its own. I have always loved this movie! This is probably the Nicholas Cage performance I most identify with, so it has a special place in my heart.
Love the lighthearted tone of your vids, especially the bad jokes. Thanks for all the hard work
My parents were strict on rated-r movies, at 12 my friends parents took me and my friend to this movie. It was so awesome.
Back in Black another piece of classic rock.
It's a great action movie, full of thrills and black humour. I visited Alcatraz in 1993, just two years before this was filmed there so it brings back memories.
Weirdly you can tell the scenes that Clement and La Frenais rewrote for Connery as the dialogue just seems different ("Some sniper will get his arsch" 😂). Cage doesn't seem to take himself too seriously and It's got a terrific Hans Zimmer score. I also think Ed Harris nearly steals this film from the two leads.
This was made right at the beginning of Michael Bay's career and is one of the more watchable films of his back catalogue. His over use of filters and tracking shots was probably influenced by Tony Scott. Incidentally did you know that Bay is related to Leonard Nimoy?
"Dodging Gang Rape in the showers. Although that happens less these days. Maybe I'm losing my sex appeal" was one of theirs. Jerry Bruckheimer was actually impressed by them so much that he retained them as dialog polishers on his next films. They even wrote a draft of Bad Boys 2, set in London!
Another great bit of dialogue is when Mason and Goodspeed are locked in their cells. Mason is already working his way out via a stripped down mattress he's turned into a rope whilst Goodspeed goes through a speech that ends in"How in the.name of Zeus's butthole did you get out of your cell?", The door suddenly opens and Mason suddenly appears and says something like "trade secrets old chap, trade secrets" leaving Stanley none the wiser.
The film is full of eminently quotable bits of dialogue.
@@trevorbrown6654 a script added to by Aaron Sorkin, Quentin Tarantino, and Clement and LeFrenais is going to have zingers.
The Rock is one of those movies that operates best as a standalone. Now, you can play with the sequel element like they did, but you can't call it "The Rock 2" or have it associated at all with The Rock since it won't have anything to do with Alcatraz. That would lose the name appeal for a follow up. And if you think about it, National Treasure 2 could easily be viewed as The Rock 2. "Somehow Hummel survived" and takes them all on a merry chase of cat and mouse as they have to solve puzzle after puzzle to get to the treasure (or unlock a secret from the microfilm).
This is one of my top 10 favorite action films ever...possibly top 5. Classic
One of my favourite movies. Watch it every year
Great movie. Love Connery and Cage in this. Even has Michael Biehn in a cameo 👌
I worked on “The Rock” on makeup effects! Very briefly, but it’s on my resume, and I thought it was a GREAT movie too.
I would've loved a sequel as I love Connery but it's great as a stand alone film .Great video as always 😊 🐾 💜 👋 👍
An action-packed thrill ride with a stellar cast.. Dude, your channel is such a joy...Thanks for being you :).
I've been to Alcatraz many times and have direct they dark night there. The fog made it that much more darker and scarier. One of the main reasons I can't rise with a great prison is the inmates could hear people partying from shore answer Francisco. It must have been torture to be hearing so many people having so much fun but to be locked up at the same time.
I saw this in the theater and it was great fun from start to finish. Not quite Con Air level ridiculous but still a real thrill ride.
After The Rock and Con Air I thought every Summer would have a crazy fun and funny Nicholas Cage action movie.
Nicholas Cage's line delivery cadence is awesome. Not to mention the following line.
"How in the name of Zeus's butthole, did you get out pf your cell?"
Love this movie. Watched it twice in the theaters back in ‘96. Needs a 4K Blu-Ray!! Hopefully from Criterion
It's so surreal to think I've walked the grounds of Alcratraz when I was 17 years old while I was on Holiday in San Francisco. Everything about the prison was so exciting to me but knowing it's history before hand made my experiences even better. It's these biases that I have is why I love movies set in Alcratraz. The Rock is a sensational flick and it is one of my greatest movies.and anyone who has yet to experience it must see it.
Thanks Minty for all your videos. Having a challenging and rough few weeks and appreciate what you do, thank you!
The Rock is one of my all time FAVORITE movies 😊 so many AMAZING actors in this one movie, and Sean Connery and Nicholas Cages chemistry is top notch 😁 i could go on and on about this movie lol... just one of the best all around !!!!
Absolutely right !!!
greetings from germany -.-
I was literally just watching this right now and you will all call me a liar
Liar...lol
Liar. Hahaha
Liar
You ain't the boss of me...
Totally superb action film with actors, awesome action, perfect chemistry with all these actors & the story plot was famously superb in every way imaginable! I wished there was a sequel but nothing became of it! Jim Greszczuk
spent many hours and had fun exploring the Island when I was in the Coast Guard. We maintained the Lighthouse, fog signals and navigation lights around the island so we got to go everywhere. Even got a tour of the off limits catacombs
I was chatting away on IRC one day (early internet chat) and I kept hearing explosions, so after a while, I called a friend up and asked him if he heard the explosions and he was all "Oh yeah, they're filming a movie about Sean Connery on Alcatraz!"
I actually worked on a ghost show on Alcatraz. That was an experience.
Oh man.. one of my personal top10... is a fun movie to watch, the chemistry between Cage and Connery are the best, the villans too... such great actors
On the Bond theory if you watch On Her Majesty's Secret Service, George Lazenby's Bond is after Sean Connery's Bond and in the movie he says "the other guy never had this problem". Which make me wonder if The Rock happened after Connery's last Bond movie and MI5 Disavowed Connery's Bond and hired another and 007 and the name Bond became a codename used by loads of different men
It's a reference to Prince Charming in Cinderella. The codename doesn't make any sense as Bond himself has used cover names on missions, he has the same relationships with the MI6 staff and Felix Leiter, and there are several references for the different actors who played Bond mourning their dead wife Tracy. If Bond is a codename, then so must every character who's been played by different actors. E.g. Blofeld, Moneypenny, Leiter. Charles Gray played a MI6 agent who is killed in You Only Live Twice but he faked his own murder and came back as Blofeld Incarnation 5 in Diamonds Are Forever? Actor recasting's happen all the time, and it's just accepted. No one's ever said that Rachel Dawes in The Dark Knight Trilogy is a codename, as she was played by Katie Holmes in Batman Begins and Maggie Gyllenhaal in The Dark Knight.
@@davidjames579 I was just talking about What Bond said in On Her Majesty's Secret Service not characters spanning the whole Film franchise. And what does Batman have to do with Sean Connery or The Rock. I was not talking about people playing the same character just one phrase from one movie and putting forward a theory which makes sense to me (and possible to others).
@@jakabames "007 and the name Bond became a codename used by loads of different men". That's not just Lazenby's comment. That's the Codename Theory. The only reason different men are Bond is because it's recasting's. The characters aren't supposed to be seeing the character as looking different, same reason no one thought Rachel Dawes in Batman had changed. She hadn't to the characters.
@@davidjames579 it is though. Lazenby said that comment in the movie. And his Bond was after Connery's Bond. And I have no idea why you keep mentioning Rachel Dawes from Batman because that has nothing to do with this theory (with the Bond movies or The Rock). I know that Katie's and Maggie's Rachel is the same character. But with Bond, there has always been the theory that they are different people. This goes all the way back to Casino Royale with David Niven.
Now let's drop this otherwise we'll end up going in circles. I was commenting on a video I was watching and just saying to Minty what I thought. Not to get into an argument with someone else. End of subject, please.
There's little in the film that outright rules out the possibility that Capt JPM was Bond under an alias. So its still a fun, harmless theory. Then there was the interview given by Sir Sean some time after the film released wherein he confessed that he played Mason as though he WAS an elder, retired Bond. So...that's good enough for me 😎
One of my favorite action flicks. Rock on Minty dude!!
Great movie. One of my fav from my teenage years. Watch it every few years cause it's that good.
My all time favorite movie. Seen it at least 25 times.
And one of the best moviescores ever made.
greetings from germany 😊
I... am a HUGE Michael Bay fan & I am absolutely proud of it too.
So am I he's right up there with Tony Scott and John Woo for me in terms of best action director don't care what anyone else says
@@ethanholgate2512: Nooooo waaaay!!! I, too love Tony Scott & John Woo big time!!!! One of my favorite action films is The Last Boyscout. I always describe that film as "if the writers of Married With Children wrote a action film". John Woo is just amazingly badass. I love Hard Boiled with a sick passion. I love Woo's trademarks (slow-mo, doves, shooting their two guns as his characters are spinning using a coat as a cape). Those are MY holy trinity in action films for sure!!!!!
Minty my man, your lost three videos have been some of my favorite movies. Good work man.
saw it in theatres as a child and loved it.
saw it for a second time 2 days ago and still love it.
Love the, "Leave your brain at the door" comment. It really is what I want to do after a hard day at work. Just watch something where I don't have to think and let Hollywood entertain me. I'm definitely glad there wasn't a sequel as this usually spoils the original. Good video Minty.
Sean Connery and Nicolas Cage play well off of each other in this movie. I love this movie. It is such a good movie. Great job Minty!!!!!!!!!
I love the music in this movie.
I just rewatched Con Air and The Rock this week. :-) Epic times
Love this film. Legendary
An action-packed thrill ride with a stellar cast.
The Rock has it all, a sequel wouldn't be required. The soundtrack is awesome, Hans Zimmer never dissapoints!!!
Ed Harris comes into my work sometimes. He was here on Sunday. Such a nice guy. This is Hummel from Alcatraz.
I've always liked him, it's good to hear that he's a nice guy, he seems like he would be.
Do you work in a porn shop?
I call The Rock, Face/Off and Con Air, the Cage Pack.
My top 3 action movies of all time are The Rock, Face/Off, and I am legend. Great breakdown!
Thanks for dropping this on my birthday!
Happy Bday
Happy birthday
6:58 - best "Jump Cut" I've ever seen! ^^
One of the best action movies and Connery's last Bond film ❤
The Rock is one of my favorite movies, so many quotable lines in it, "I sh!t you not"' Still Clint Eastwood film ed two movies there, 'Escape from Alcratraz' and the Dirty Harry movie, 'The Enforcer'. @Minty, Maybe you can do a 10 things episode about those two movies as well.
One and done the film is a classic. One of my favorite action films of all time. The whole cast was amazing especially Nic and Sean Connery. RIP Sean. Great video Minty always enjoy them. Remember seeing the film in theaters as a young kid lol with my parents.
this is a fun movie
one of my favorite lines from goodspeed is where he says "why dont we say we cut the chit chat" when he is talking to sean connery
which honestly is kinda comical
Connery was a bad-ass into his elder years.A great screen presence and a great human being.
My favorite part is when Connery says to Cage, "It's you! You're the Rock!"
Thoroughly enjoyed this movie!
I feel very similar to you on this one. A bit silly at times but a lot of fun. This had some terrific actors and interactions. I always link this to movies like demolition man, cliffhanger and the specialist because it a movie of its era. Another great movie that was a favourite of mine at the time.
I've been waiting for The Rock video ever since Minty's Con Air video. Thank you!
Great movie. Bathroom scene is insanity!
the ghost show part had me dying 😂 love you minty
The film was dedicated in loving memory of producer Don Simpson who passed away short after production. R.I.P. Sean Connery O.B.E. aka Bond ...James Bond 007
My dad's friend John Laughlin(or McLaughlin, goes by both) played General Petersen in this film. Supposedly he sent a shirt for me before I was born from the set of Footloose. I hope my mom finds it someday.
Loved that movie growing up.
Great video again. I've been to Alcatraz and it would be very eerie to stay overnight on that island. Especially night after night
WOW!, this is my first time knowing about the James Bond Theory of The Rock. The many times watching this movie, I never thought about Sean Connery's Rock character being James Bond with a different identity, LOL but a clever theory no doubt.
Amazing movie, for sure top 10 action movies of all time.
I agree Minty, I’m not a big Michael Bay fan but the Rock was good. And with Nick Cage is a really good actor but his movies are Hit or Miss. This one was definitely a Hit.
It was such an amazing experience going to watch this movie at the theater as a kid, I was blown away and it was my favorite movie at the time. Today it still holds a special place in my heart and it is still a fun movie to watch even after watching it dozens of times.
I still go back to the shower room scene and just love how hard Ed Harris goes in that scene.
Devito as Mason...hahahaha.. GOLD!!!
This is one of many movies that do NOT need a sequel, sometimes a one & done movie is best
This was actually one of the better movies to come out of the 90s. Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael bay movies are always over the top for sure, but they're also always fun with good characters.
Absolute Connery and Cage GOLD. Top notch film. 👍🏻💯
It was nice seeing Don Simpson's name as a producer of Top Gun:Maverick and using the original Simpson/Bruckenheimer logo as an homage.
This absolutely is a one awesome '90s movie!
After watching this movie, I always wanted a sequel to the Navy SEAL movie. Primarily because I loved Michael Bien in this movie. He has been one of my favorite actors since Aliens.
One of the all time best
LOVED THIS MOVIE! We just bought it again from Apple TV for $AUD5 (they have a sale on right now). Loved the whole cast; just have LOTS OF POPCORN on hand! (Would have loved a sequel as we lived in SFBA then (San Jose)) miss "The City"
Loved Connery as the mentor scolding cage great dynamic
I love this film. I saw it in the theater!
Yes, one of the few (if not only) good (nay, GREAT) Michael Bay films. A few others were...ok(?), but this one was really a lot of fun. Granted, had I known what SF would turn out to be like today, I would've rooted a lot stronger for Ed Harris to just blow it up.