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The Rock [Blu-ray]
starring: Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris, John Spencer, David Morse
directed by: Michael Bay

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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: Blu-ray
Brand: Hollywood
EAN: 0786936726732
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen
Label: Buena Vista Pictures
Manufacturer: Buena Vista Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Buena Vista Pictures
Release Date: January 08, 2008
Running Time: 136 minutes
Sales Rank: 1758
Studio: Buena Vista Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: June 07, 1996

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Hollywood The Rock (Blu-ray)
Hollywood superstar Sean Connery ("Finding Forrester") joins Academy Award(R)-winner Nicolas Cage (1995 Best Actor - "Leaving Las Vegas") in the action-packed thriller of the year, "The Rock"! All of San Francisco is taken hostage when a vengeful general (Ed Harris - "A Beautiful Mind") seizes control of Alcatraz Island, threatening to launch missiles loaded with deadly poison gas! With time running out, only a young FBI chemical weapons expert (Cage) and a notorious federal prisoner (Connery) have the skills to penetrate the island fortress and defuse the lethal situation! Edge-of-your-seat suspense and unstoppable action explode off the screen in this must-see motion picture event!

Amazon.com:
Between his high-octane debut, Bad Boys, and 1998's wannabe blockbuster Armageddon, hotshot director Michael Bay forged his dubious reputation with this crowd-pleasing action extravaganza. In it a psychotically disgruntled war hero (Ed Harris) seizes the island prison of Alcatraz and threatens to wage chemical warfare against nearby San Francisco unless the government publicly recognizes the men who were killed under Harris's top-secret command. Nicolas Cage plays the biochemist who teams up with the only man ever to have escaped from Alcatraz (Sean Connery) in an attempt to foil Harris's terrorist scheme. As one might expect, what follows is an action-packed barrage of bullets, bodies, and climactic confrontations, replete with enough plot contrivances to give even the most jaded action fan cause for alarm. It's a load of hooey, but the cast is obviously having a grand old time, and there's enough wit to make the recycled action sequences tolerable. If you're ordering this movie on Blu-ray, be careful with the volume knobs on your home-theater sound systems, because The Rock could cause partial hearing loss and structural damage to your home. --Jeff Shannon

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- The Rock!
This bd version makes a great movie greater! At this price, you should get your hand on it and smell in your dreams.

Rating:

- Great Movie w/ the Best Picture Quality Available
I've always been a fan of this movie, the Rock. Michael Bay catches a lot of flak about his Hollywood-esque action movies, but you can't find anyone that knows action better than him. This movie proved his abilities and put him on the map as an action director. The scenes are beautiful. Wonderful, colorful shots followed by more wonderful shots. The cast is full of great actors too like Sean Connery, Ed Harris, and Michael Beihn.

The disc itself is a great testament to HD media. ... Read More

Rating:

- The Rock defintely rocks on blu-Ray!

At San Francisco in Alcatraz, a group of terrorists lead by ex-general Hummel (Ed Harris) who demand a ransom as they threaten to launch missles with deadly gas into the San Francisco bay area if they don't get what they want. FBI chemical warfare agent Stanley Goodspeed (Nicolas Cage) now must join up with former criminal Mason (Sean Connery) to rescue the hostages and stop the madmen from threatening the city.

Explosive and action packed thriller which is Michael Bay's crowning ... Read More

Rating:

- Okay, but not Great
Okay, so I bought a PS3 console yesterday, and decided to get a Blu-Ray movie just to see how awesome it was.

Comparing the BD vs. the DVD in an up-sampling DVD player, there was no discernable difference.

The movie itself is fun -- like another poster said, the plot is something of a stretch, but it's got the awesome Simpson/Bruckheimer explosions, firefights, and camera angles/cinematography.

Rating:

- The Rocks rocks in Blu-ray!!
I just purchased this film in Blu-ray and a few weeks ago, and it is almost the best transfer in Blu-ray of this action classic since Criterion issued several years ago. There is a little grain in some scenes but overall this is a great improvement over the Standard Def version. Michael Bay, in my opinion, is not a great Director and I bristled at his comments during the HD vs Blu-ray war. His recent "Transformers" left me cold when it arrived in the theatres and I didn't even finish that and went into another ... Read More

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