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Certificate 15

Cast Sean Connery Nicolas Cage Ed Harris

Directors Michael Bay

Screenwriters David Weisberg Mark Rosner Douglas S Cook

Running Time 140 minutes

The Rock
Nic Cage and Sean Connery break into Alcatraz to thwart Ed Harris from bombing San Francisco with lethal nerve gas. Cracking.

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Plot
A disposal bomb expert is forced to team up with the only man ever to escape Alcatraz, now under maximum security for a mystery reason, to break into the Rock and thwart the evil plans of a disgruntled ex-army general.

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