The movie "The Rock" is a great example of a classic action movie in which real Hollywood stars starred. The plot of the picture keeps the viewer in attention throughout the entire timing. You empathize with the heroes, which is important for high-quality cinema, and also sympathize with them, trying to predict their future actions. In today's article, we would like to recall this famous work of the talented director Michael Bay and talk about the actors of the movie "The Rock" of 1996. To tell the reader about some interesting points related to this cinema project, as well as to refresh the storyline of the film, to the creation of which cinema geniuses Quentin Tarantino, Jonathan Hensley and Aaron Sorkin had a hand .
Actors: filming reviews
The film "The Rock" is a film (1996), whose actors organically and highly professionally got used to the roles played. The film showed good results regarding box office. Despite the old age of the main actor, namely Sean Connery, who played the British agent John Patrick Mason, who took many hours to get to the island where the shooting took place, the process brought a lot of positive emotions to the whole crew. By the way, in order to make life easier for the famous Hollywood actor, the producers subsequently allocated funds for the construction of a small house for Sean Connery on Alcatraz. So they saved time spent on coming to work on time and significantly increased the hours that the actor could spend on vacation.
A young but very talented actor in Hollywood, whose character was appreciated by Michael Bay
Actor Nicholas Cage in the film "The Rock" (the American name for the film) did an excellent job with the role of chemical weapons specialist Stanley Goodspeed. After filming, the young Cage admitted that his main task was to show a new type of character for dynamic action movies. In fact, his role was repeatedly reworked and in the final version of the film was different from that prescribed in the original script. In addition, Cage was struck by the atmosphere in the prison itself, considering it depressing and creepy. By the way, at the time of filming, Nicolas Cage was still a young but already sought-after Hollywood actor, whose type was noticed and liked by many talented directors. Perhaps that is why now actors are loved and known all over the world, considering perhaps one of the best cinema in the world.
Without a villain it’s not interesting
The main negative character - the disgraced General Hammel in the movie "The Rock" (1996), the actors and plot of which we recall today, was played by Edward Allen Harris. Today he is widely known to the public for his roles in films such as The Firm, The Truman Show, The Stepmom, Radio, The Mind Games. It is noteworthy that this Hollywood lucky person can transform so harmoniously into his character that it is simply impossible to imagine another actor in Harris's place. This is exactly the actor whose roles are kept in suspense and are not forgotten for a long time after watching any movie with his participation.
The plot of the film "The Rock"
As noted above, the storyline of the project of Michael Bay holds from the first frames to the very last seconds. General Frank Hummel faithfully served the United States of America. However, events took place in his life that made him radically change his mind about the fairness and honesty of the policy pursued by the head of the White House. The main complaint of the general is that the president devotes a lot of time to caring for the wealthy residents of the United States, and not about the families of soldiers and officers who died during military service.
Wanting justice, Hammel steals a secret weapon. This is a very dangerous gas warhead that can destroy all life in a matter of seconds. After that, the general captures a group of tourists visiting the Alcatraz prison, which is located on an impregnable oceanic island. Sean Connery in the movie "The Rock" plays an agent who is the only person who can quietly get into the fortress. In addition, in the past he failed to escape from Alcatraz. True, the criminals give him only a day to complete the assignment to him, as well as Goodspeed and Mason.
Interesting details
In the movie "The Rock" (1996), the actors literally lived in prison. Drinking water and food were regularly brought to them from the "mainland". The shooting was complicated by the fact that during their holding the fortress owners did not cease to conduct excursions. The constantly changing weather also failed, and because of this, the whole team was forced to stop all work. By the way, one of the small roles in the film was played by (then still not very famous actress from England) Claire Forlani. After “The Rock,” she was invited to the stunning melodrama of all time: “Meet Joe Black,” where the young girl had a chance to work with the Hollywood sex symbol Brad Pitt. We can say that in the case of Claire, "The Rock" became the starting point in the world of popularity and relevance.