with the next pick in the
Action category, DVD-eh? selects;
The Rock
Outraged by the US governments refusal to pay death benefits to soldiers killed during covert operations, disgruntled general Francis Hummel steals VX gas warheads, and takes over the island of Alcatraz.
Stanley Goodspeed, a biochemist with the FBI is brought in to disarm the warheads, with the help of British spy John Mason, the only man to have successfully escaped from Alcatraz
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Originally Posted by Roger Ebert
an action picture that rises to the top of the genre because of a literate, witty screenplay and skilled craftsmanship in the direction and special effects
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