THE ROCK (1996) Movie Reaction! | First Time Watch | Review & Discussion | Nicolas Cage

It's the last Bond movie Sean Connery made.

This movie is Michael Bay’s best by far. Iconic cast of incredible character actors. I love this movie.

David Morse and Ed Harris are an incredible team. You really buy that they've known each other for decades.

I see lots of people not understand why they don't pay the ransom. If they just pay it essentially signals to everyone "hey if you can come up with a good enough hostage situation, you can milk a lot of money out of the government because they will pay" and invites more hostage situations like this. Better to do as much as you can without paying, to send the message that this will not work out for anyone thinking of trying to do the same, rather than risk more people endangering innocents because you rolled over and gave the terrorists what they want to take the easy way out in the short term. Of course that has nothing to do with whether the terrorists might be kind of right, in this case it was very arguably a righteous cause but regardless of the cause and them paying being probably the right thing to do it will still essentially show that all you need is enough leverage to get the government to make you rich.

If you fancy yourself a journey of Sean Connery begin with the early James Bond movies, The Presidio and end with his Oscar winning performance in 'The Untouchables' .

YES!! One of my favorite action movies as a kid! There were talks of a Sequel, but it was cancelled as Sean Connery, RIP, retired from acting, Nicolas Cage was too busy working on the National Treasure movies and Michael Bay was too busy working on The Island, BAD BOYS 2, and TRANSFORMERS.

Honest! $100 million was more in the '90s than it is now. But it's about the principle that if you pay a ransom to a terrorist organization. others could come and ask for money because you know the government is paying. I love Michael Bay! He's a great popcorn director!

This film is such an adrenaline rush. Watched it countless times because it did everything right with a action movie blockbuster. Same feeling i have when i rewatch a Diehard film.

I think the major reason for "The Rock" being so good is a long pre-production period which gave the actors a lot of time for rehearsal and time to perfect the script with input from the actors. It was Nicolas Cage's idea that Stanley Goodspeed doesn't swear. That's why we get so many creative expletives from Goodspeed.

Steph getting stressed out and peeking out from behind her fingers is the most adorable thing. Thanks for this reaction, guys.

Possibly Michael Bay’s best movie.

Such a classic! Love this movie 🎉

The rock, con air, and face/off... the 3 best things from my childhood and all Nick cage haha

One of the best action films. More Connery films worth watching - Untouchables, Highlander, Hunt for Red October and obviously any of his Bond films. Nic cage worth watching - Con Air (always seem to be partnered with The Rock when on TV), National Treasure 1 and 2, Gone in 60 seconds, Next.

I've seen this a gazillion times and I was really watching you guys react and I was still anxious - something about this film, the mix of music and camera angles gives me knots in my stomach every single time - especially when you see those friggin' green balls - Steph, when you get angry, you get this beautiful smolder and glow and you get those dagger eyes that could kill😂🥰:goodvibes:

The heartbreaking part of the plot of the movie is that soldiers really aren’t taken care of in reality. The insurance that soldiers are offered and often take is absolute garbage, and often come back from war in a condition that makes them uninsurable by any other company, so they end up completely broke, and their families aren’t taken care of. So many of our vets end up homeless, and are forced to turn to drugs and alcohol as a means to cope with physical pain or psychological trauma because they can’t afford treatment or medication. Their addictions end up destroying what little they have left until they’re wandering the streets at night screaming at invisible hallucinations, with nothing left in their life to live for. It’s criminal.

General Hummel was a good man with an honorable cause. But he made two grave mistakes, One: On a mission like that you need a crew you can completely trust but in addition to his long time team he brought other marines with whom he worked for the first time. Two: If you expect your men to show unwavering loyalty, trust, and sacrifice, then you must inform them of all aspects of the operation and hide nothing from them. Hummel knew that even this "small" amount of only one hundred million would probably not be paid, since it would have fatal consequences for an incumbent government to negotiate with terrorists.

Funny that you mention LotR. Connery was up for Gandalf, but turned it down “because he didn’t understand it”. I love the fan theory that he is still Bond in this film

A Cage movie I really like is "Matchstick Men". He plays a con man w/OCD. "Valley Girl" (Cage's first starring role I believe) is a fun watch as well......but probably not for everyone

16:25 No, you are wrong. You seem young and ill-traversed, let's say. The world is not America. You don't negotiate with terrorists. This film does give us a heart for the antagonist. General Francis X. Hummel. One of the best villains of all time, because he is not evil. An action film in the 90's with Bond in America, with a great villain. Of course peps love this film