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Title: The Rock (2 Disc Collector's Edition) [1996] [DVD]
Format: DVD
Condition: New
Number Of Discs: 2
Release Date: 03/06/2002
Genre: Action & Adventure
Actors: William Forsythe, Tony Todd, John C. McGinley, Bokeem Woodbine, Michael Biehn, Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris, John Spencer, David Morse
Director: Michael Bay
Audio Language: English
Runtime: 131 minutes
Region Code: Region 2
Studio: Walt Disney Studios
Subtitle Language: Hard of Hearing English, English, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Finnish
Certificate: 15
Description: PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
DVD Special Features:

Disc One : The Movie
Audio Commentary
Disc Two:
Analysis Of The Dive Sequence
"Movie Magic"
Outtakes
Production Stills
Storyboards : The Morgue
Production Design Drawings
Hollywood Gunplay
Jerry Bruckheimer Interview
"Secrest of Alcatraz"
The Rock World Premiere
Theatrilca Trailer ,BR> Navy Seals on the Range

Languages in Dolby Digital 5.1 : English
Subtitles: English, English for the hearing impaired, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish
Widescreen 2.35:1





REVIEW
In director Michael Bay's filmography, The Rock came between his high-octane debut Bad Boys and 1998's Armageddon, and consolidated his dubious reputation as the purveyor of crowd-pleasing action extravaganzas. Here, 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 recognises the men who were killed under Harris' 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' 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. --Jeff Shannon,

On the DVD: The Rock special edition two-disc set presents the movie on Disc 1 with a selection of subtitles and a cut-and-paste group commentary with director Michael Bay, producer Jerry Bruckheimer, ex-Navy Seal Harry Humphries, Ed Harris and Nicolas Cage. The editing together of separate comments is a frustrating experience and the energy of conversation, which often enlivens a DVD commentary, is lost. Picture is anamorphic 2.35:1 and sound is vivid Dolby Digital 5.1.

The special features are contained on Disc 2. "The Production Secrets" section includes an interview with the Navy Seal adviser on set, who demonstrates the correct way to shoot your gun, and special effects secrets. "The Secrets of Alcatraz" offers a short history of the infamous prison. There's also an interview with Jerry Bruckheimer which simply demonstrates how little he has to say. Storyboards, production designs and out-takes (including a stressed Ed Harris) are also included. But nothing here really excites or informs and most of it is very Americanised, making this a special edition that doesn't seem all that special. --Nikki Disney

DVDs ARE REGION 2 UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED

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