The Rock

General Hummel and a group of rogue Marines steal fifteen rockets filled with deadly nerve gas before taking hostages on Alcatraz Island. With a ticking clock looming over everyone's head, two men are chosen to accompany a Navy SEAL team for the purpose of sneaking into Alcatraz and disarming the rockets: Dr. Stanley Goodspeed, an FBI chemical weapons specialist, and John Mason, a former British operative and the only man ever to successfully escape from Alcatraz. After their SEAL team gets wiped out by Hummel's Marines, it's up to Mason and Goodspeed to take out the rockets before it's too late. Not having seen Bad Boys II, I have to assume that The Rock is the best movie that Michael Bay has ever made or will ever make. And yes, I know he's currently working on a Skibidi Toilet movie. That said, The Rock is fantastic. Great shootouts, explosions galore and a car chase sequence that is constantly one-upping itself. The main cast is fantastic and they're backed up by a murderer's row of character actors like Michael Biehn, William Forsythe, John C. McGinley and the late, great Tony Todd.

Rating: 77%

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Con Air

After serving eight years for manslaughter, former Army Ranger Cameron Poe is on his way home to his wife and the daughter he's never met when his prison transfer plane is hijacked by the criminals onboard. It's just that simple. Con Air, if you didn't already know, is a sensational action movie from the late 90s. Nicolas Cage and his ridiculous accent are backed up by a murderer's row of talented character actors, including: John Cusack, John Malkovich, Steve Buscemi, Ving Rhames, Colm Meaney, Dave Chappelle and Danny Trejo. The movie is expertly constructed and moves at a brisk pace. The action scenes are well done and there's enough humor in the movie to keep it from being too serious. The funniest part might be that, by the end, the movie has you rooting for Steve Buscemi's character, a notoriously brutal serial killer.

Rating: 80%

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