Sean Connery going to a meeting to protect a rookie director from Disney suits is so wholesome.
@jesusromanpadro38539 ай бұрын
He's probably one of the few actors that could do that.
@maccurtis7309 ай бұрын
I am imagining him hanging Bob Iger over the Balcony by a rope tied around the arm. 🥵
@racheljackson44289 ай бұрын
yeah no BS from James Bond. Well done Sean.
@ethanholgate25129 ай бұрын
"This boys doing a good job and we need more fucking money" we're his exact words according to Michael Bay 😂
@vladyvhv95799 ай бұрын
Hey, they let him have his cabin on the island. Seems like he was being fair and returning the favor.
@shokid249 ай бұрын
Man do I miss the 90’s movies. So much better direction and story than most movies lately
@markusforsberg67419 ай бұрын
And i miss the awsome best decade for movies the 1980s i do love early 90s 90 to 93.:)
@trevorbrown66549 ай бұрын
@@markusforsberg6741 before Marvel came along and ruined it
@fattiger69579 ай бұрын
One of the best 90s action movies. Made back in the day when everyone didn't hate Michael Bay, Nicholas Cage was a bona fide movie star and Sir Sean was still alive. Great music too (shared the same composer as MGS2)
@pheunithpsychic-watertype98819 ай бұрын
Whoah really?
@fattiger69579 ай бұрын
@@pheunithpsychic-watertype9881 Yep, Harry Gregson Williams. That's why the MGS2 theme sounds very similar to the theme from The Rock.
@pheunithpsychic-watertype98819 ай бұрын
@@fattiger6957 it's funny because I made a metal gear playlist for the later entries with music from this movie. Except the tunnel music, that one I saved fir the RE4 remake
@anthonylewis20809 ай бұрын
MGS2 and RE4?.
@ghostman56209 ай бұрын
I thought Connery was dead when he made The Rock. Idiot.
@SlammedZero9 ай бұрын
One of my favorite movies of all time. Not only do I think it's just a fun action-packed movie, it also delivers heavy nostalgia for me. I remember seeing it as a teenager back in the mid-90s. The good ole' days! I really wish they would get this one on 4K Blu-ray as I would instantly purchase it.
@davidjames5799 ай бұрын
Yes! I'd love it in 4k. Saw a 35mm screening of it last year, and the colours are fantastic, look painted, so alive with texture.
@shatteredsoldier819 ай бұрын
One of the best action movies from the 90’s
@Giambijuice9 ай бұрын
"Mickey Moush"...I just spit coffee all over myself 😂😂😂
@dukeslaw9 ай бұрын
I remember seeing this in the theater and instantly fell in love with it, Hans score made it worthwhile. To this day I still quote Connery’s line.
@SansoHumar9 ай бұрын
Quote please.
@dukeslaw9 ай бұрын
@@SansoHumar Stanley: I’ll do my best Mason: Your "best"! Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home and F the prom queen. 😂
@wallyr.78549 ай бұрын
Without a doubt one of the best action movies ever made!!!! 👍🏻
@PatrickGoodspeed9 ай бұрын
My family lived in San Francisco at that time and my father had run a metaphysical bookstore since the 60s. He's name was Stanley Goodspeed. He was quite a character and I always wondered how his name ended up in the movie.
@drendansmada9 ай бұрын
That’s so cool, there must be a connection
@trevorbrown66549 ай бұрын
Agreed. I always thought it was a strange name to be invented by a writer but it sounds like one of the writers saw it and took a liking to it. Makes sense now.
@wstine799 ай бұрын
I just assumed that Sean Connery's character was actually James Bond in his older years under an alias.
@7t2z289 ай бұрын
Same. On that note though, I think "James Bond" is just an alias.
@Dannyboyefc9 ай бұрын
@@7t2z28no it’s his actual name. 007 is the code name
@thisisnotachannel9 ай бұрын
In my head canon, he IS. And it actually fits together better than you might think...
@GhostRider-on6bz9 ай бұрын
James Bond has only ever been one character played by a few actors. If you know the films, that theory does not hold up. George Lazenby saying “this never happened to the other fellow” does not count. He’s referring to Prince Charming.
@JOONBUGFILMS9 ай бұрын
I always thought it'd be cool to have other James Bond's do their version of The The Rock
@walteroakley91159 ай бұрын
One of my personal favourites, and one of the best pure action movies of all time. To this day I still quote "The Shower Room" scene and Sean Connery's "Losers always whine about their best." speech. One correction though. John Mason id's himself as British SAS not MI6
@asifkhan48229 ай бұрын
The Rock is the only Michael Bay movie that is both critically & financially success. It also cemented Nicolas Cage's action movie creditons. "I am Stanley Goodspeed." " But of course you are." Are just some of the classic lines spouted in this action epic which had its movie premiere at its movie namesake The Rock. The end credits acknowledge Producer Don Simpson who passed away during production.
@racheljackson44289 ай бұрын
yeah quite sad tbh.
@trevorbrown66549 ай бұрын
It's full of great lines, like when Cage complains to Connery about the twitching body whilst trying to defuse the missile and Connery responds "What do you want me to do. Kill him again?".
@davidjames5799 ай бұрын
"But of course you are" is actually a Connery trademark line, and first appeared in his Bond days. He's used it a few times since.
@reptongeek9 ай бұрын
So did Roger Moore. If memory serves he says it in Octopussy
@lolzlolz1029 ай бұрын
In the end, critical acclaim means sod all.
@genecanfield36819 ай бұрын
The "prom queen" line was created by Jersey City Police Detective, Larry Mullane who worked as technical advisor to writer, Mark Rosner.
@whoami77219 ай бұрын
I saw this movie twice in one week when I was in the military I liked it so much. My cohorts and I laughed at how the Marines were depicted. So sensationalized.
@Eric_Hutton.19809 ай бұрын
Saw this one at the theater.
@Blitzo83909 ай бұрын
Yes! Michael Bay’s best movie!!!
@m.alexanderfields6779 ай бұрын
I like the bond angle. It's like on a mission he got hung out to dry. Just adds some cool backstory
@dwightrider57139 ай бұрын
I have always loved the prom queen line from Sean Connery. Perhaps his best one liner ever.
@trevorbrown66549 ай бұрын
It's a great action movie, full of thrills and black humour. I visited Alcatraz in 1993, just two years before this was filmed there so it brings back memories. Weirdly you can tell the scenes that Clement and La Frenais rewrote for Connery as the dialogue just seems different ("Some sniper will get his arsch" 😂). Cage doesn't seem to take himself too seriously and It's got a terrific Hans Zimmer score. I also think Ed Harris nearly steals this film from the two leads. This was made right at the beginning of Michael Bay's career and is one of the more watchable films of his back catalogue. His over use of filters and tracking shots was probably influenced by Tony Scott. Incidentally did you know that Bay is related to Leonard Nimoy?
@davidjames5799 ай бұрын
"Dodging Gang Rape in the showers. Although that happens less these days. Maybe I'm losing my sex appeal" was one of theirs. Jerry Bruckheimer was actually impressed by them so much that he retained them as dialog polishers on his next films. They even wrote a draft of Bad Boys 2, set in London!
@trevorbrown66549 ай бұрын
Another great bit of dialogue is when Mason and Goodspeed are locked in their cells. Mason is already working his way out via a stripped down mattress he's turned into a rope whilst Goodspeed goes through a speech that ends in"How in the.name of Zeus's butthole did you get out of your cell?", The door suddenly opens and Mason suddenly appears and says something like "trade secrets old chap, trade secrets" leaving Stanley none the wiser. The film is full of eminently quotable bits of dialogue.
@davidjames5799 ай бұрын
@@trevorbrown6654 a script added to by Aaron Sorkin, Quentin Tarantino, and Clement and LeFrenais is going to have zingers.
@mikezerker69259 ай бұрын
So many Nick Cage action movies (that I love) came out around that time… The Rock; Face Off, Con Air, Gone in 60 seconds… Great time for the action genre!
@zman8909 ай бұрын
I remember visiting Alcatraz as they were finishing the movie. The tour guide pointed out scenery that wasn’t part of Alcatraz.
@iro67589 ай бұрын
Dude, your channel is such a joy... Thanks for being you :)
@jordanodwyer65529 ай бұрын
Mint!
@edwardlees45859 ай бұрын
Probably the best buddy action comedy ever filmed. And the Bond theory just makes everything better.
@cytwc9 ай бұрын
One of my favourite movies. Watch it every year
@TheLongWind9 ай бұрын
My parents were strict on rated-r movies, at 12 my friends parents took me and my friend to this movie. It was so awesome.
@serpico16169 ай бұрын
I was literally just watching this right now and you will all call me a liar
@joshblevins76099 ай бұрын
Liar...lol
@santavigrahadasa48669 ай бұрын
Liar. Hahaha
@kingrama27279 ай бұрын
Liar
@Rattus-Norvegicus9 ай бұрын
You ain't the boss of me...
@Moondog-wc4vm9 ай бұрын
The Rock. Terminator. The Wizard of Oz. A New Hope. Back to the Future. The Fellowship of the Ring. Movies I've Re-watched a ridiculous amount of times and never get tired of seeing again. Make of that what you will. I've enjoyed every time and will again until the day I die. I'm enjoying it and not doing anyone else any harm while I do it so pretty much innocent fun all the way.
@BigDaddyJinx9 ай бұрын
The Rock is one of those movies that operates best as a standalone. Now, you can play with the sequel element like they did, but you can't call it "The Rock 2" or have it associated at all with The Rock since it won't have anything to do with Alcatraz. That would lose the name appeal for a follow up. And if you think about it, National Treasure 2 could easily be viewed as The Rock 2. "Somehow Hummel survived" and takes them all on a merry chase of cat and mouse as they have to solve puzzle after puzzle to get to the treasure (or unlock a secret from the microfilm).
@BRUTALSHANZ19889 ай бұрын
It's so surreal to think I've walked the grounds of Alcratraz when I was 17 years old while I was on Holiday in San Francisco. Everything about the prison was so exciting to me but knowing it's history before hand made my experiences even better. It's these biases that I have is why I love movies set in Alcratraz. The Rock is a sensational flick and it is one of my greatest movies.and anyone who has yet to experience it must see it.
@user-zl5dt9ko6g9 ай бұрын
An action-packed thrill ride with a stellar cast.. Dude, your channel is such a joy...Thanks for being you :).
@bsmith66469 ай бұрын
Great movie. Love Connery and Cage in this. Even has Michael Biehn in a cameo 👌
@alexfreese81009 ай бұрын
Thanks Minty for all your videos. Having a challenging and rough few weeks and appreciate what you do, thank you!
@ArchGBUStanton9 ай бұрын
I've been to Alcatraz many times and have direct they dark night there. The fog made it that much more darker and scarier. One of the main reasons I can't rise with a great prison is the inmates could hear people partying from shore answer Francisco. It must have been torture to be hearing so many people having so much fun but to be locked up at the same time.
@roddmatsui35549 ай бұрын
I worked on “The Rock” on makeup effects! Very briefly, but it’s on my resume, and I thought it was a GREAT movie too.
@jediknightjairinaiki5609 ай бұрын
Nicholas Cage's line delivery cadence is awesome. Not to mention the following line. "How in the name of Zeus's butthole, did you get out pf your cell?"
@johnmorgan16299 ай бұрын
Back in Black another piece of classic rock.
@sarahleonard73099 ай бұрын
Personally, I've had sequel burnout for years. So, in my grumpy opinion, it's better that this movie stands on its own. I have always loved this movie! This is probably the Nicholas Cage performance I most identify with, so it has a special place in my heart.
@palaceofwisdom94489 ай бұрын
I saw this in the theater and it was great fun from start to finish. Not quite Con Air level ridiculous but still a real thrill ride.
@davidjames5799 ай бұрын
After The Rock and Con Air I thought every Summer would have a crazy fun and funny Nicholas Cage action movie.
@Bob-Savage9 ай бұрын
Love this movie. Watched it twice in the theaters back in ‘96. Needs a 4K Blu-Ray!! Hopefully from Criterion
@jmarx39439 ай бұрын
This is one of my top 10 favorite action films ever...possibly top 5. Classic
@mychunkyjordi75859 ай бұрын
I would've loved a sequel as I love Connery but it's great as a stand alone film .Great video as always 😊 🐾 💜 👋 👍
@jamesgreszczuk16709 ай бұрын
Totally superb action film with actors, awesome action, perfect chemistry with all these actors & the story plot was famously superb in every way imaginable! I wished there was a sequel but nothing became of it! Jim Greszczuk
@kanekitchen38028 ай бұрын
Love the lighthearted tone of your vids, especially the bad jokes. Thanks for all the hard work
@davedeluxe94829 ай бұрын
spent many hours and had fun exploring the Island when I was in the Coast Guard. We maintained the Lighthouse, fog signals and navigation lights around the island so we got to go everywhere. Even got a tour of the off limits catacombs
@kidgruesome4079 ай бұрын
saw it in theatres as a child and loved it. saw it for a second time 2 days ago and still love it.
@snackbarqueen9 ай бұрын
The Rock is one of my all time FAVORITE movies 😊 so many AMAZING actors in this one movie, and Sean Connery and Nicholas Cages chemistry is top notch 😁 i could go on and on about this movie lol... just one of the best all around !!!!
@5T3U3RM4NN8 ай бұрын
Absolutely right !!! greetings from germany -.-
@jakabames9 ай бұрын
On the Bond theory if you watch On Her Majesty's Secret Service, George Lazenby's Bond is after Sean Connery's Bond and in the movie he says "the other guy never had this problem". Which make me wonder if The Rock happened after Connery's last Bond movie and MI5 Disavowed Connery's Bond and hired another and 007 and the name Bond became a codename used by loads of different men
@davidjames5799 ай бұрын
It's a reference to Prince Charming in Cinderella. The codename doesn't make any sense as Bond himself has used cover names on missions, he has the same relationships with the MI6 staff and Felix Leiter, and there are several references for the different actors who played Bond mourning their dead wife Tracy. If Bond is a codename, then so must every character who's been played by different actors. E.g. Blofeld, Moneypenny, Leiter. Charles Gray played a MI6 agent who is killed in You Only Live Twice but he faked his own murder and came back as Blofeld Incarnation 5 in Diamonds Are Forever? Actor recasting's happen all the time, and it's just accepted. No one's ever said that Rachel Dawes in The Dark Knight Trilogy is a codename, as she was played by Katie Holmes in Batman Begins and Maggie Gyllenhaal in The Dark Knight.
@jakabames9 ай бұрын
@@davidjames579 I was just talking about What Bond said in On Her Majesty's Secret Service not characters spanning the whole Film franchise. And what does Batman have to do with Sean Connery or The Rock. I was not talking about people playing the same character just one phrase from one movie and putting forward a theory which makes sense to me (and possible to others).
@davidjames5799 ай бұрын
@@jakabames "007 and the name Bond became a codename used by loads of different men". That's not just Lazenby's comment. That's the Codename Theory. The only reason different men are Bond is because it's recasting's. The characters aren't supposed to be seeing the character as looking different, same reason no one thought Rachel Dawes in Batman had changed. She hadn't to the characters.
@jakabames9 ай бұрын
@@davidjames579 it is though. Lazenby said that comment in the movie. And his Bond was after Connery's Bond. And I have no idea why you keep mentioning Rachel Dawes from Batman because that has nothing to do with this theory (with the Bond movies or The Rock). I know that Katie's and Maggie's Rachel is the same character. But with Bond, there has always been the theory that they are different people. This goes all the way back to Casino Royale with David Niven.
@jakabames9 ай бұрын
Now let's drop this otherwise we'll end up going in circles. I was commenting on a video I was watching and just saying to Minty what I thought. Not to get into an argument with someone else. End of subject, please.
@RogueTheology9 ай бұрын
Thanks for dropping this on my birthday!
@cob20769 ай бұрын
Happy Bday
@nsasupporter75579 ай бұрын
Happy birthday
@myrnalaboy28409 ай бұрын
The film was dedicated in loving memory of producer Don Simpson who passed away short after production. R.I.P. Sean Connery O.B.E. aka Bond ...James Bond 007
@ChadwickTheChad9 ай бұрын
I was chatting away on IRC one day (early internet chat) and I kept hearing explosions, so after a while, I called a friend up and asked him if he heard the explosions and he was all "Oh yeah, they're filming a movie about Sean Connery on Alcatraz!"
@Nicfulltime9 ай бұрын
I actually worked on a ghost show on Alcatraz. That was an experience.
@MrStonecold5909 ай бұрын
Great video again. I've been to Alcatraz and it would be very eerie to stay overnight on that island. Especially night after night
@IdarkshadowI9 ай бұрын
Oh man.. one of my personal top10... is a fun movie to watch, the chemistry between Cage and Connery are the best, the villans too... such great actors
@cranbers9 ай бұрын
Great movie. One of my fav from my teenage years. Watch it every few years cause it's that good.
@livingdeadjake42289 ай бұрын
One and done the film is a classic. One of my favorite action films of all time. The whole cast was amazing especially Nic and Sean Connery. RIP Sean. Great video Minty always enjoy them. Remember seeing the film in theaters as a young kid lol with my parents.
@5T3U3RM4NN8 ай бұрын
My all time favorite movie. Seen it at least 25 times. And one of the best moviescores ever made. greetings from germany 😊
@workingclassperson21248 ай бұрын
One of my favorite action flicks. Rock on Minty dude!!
@sim74099 ай бұрын
LOVED this flic back in the day..need to rewatch
@AaronJohnson-mo8rf9 ай бұрын
this is a fun movie one of my favorite lines from goodspeed is where he says "why dont we say we cut the chit chat" when he is talking to sean connery which honestly is kinda comical
@ruthun9 ай бұрын
I just rewatched Con Air and The Rock this week. :-) Epic times
@DevilNarwhal9 ай бұрын
My favorite part is when Connery says to Cage, "It's you! You're the Rock!"
@KaiserSoze-vx6vo9 ай бұрын
The Rock is one of my favorite movies, so many quotable lines in it, "I sh!t you not"' Still Clint Eastwood film ed two movies there, 'Escape from Alcratraz' and the Dirty Harry movie, 'The Enforcer'. @Minty, Maybe you can do a 10 things episode about those two movies as well.
@MrWoodMan239 ай бұрын
An action-packed thrill ride with a stellar cast.
@theelectricgasstation9 ай бұрын
Ed Harris comes into my work sometimes. He was here on Sunday. Such a nice guy. This is Hummel from Alcatraz.
@user-sm4qy8yc2r9 ай бұрын
I've always liked him, it's good to hear that he's a nice guy, he seems like he would be.
@ericmcinnes25089 ай бұрын
Do you work in a porn shop?
@jamesabernethy78969 ай бұрын
I feel very similar to you on this one. A bit silly at times but a lot of fun. This had some terrific actors and interactions. I always link this to movies like demolition man, cliffhanger and the specialist because it a movie of its era. Another great movie that was a favourite of mine at the time.
@thedudeofdudes66879 ай бұрын
Minty my man, your lost three videos have been some of my favorite movies. Good work man.
@mausbiber65859 ай бұрын
6:58 - best "Jump Cut" I've ever seen! ^^
@abryant789 ай бұрын
I enjoy every review Minty ! Kudos
@Bounty_Kxlla19 ай бұрын
The Rock did change the way I saw cinema, it was shot epically
@razorfett1479 ай бұрын
There's little in the film that outright rules out the possibility that Capt JPM was Bond under an alias. So its still a fun, harmless theory. Then there was the interview given by Sir Sean some time after the film released wherein he confessed that he played Mason as though he WAS an elder, retired Bond. So...that's good enough for me 😎
@SSGLGamesVlogs9 ай бұрын
I call The Rock, Face/Off and Con Air, the Cage Pack.
@DrtyALGreen9 ай бұрын
My dad's friend John Laughlin(or McLaughlin, goes by both) played General Petersen in this film. Supposedly he sent a shirt for me before I was born from the set of Footloose. I hope my mom finds it someday.
@Lord-Lexz0r9 ай бұрын
One of my all time favourite movies from the 90s.
@michmirich9 ай бұрын
Honestly Connery's demands werent unreasonable. Spending a minimum hour of travel everyday would have been super inconvenient. And making your dialog more believable is always a good idea.
@richard772318 ай бұрын
It was nice seeing Don Simpson's name as a producer of Top Gun:Maverick and using the original Simpson/Bruckenheimer logo as an homage.
@Shadowace7249 ай бұрын
Great flick I have seen a dozen times or more. Love this movie.
@plosis9 ай бұрын
One of the best action movies and Connery's last Bond film ❤
@adamramos72319 ай бұрын
Hell yeah! Thanks for doing this one Minty
@user-ub6hd3nd4l2 ай бұрын
Connery was a bad-ass into his elder years.A great screen presence and a great human being.
@skullraptor599 ай бұрын
I still go back to the shower room scene and just love how hard Ed Harris goes in that scene.
@kristijansudra37279 ай бұрын
Awesome review and movie!! One of the best of all time!!
@miklosmanchannel72169 ай бұрын
Love this film. Legendary
@brorjordas19799 ай бұрын
This absolutely is a one awesome '90s movie!
@cs91349 ай бұрын
Love your videos! Have you ever done Top Secret? Probably one of the best opening credits ever!
@OrangeHatReviews5 ай бұрын
Fun Fact, Minty. The Rock and Armageddon are actually linked not only by Bay, but by the actor who played the President in both films. The movies are called the President Anderson Duology. A president that had to deal with a Terror Threat and a world ending crisis all in one term of office.
@helicoprion74759 ай бұрын
I don't think a sequel would work but a prequel that starts with Mason escaping from alcatraz would be amazing
@michaeldalessandro30206 ай бұрын
Another awesome video minty
@kirbymarchbarcena9 ай бұрын
This is the most normal role that Nick ever made without getting crazy
@ChromeCobra4209 ай бұрын
Con-Air. These two movies were extremely similar as far as his character. Wicker Man. Raising Arizona. He has a lot of normal roles. 8 Eyes is a good one. His characters are too different in a lot of these, like The Rock, 8 Eyes and Con-Air. You can almost imagine the same character did all 3 of these movies.
@pheunithpsychic-watertype98819 ай бұрын
That Zeus butthole line felt like him blowing off steam
@powerbomb48339 ай бұрын
I've been waiting for The Rock video ever since Minty's Con Air video. Thank you!
@deedubs11809 ай бұрын
I love your reviews mate. Good job on this one!
@nicholasmelby53619 ай бұрын
It was such an amazing experience going to watch this movie at the theater as a kid, I was blown away and it was my favorite movie at the time. Today it still holds a special place in my heart and it is still a fun movie to watch even after watching it dozens of times.
@johnn.44079 ай бұрын
Just watched this recently again. Pure Hollywood, crazy action and fun.
@tythegolfer62799 ай бұрын
Great movie. Bathroom scene is insanity!
@frankcastle51329 ай бұрын
Nice Video as always Bro 😊
@jondavidtheauthor63189 ай бұрын
I think if Arnold played Goodspeed, it would have been a VERY different character.
@gwenna11618 ай бұрын
one of my faves
@andrewcoulthard-clarkАй бұрын
During the chase sequence, there is a deliberate swipe at Arnold Schwarzenegger; where a bulky extra with a thick Austrian accent has his Humvee stolen. Schwarzenegger at the time was known for riding around Beverley Hills in the military grade vehicle.
@collywog9 ай бұрын
Love the, "Leave your brain at the door" comment. It really is what I want to do after a hard day at work. Just watch something where I don't have to think and let Hollywood entertain me. I'm definitely glad there wasn't a sequel as this usually spoils the original. Good video Minty.
@darkwingdave799 ай бұрын
I... am a HUGE Michael Bay fan & I am absolutely proud of it too.
@ethanholgate25129 ай бұрын
So am I he's right up there with Tony Scott and John Woo for me in terms of best action director don't care what anyone else says
@darkwingdave799 ай бұрын
@@ethanholgate2512: Nooooo waaaay!!! I, too love Tony Scott & John Woo big time!!!! One of my favorite action films is The Last Boyscout. I always describe that film as "if the writers of Married With Children wrote a action film". John Woo is just amazingly badass. I love Hard Boiled with a sick passion. I love Woo's trademarks (slow-mo, doves, shooting their two guns as his characters are spinning using a coat as a cape). Those are MY holy trinity in action films for sure!!!!!