The Rock – 1996 – ep107

Summary: "The Rock" asks the age-old question: Glass or plastic?<br> <br> Whether you want your VX-gas-riddled corpse stored in a glass jar or a plastic bag, Nicolas Cage's FBI science nerd Stanley Goodspeed will be there to analyze it.<br> <br> Sean Connery gets top-billing in Michael Bay's ridiculous, violent and super-fun action-adventure, but it's Cage's non-swearing accidental badass who steals "The Rock." Ed Harris is a general-turned-reluctant terrorist who takes a bunch of tourists hostage on Alcatraz, and so the powers-that-be need to recruit the only man to ever escape - Connery's British spy James Bond...errr John Mason to help the good guys break in. Cage's Goodspeed is there to defuse a bunch of rockets comprised of the most fragile array of face-burning, heart-stopping goo you can imagine. Seriously, if those Tide laundry pods break so easily, how could the government have confidence in little green orbs of super poison?<br> <br> Anyway, "The Rock" is relentless, with three full action scenes BEFORE the good guys ever touch down on Alcatraz. That includes a wild car chase through San Francisco, but rest assured, Connery is only BORROWING YOUR HUMVEE.<br> <br> Old Millennnials Remember Movies hosts Tyler and Angela discuss their love of the Cage-Connery pairing, some of the real-life history of the island prison, and Tyler's disappointment when he attended the real attraction and didn't find a "Temple of Doom" style-mine car track anywhere on the property.<br> <br> The hosts marvel at the movies deep bench of supporting players, including John Spencer (RIP), Brenda from "General Hospital," and maybe Steve Bannon? That Humvee guy looks like Steve Bannon.<br> <br> Tyler and Angela definitely don't cut the chit-chat, A-HOLE in this episode, which is probably comprised of at least 50 percent admiration for Nicolas Cage's gloriously strange line-readings. We talk Zeus' bunghole, the marriage police and whether either host would take pleasure in gutting you, BOY!<br> <br> The Summer of Jerry Bruckheimer continues with "The Rock," also known as maybe the only good Michael Bay movie.<br> Also discussed on this episode of OMRM:<br> <br> No Sudden Move (2021)<br> Boss Baby: Family Business (2021)<br> The Ice Road (2021)<br> America: The Motion Picture (2021)<br> Good on Paper (2021)<br> Freaky Friday (2003)<br> Sweet Tooth (2021 television series)<br> <br> Check out past 'Summer of Bruckheimer' episodes of Old Millennials Remember Movies:<br> <br> Top Gun -1986 - episode 106<br> Beverly Hills Cop - 1984 - episode 105<br> Bad Boys Trilogy - 1995-2020 - episode 68<br> Days of Thunder - 1990 - episode 41