THE ROCK (1996) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION 

Hey! As a violinist, I had the honor of performing on the soundtrack to this film! Composed by Hans Zimmer protégé Nick Glennie-Smith and recorded at the legendary Paramount scoring Stage M, it was a fantastic project to work on. Have fun, everyone!

Mason's backstory is set up for him to unofficially be Bond as a wink and a nod to the audience.

The Rock is a perfect sample of what old Hollywood used to be: ENTERTAINING.

As a soldier and 100% disabled veteran who has buried many friends I completely understand hummel, how our government treats its veterans and their families is nothing short of criminal!

RIP Sir Sean Connery (August 25, 1930 - October 31, 2020), aged 90 You will always be remembered as a legend.

One of my favorite guilty pleasures!! RIP Sean Connery! You worked so well with Nicolas Cage!

Fun fact: Nicholas Cage always wanted to work with Sean Connery. Connery agreed to the film because he found out Cage would be in it and he was impressed with Leaving Las Vegas.

"What kind of f'ed up tour is this" Gets me every time.

Fun fact: in the original script, the dialogue for Nicolas Cage's character was loaded with f-bombs and other profanity. He decided since he was playing a geeky scientist, it would be more appropriate if his character didn't swear. So he replaced all of the curse words with improvised stuff like "gosh", "a-hole" and "Zeus' butthole". The only time he curses is at the end when he fights Captain Frye, as a way of showing how the experience has toughened him up.

Nic Cage was on fire in the 90s with action flicks. The Rock, Con Air, Face Off, all great movies.

Cassie being the big sister....covering Carly's eyes. That made my day!

It's funny that Claire Forlani is in this movie playing Sean Connery's daughter with a American accent because she is actually Scottish.

That shower room massacre still gets to me everytime with the music, Hummel demanding that they cease fire, and poor Lt. Shepard, and it's some of Michael Biehn's best work.

This movie has somehow been forgotten and it's a travesty! It just is so great, the action, the music, and Connery basically playing Bond himself 30 years later is just an added touch :D

When Michael Biehn was having that badass speech as a SEAL commander he was actually nervous just because Sean Connery was gonna be in front him. But he always delivers. Some theories say that Sean Connery actually is James Bond in this movie. It all fits!

"DONT LOOK!" - haha such a big sister move. Quality

+1 for Demolition Man! its such a fun movie and its crazy how well it has aged given today's culture...freakin EPIC

This movie is peak 90s action, you should definitely get around to watching Face/Off, Con Air, Broken Arrow as well

Sean Connery saying " Welcome to the Rock" was one of my favorite movie memories!!

Thanks so much for watching this one! The Rock, Con Air and Face/Off all add up to the Holy Trinity of Nic Cage action movies, in my personal opinion. They’re all fantastic! If you get the chance to watch either of the other two, please do so, thanks and enjoy!

“WELCOME TO THE ROCK!” So glad you watched this film. One of Michael Bay’s best. Full on action but didn’t quite get into live action cartoon like some of his later films.

The Demolition Man is creepily prophetic.

Loved Sean Connery so much! Fun fact about his accent. In Bond, he did a British-esque accent and this movie is his actual Scottish accent. He was known for having a weird Scottish accent too because he moved around different areas of Scotland and ended up with a blended accent.

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The bar is low, but this is Michael Bay's best by a mile. A masterclass in action moviemaking. Con Air and Face/Off complete the Nic Cage 90s action holy trinity.

The Rock is probably one of the top 20 best 90s actions movies. The fact 3 heavy hitters of their time and at their prime all together with an intersecting story is some damn good writing

I love that part at the end too when Goodspeed says Mason was vaporized, and the other guy says “ poor bastard,” with a wry smile.. I always love those knowing the score moments..

IMHO Sean Connery, Ed Harris and Nicholas Cage were perfectly casted for this great action movie. Please consider checking out "Family Man" with Nick Cage; it's one of my all-time favorite movies!

I see now why this is seen as a lost/secret Bond film. Watching it that way, even if unintended at the time, makes this an even more enjoyable film.

One of my favourite films ever. Nicolas Cage at his most restrained, with the possible exception of The Family Man, Connery at his most Connery and Ed Harris being his best self. And that supporting cast, David Morse, Michael Biehn, John C McGinley, Danny Nucci, John Spencer... its just so awesome

30:57 "Indiana Johnes style" - "Yeah, I was thinking more like Snow White and the seven dwarfs, but that too." 😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

this is Michael Bay's masterpiece Imo, it also seems to be like an epilogue to Sean Connery's portrayal of 007 if you think about it, he was a secret agent working for the Brits got discovered and thrown into jail, anyways its always been a pleasure of mine, this movie is just so fun! Both Nick Cage and Connery have soooo much chemistry together.

General hummel is one of the most sympathetic villains in an action film.

Hans Zimmer score is just outstanding. Great movie. One of my all time favourite

ed harris is really something else, I can't imagine anyone else playing his character, he has such an intensity and purpose, he really gets in character, and of course nick cage and connery are fantastic as usual and have such charisma in everything they do, michael bay has had his moments, definitely his best film

If you want another great but underrated Connery action movie where he has the fun expert/mentor dynamic but with a lady, I highly recommend "Entrapment" with Catherine Zeta Jones💜💜💜

30:57 "That's Indiana Jones style... Yeah, I was thinking Snow White & the 7 Dwarves, but that too." You ladies always have some historical line that I will always remember every time I think of a movie after watching your reactions & I love it.

One of my favorite 90s action flicks. The humor is perfect in this movie. You didnt notice the lead Seal member was Reece from Terminator. He pops up in movies here and there.

I was lucky enough to stay on Alcatraz overnight as a Boy Scout back in the early 90s. We stayed on the first floor of Cell Block D, the area where Cage and Connery are kept in the scene at around 34:52. Mine was the 2nd or 3rd cell from the far left corner. I also live about an hour away from San Francisco, and go there to hike whenever I have free time. So whenever they use the city in movies, I always go back and see what details, inaccuracies, etc. I can find. The Rock is one of my favorite 90's action movies, so I've had plenty of opportunities to go through it in detail. About half of that car chase doesn't even take place in San Francisco (those parts are split between Los Angeles and San Pedro), and what does involves some awkward backtracking and going in the opposite directions what what's being described. They were never even once on California Street. I mentioned that in the live chat when this video premiered, and someone made fun of me for analyzing a fictional car chase. So I'll reiterate what I said there: There's a 1968 movie called Bullitt that starred Steve McQueen and featured a famous car chase in San Francisco, and with real driving stunts (and in one case improvised) done by McQueen itself. It was the first car chase of its kind in films, iconic, and set a high standard that most others have only come close to reaching. It may not have been a flashy spectacle like The Rock, but it was far more dangerous, and its continuity holds up when mapped out. The only thing that makes sense in The Rock's car chase is that Connery to drive from cable car explosion at Jones & Pacific Avenues on Russian Hill to the Palace of Fine Arts in only a few minutes. Other notes: Stenson Drive doesn't exist in San Francisco. Jade's house is on West 37th Street in San Pedro. The FBI mobile command center is shown to be situated at a warehouse on Pier 39. In reality, Pier 39 is a heavily developed shopping center and tourist trap in Fisherman's Wharf. Judging by the camera perspective and the layout of San Francisco's piers, those establishing shots were taken on Pier 23, looking southeast (as in, opposite direction from Alcatraz) towards the Bay Bridge. You can see Piers 19, 17, 15, and 9, with the distinctive Pier 7 walkway jutting out a little further than the others in the distance. Given that Pier 19 was converted from a warehouse to a parking garage, it's most likely the place where the command center scenes were really filmed. Also, Pier 17 was recently made the location of the Swiss consulate, and the Exploratorium was relocated to the renovated Pier 15 in 2013. Also, the stadium shown in the missile launch was actually Candlestick Park, which was far south. The Oakland Coliseum is to the east and relatively close to Alcatraz.

This is hands down one of the best action films of all time. The way this script flows in the various action beats is near perfect. Sean Connery, Nic Cage, and Ed Harris are great in their roles, not to mention a prime Vanessa Marcil and Michael Biehn. Of course, Hans Zimmer hits the score out of the park.

One of the best action movies of the 90s, one of the best ever. Also, one of Nick Cage’s best. This came out when I was in high school and I joined the Air Force shortly after. We would watch this every weekend.

The soundtrack from this movie is one of the absolute best out there and has stuck with me most of my life. unforgettable :)

This is in my humble opinion THE best action movie of all time. It has everything - amazing actors, one of the best soundtracks of all time, good pace, just the right amount of humour and tension, and of course great and over the top action scenes.

Best part of this reaction (for me) was at 40:00 (40:04) when Cassie protects Carly, Cassie using her hand to shield Carly from seeing the "Rocket Man" impaled from his fall as she says "Don't look!" and they both go "OHHHH" together in unison with Carly giving us the PIB tag line; "Oh my gosh!". LOL! Loved that so much!

This IS the film that made me a fan of Nic Cage and Ed Harris. Perfect casting!

This reaction is a great example of how a non-critically-acclaimed, non-award-winning FAN-FAVORITE can stand the test of time! The Rock is more than an action movie, it's a CLASSIC! AND SHOUT OUT TO FUZION FRENZY!!!

this is my favorite movie reaction channel because you seem genuine and you don't talk too much or interrupt too much during the movie. and there's no annoying fake laughter like a certain other channel that got old really quick.

Fun fact: the lead F-18 pilot is played by Jim Caviezel (Edmond in the Count of Monte Cristo); this was early in his career.

I've always loved how how this movie, without ever saying it, implies that Connery's character in this IS a version of James Bond. It's great that he had so much panache and secret agent "street cred" that just being in the movie implies this whole long great back story for the viewer to lock in to the story. If you've got it, use it I guess? FWIW....

This was my favorite action movie growing up and it still holds up. Definitely Michael Bay's best film.

Finally people are getting around to this movie 🍿 🎥 one of the best movies ever made. I saw this in theatres back in ‘96

Whether you're good it or not, Sean Connery is -- hands down -- one of the MOST fun impressions to do. I love that it took y'all hearing about 4 of his dialogue lines to start.

This was one of my grandfathers favorite movies. We still have the VHS tape he had of it. One of my favorite movies ever since.

Despite being 66 years old at the time, Sean Connery did a good number of his own stunts in this movie. Including the scene where he and Nic Cage swam underwater with flames burning above them. In his youth Connery had been both a boxer and an aspiring bodybuilder and over the years, he kept in excellent shape.

Not sure if anyone commented or you guys noticed, but the SEAL team commander was played by Michael Biehn, aka: Johnny Ringo from Tombstone.

I dunno why but cage and Connery seem like such an unlikely pairing but in this movie they just work so well together it’s amazing

I can't tell you how much I've enjoyed your Sean Connery journey since the Hunt for Red October 🥰

Excellent reaction! I just love the two of you together. I'm surprised you didn't recognize Michael Biehn, who played Commander Anderson in this movie as playing Reese in The Terminator who turned out to be John Conner's father of course. The Rock had such great character actors in it. William Forsythe, David Morse, Gregory Sproleder, John C. McGinley, John Spencer, and Tony Todd. I can't wait for your next reaction. Keep up the great work!

Fun fact about Sean Connery, he had the same accent in every movie he was ever in, it was part of the Connery charm, He Played an accent Egyptian, a Russian submarine commander, An Irish-American detective, and always had the same accent, the only movie that shows he was actually Scottish was The Rock, they find out in the movie on a computer he was born in Glasgow.

Mid 80s and 90s had some of the best action movies ever made. They had this perfect blend of campy action and seriousness at same time. They knew what they were doing and just made to be just fun and adrenaline rushed. So many good movies to check out if you enjoyed this, Con Air is another Nicholas Cage master piece that I think will love the good guy story. Also The Rock one of the best sound tracks.

Great reaction ladies! Sean Connery is an icon! Steven Speilberg once said there was no other actor who could ever have played Indiana Jones' Dad! 😁

"Matchstick Men". A really underrated, but really good. Nick Cage flick.

I love the headcanon that Connery's character is actually his James Bond, imprisoned under a different name and forgotten...

While you predicted Connery/bond would be the SAS operative. There is actually some fan theories that this actually was written as Connery was Bond, the timeline of his backstory would even fit with events from the bond films he was in.

You do realize this is a stealth Bond movie, right 😉 ? Great movie and great reaction 😁

Mason played by Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born August 25, 1930 - died October 31, 2020) was a Scottish actor. He was the first actor to portray fictional British secret agent James Bond on film, starring in seven Bond films between 1962 and 1983.[1][2][3] Connery originated the role in Dr. No (1962) and continued starring as Bond in the Eon Productions From Russia with Love (1963), Goldfinger (1964), Thunderball (1965), You Only Live Twice (1967) and Diamonds Are Forever (1971). Connery made his final appearance in the franchise in Never Say Never Again (1983), a non-Eon-produced Bond film. He was in 72 movies.

I remember this one. I actually won tickets from a radio contest to see The Rock. Liked it quite a lot. Granted, I was 19 at the time.

Loved Cage's character in this movie. "I meant it at the time" = hilarious. "It wasn't mine" :) Womack was so mad: "You wrecked half the city" I'm dying laughing.

Carly winking and talking about her “squinty eyes” literally made my day 😂 so adorable haha PS- I think you two would LOVE Dragonheart!

The rock, damn, what a fun action movie. This was in fact THE movie that made me fall in love with Hanz Zimmer music and to think I was just a clueless teenager at the time. I doubt he was even popular at the time and yet that effortless epic journey of a soundtrack immediately gripped me to the core, bedazzled me and stuck within me for all those years, after watching it in the cinemas. I was only made even happier when he has been recognized in the last decade, finally with all his music contributions in movie osts. What an absolute legend. And to think this was 27 years ago. Sean Connery is a literal god here, as he always was. Ed Harris performance was also beyond memorable.

Hope you recognized the guy playing the Navy SEAL commander. It's Michael Biehn, who played Kyle Reese in the Terminator (and Corporal Hicks in Aliens). He was a popular choice to play military characters in the late-80s and 90s. He's played a Navy SEAL in several other films, as well.

Rest in peace Sir Sean Connery 🇬🇧🙏🏻 an eternal legend of the silver screen! this movie is one of the greatest action films ever made period and hands down Bay’s best work!

My friends and I grew up watching this. We've all literally seen it like 50+ times. Glad y'all enjoyed it!

It has been proposed that "James Bond" is a code name given to the British agent along with the number of 007. Hence, John Mason had trained as Bond and after he was captured the name and number tramsferred to the new guy. This has been supported by little nods to "the other fellow" and such in the Bond films.

Still arguably my favorite action movie -- it's just perfectly fun

This was my favorite movie growing up and I had it on VHS. I’ve probably watched it 20 times.

30:29 I love that when the VX capsules are exposed, Goodspeed gets calm and Mason gets scared. Chemicals are his specialty and battlefield. Just shows there are all types of bravery.

To be fair, The Rock would've absolutely been in The Rock had The Rock been at the stage in his career where we could all smell what The Rock was cooking in his Hollywood career at that point. In fact, he later did a Bruckheimer movie with Pain and Gain after he stepped back from wrestling. But if The Rock was in The Rock we may never gotten action movie Nick Cage and that would've been a tragedy for everyone. Because an over the top, big budget action movie is where A Nicholas Cage outburst makes the most logical sense. And he probably needed a good energetic pick me up after Leaving Las Vegas. Anyways classic 90's action...and was huge at the time. Always remember the cable car explosion fondly. Excellent reaction. Cassie and Carly's giggles have their own box office draw. 💖

I remember watching this in theaters when it first came out, and I knew this film was an iconic movie experience. You can feel the energy in theater the audience enjoying the ride of this film. They don’t make films like this anymore, unless you have a remnant figure from that era like Tom Cruise.

"Tied" with "Demolition Man"? Awesome. Can't wait for that one. You're gonna love the dynamics between the main characters.

"I WILL NOT GIVE THAT ORDER!" My favorite line. What a great film! I quote this film with my friends all the time like a crazy person lol

That moment where everyone goes "Aha, Indiana Jones!" and she went with "The seven dwarves in Snow White" - That's when I realised: Carly is a GENIUS!!

Just finished the Patreon early release. Your guys reaction to the bad guy getting skewered was precious & hilarious 🤣. Love that you watched this 🙌🏾

Sean Connery giving us his last "Bond" like performance, Nick Cage "rocks" , it . . The rest of the cast, director, soundtrack killed it. "IT was so well put together. . " yes Cassie, yes. . .

How you got 47 minutes out of this and only half an hour out of some of the best films ever made is astounding.

"I was thinking Snow White and the seven dwarfs, but that too!" 🤣😂🤣😂🤣‼...great reaction!

This is my all-time favorite action movie. Everything from the acting to the music just oozes the best of 90s action blockbusters.

You gals are knocking out these 90s Die Hard scenario movies: The Rock, Air Force One, Speed, Die Hard 2, etc... Others that you might wanna check out aside from the 3rd DH film are Con Air (the 2nd of Cage's 90s action trilogy before Face/Off), Cliffhanger, & Broken Arrow. This is Michael Bay's 2nd feature film sandwiched between Bad Boys (1995) & Armageddon (1998).

One of the best movies of the 90ies and one of the best Connery movies, in my personal opinion only topped by the stunning duo Connery/Baldwin in „The hunt for red October“, which is a must for all Connery Fans!

One of my favorite Sean Connery stories is from Sam Neil who played in "The Hunt for Red October" with Sean Connery. (No spoliers) Sam described Sean's famous Scottish accent and explained that no matter how many vocal coaches tutors or practice could hide the accent, especially when Connery was supposed to sound Russian. Finally Sean got fed up. He looked at the director and said (in angry Scottish) "You don't understand! I'm Sean Fucking Connery! You'll hire an entire Scottish crew SO I'LL BLEND IN!"

I think my favorite Sean Connery movie is still The Last Crusade with Harrison Ford. It had a good blend of humor and intelligence, adventure and emotion. The Hunt For Red October was also quite good and Connery was good in everything, like the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Michael Bein was in this as the head of the seal team, sees like he always gets killed. He was in the first Terminator with Sara Connor and also the second Aliens movie with Sig Weaver and lately he was killed by the Mandalorian. He was also killed by Val KILLmore in Tombstone... he was a huckleberry.

Yes! You finally got to this one! One of my favorites of all time and one of Zimmer's best soundtracks IMO (and that says a lot). So many great lines in this movie and a story that really makes the viewer to challenge their pre-conceptions of who the 'good guys' and 'bad guys' are.

Michael biehn is the lead seal, he also plays the lead seal in The Abyss, and kyle reese in the Terminator. He played alot of military movies back in the 80s n 90s

29:44 Death by Air-Conditioning Unit! Straight-up BRUTAL!!!

This along with being an excellent movie, in my humble opinion has to be a top 3 all time duo reaction from you two throughout the entire movie. I so enjoyed watching and listening to you. Just two memorable examples off the top of my head. Cassie, ”Indiana Jones style” Carly “I was thinking Snow White and the 7 dwarfs but that too.” Then at the end when that man is skewered and you both look away but not long enough and you quickly cover her eyes telling her not to look. That was such a loving thing to do. This is from someone who cannot talk while being filmed and hates having her picture taken, you two are phenomenal on camera. Oh, I did a search you were correct, Sean Connery was born in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Connery and Cage at their best. This is classic action/adventure. I absolutely love this film.

I love this movie. Tony Todd (Candyman) plays the bad guy so well. One of the best 90's action flicks every made. Thanks!!

41:24 looks like "speak no evil", "see no evil". 😂

The National Treasure films are genuinely great. Just super solid, fun family entertainment. Also if I remember correctly they intentionally hinted that Sean Connery's character was essentially a form of Bond after his 007 movies.

Oh hell yeah. A top 5 90s action movie. Favorite fan theory? Sean Connery is actually a captured James Bond.