On this very night exactly 52 old age ago , three inmates escaped from Alcatraz , the maximum - security prison house set smack dab in the midsection of the San Francisco Bay . Their bodies were never found , dead or alert . That means John Mason might be the only man known to make it off the island successfully and exist .
Okay , okay . John Mason is n’t a real dude . He is a badass , gray - hairy federal prisoner played by Sean Connery inThe Rock , that campy Greco-Roman action flick from 1996 that still holds up almost two decennium later .
This movie has a hell of a lot going for it : Ed Harris passing - committing to his role as spurned brigadier general general Frank Hummel , a madcap who bring over Alcatraz with gas - armed rocket aimed at the metropolis ; Nic Cage giving over - the - top , Honeymoon in Vegas - style everyman reality as chemic artillery expert Dr. Stanley Goodspeed , one of the only men who can cease him ; and , of course , Connery , who is shivering - as - fuck as the guy rope who ’s fetch out of hiding for the job and who knows The Rock from the bottom up , having take it for his long - ago epic getaway . Plus , a glut of goofy quotables pepper the talks and San Francisco have conspicuously as a backdrop . What ’s not to have sex ?
For what it ’s worth , I believe that John Anglin , Clarence Anglin , and Frank Morris — the three factual inmates who disappeared in 1962 — are kick back on a beach with a couple piña coladas . possibly they ’ll get a kick out of watching The Rock tonight as well . [ Amazon ]
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