"THE ROCK" hit theaters 30 years ago today (Wayback on June 7th, 1996)

Jun 7, 2026 7:24 PM

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It was a great end to Connery's Bond.

1 month ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

ngl, this movie, in a theater, was a hoot.

1 month ago | Likes 16 Dislikes 0

Rumor has it that this and Con Air are finally coming to 4K this year. Both are day 1 buys for me.

1 month ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

I saw the movie before I ever took a tour of Alcatraz. I gotta say I was disappointed that the prison didn’t look like the movie but I loved that movie.

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Gives a really nice chemical peel

1 month ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Man, I forgot how stacked the cast was. Might be time for a rewatch.

1 month ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 0

The good michael bay movie

1 month ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

My first blockbuster. I was 11, truly the pinnacle of spectacle for me by then.

1 month ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

John Mason is actually James Bond. Think about it.

1 month ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 1

Was wondering if anyone was gonna link that fan theory. Always liked that one.

1 month ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Such a great movie! One of my all-time favorites from the 90's.

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One of my favorite line reads of all time:

1 month ago | Likes 20 Dislikes 0

Did he not want to say asshole?

1 month ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

His jaw hurt like hell

1 month ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I saw this and thought it was moderately good. I remember the sound mastery being quite good.

1 month ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Having just watched Spider Noir and seeing Cage in these pics reminds me...

1 month ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

I am actually very happy as an old person to see Spider Noir. Hah.

1 month ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

It was better than I'd expected and a different road for Cage. Not sure how much the 30's period setting will go with younger folks. But as a new addition to the spiderverse, I'm looking forward to new episodes

1 month ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I saw it opening night

1 month ago | Likes 20 Dislikes 0

I saw it in theater and was exposed to tuberculosis. Dodged it!

1 month ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

my sister and her friends snuck me in! I was 15 and it felt very cool.

1 month ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

It still is cooll

1 month ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

What a coincidence, watching it right now lol.

1 month ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

How in the name of Zeus's butthole did you get out of your cell?

1 month ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

You need the Nic Cage emphasis: How in the name ... of ... ****ZEUS' BUTTHOLE**** ... did you get out of your cell?

1 month ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

"How do like how THAT shit works?!"

1 month ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

This movie is 100% a bond film.

1 month ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Have i seen it?

1 month ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 1

Something something.....Carla was the prom queen.

1 month ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

IYKYK

1 month ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 1

Huh, I did not know this was a Michael Bay movie (had no idea who he was when I watched it and cared even less about directors than I do now), but in hindsight I can totally see it.

1 month ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

I did not need this in order to feel old today. But, there it is

1 month ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Heh, just watched this last week with my daughters. Still an Awesome movie!

1 month ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Of her majesty's esh-a-esh

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Batman arguing with Hicks.

1 month ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

When did Ed Harris play Batman?

1 month ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Never. I fucked up with thinking the actor was Michael Keaton, not Ed Harris.

1 month ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I feel like the best parts of this movie were in the first third when Connery escapes the FBI. The rest is fine, but not terribly original.

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How's your bowling arm?

1 month ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

The death of the 'villain' was appropriately tragic methinks.

1 month ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

"Look, shon, at my age, and with my experience, I only have sho many fucksh left to give. You keep pushing me at thish pace, you're only gonna have about a half hour of worthwhile film in you, and *points at Nic* THAT one ishn't helping."

1 month ago | Likes 18 Dislikes 1

I still marvel at the idea that this is a turn-your-brain-off popcorn action film, but it has one of the most compelling and sympathetic villains of all time. Dude is just trying to get money to the families of dead Special Ops people who's missions were too classified to admit they took place.

1 month ago | Likes 29 Dislikes 0

Of course he's sympathetic. We watch known military members get shafted with benefits, let alone to disavowed who died in secret who the govt definitely fucks over as hard as possible. It's a joke that we have weapons for bombs and guns but never to take care of the people who defend the country because they don't exist on the stock market but bombs and guns do.

1 month ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Great villains are always believable. Team Thanos here

1 month ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

Thanos had decent motivation, but he was a megalomaniac. He became obsessed with the concept of balance and survival of the fittest, letting it blind him to the evil of the means he pursued to justify those ends.

By forcing balance, he created chaos; by causing chaos, he upended ecosystems that would otherwise allow the fittest (i.e., the best fit for the environment) to survive. For all that, he was a great villain.

1 month ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

I’d take pleasure in guttin you…boy

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Now say that in Kratos voice

1 month ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

"But how, in the name of Zeus's BUTT HOLE, did you get out of your cell? I only ask because in our current situation, well, it could prove to be useful information MAYBE!!"

1 month ago | Likes 20 Dislikes 0

Trade secrets, my son

1 month ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I've been saying this for days (my wife was like, 'can you stop?'). We adopted a kitten named Stanley so I gave him the last name Goodspeed, then watched The Rock for the umpteenth time. Then, decided to make a gif album of the movie: /a/0maa2C8 In honor of feline Stanley Goodspeed!

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Do you like music?

1 month ago | Likes 15 Dislikes 0

I don’t like soft ass shit

1 month ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

Well, I only bring it up because, uh, it's you. You are the Rocket Man.

1 month ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

**flies out the window, falls onto continently-placed metal pole, dies**

1 month ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Do ya know how THIS SHIT works?

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It's not mine.

1 month ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Neither is this

1 month ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

What a coincidence, I just watched another Sean Connery movie this weekend!

1 month ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

I watched The Rock last week

1 month ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Do you watch every movie on RLM BotW or was that just a coincidence?

1 month ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

This one was on the radar of my consciousness for about a decade, though I admit the recent BotW was what motivated me to actually sit down and watch it.

1 month ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

He came out of retirement just to voice this movie. Apparently, he did it as a personal favor to the directors. No word if it was actually blackmail.

1 month ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

I read a while ago part of it was that it was Scotland's first computer animated major picture and he wanted to be a part of it. Say what you will about the end result, but there's something admirable about that.

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