The Rock is an action movie released on Friday, June 7, 1996 that takes place on Alcatraz Island. The movie stars Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, and Ed Harris.

In the film, John Patrick Mason (Connery) is a British spy imprisoned for stealing microfilm that contained U.S. government secrets, such as the identity of John F. Kennedy's assassin. He also was the only person to ever escape from Alcatraz, but was later recaptured. Afterwards he was locked in another maximum security prison, and any evidence of his existence was erased ... (read more )