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Mine cart chase

Bill Simmons: The weapons-theft scene is praised: the "bubble face" guy trapped in the vault, the rockets with green balls inside, and David Morris's "sorry, dude"; a take follows that Bubbleface deserved to die for dropping the rocket.

Bill Simmons: Connery's first scene, 25 minutes in, with long hair in prison, is called one of the coolest entrances ever; the "lead left in your pencil" line and William Forsy's needlessly cutting insults are singled out.

"That's the most awful thing I've ever seen"

Mina Kimes: Real Rockheads love the morgue-scene lines about the feet and "that's the most awful thing I've ever seen"; Cage's subtle readings like "FBI, freeze, sucker" and introducing himself as Stanley Goodspeed are favorites, and the Rocket Man quote is the stupidest but still funny.

The film

The Rock (1996)

Directed by Michael Bay · Action

136 minutes

Cast

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Sean Connery Captain (retired) John Patrick Mason SAS/MI6
Nicolas Cage Special Agent Dr. Stanley Goodspeed
Ed Harris Brigadier General Francis "Frank" X. Hummel
David Morse Major Tom Baxter
John Spencer FBI Director James Womack
William Forsythe Special Agent Ernest Paxton
Michael Biehn Commander Charles Anderson
Vanessa Marcil Carla Pestalozzi
Gregory Sporleder Captain Frye
Tony Todd Captain Darrow
John C. McGinley Captain Hendrix
Bokeem Woodbine Gunnery Sergeant Crisp
Danny Nucci Lieutenant Shepard
Claire Forlani Jade Angelou
Anthony Clark Paul the hairdresser
Stanley Anderson President of the United States
Philip Baker Hall Chief Justice (uncredited)

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Speed

The Rewatchables · aired August 18, 2026

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