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I've been trying to figure out why this is. Every time they refer to the location they call it simply "The Rock". Never once in the movie does anyone say "Alcatraz", even though we all know that is the place they are talking about.
-- They say it multiple times. One is Hummel's first phone call. Then the woman talking about the warden. I counted more than 26 and then stopped.
Shouldn't the quotes section be deleted? There is a reference to this film's space in Wikiquotes at the bottom of the page.
I dont know why this article refers to VX as VX-2, I never saw it mentioned in the movie at all.
milton the best hahahaha Maybe the -2 indicated its a Binary chemical weapon, but this wouldn't be true either way since both times when a pearl is dropped the effects of the gas are present (this wouldn't happen in a binary system). I tend to doubt this though as the movie indicates the writers have knowdledge of binary weapons during the defusing scene in the gas chamber when Goodspeed mentions that the "poisons mixing", which is common in sarin gas.
On that note I am going to edit this page and remove the fictional part.
If you look in the first part of where they attack the weapons deopt, there's a large yellow 2 on one of the outside walls, so the VX-2 probably means that the room is the number 2 storage room for VX, or something similar.12.182.100.224 23:50, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
After seeing it a few more times, the 2 does just refer to VX, number 2 storage12.182.100.224 00:40, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
What's up with the VX being stored in those spheres anyway? Is that how it works in real life, or is it just done to make the stuff look more creepy in the movie? Also, when the SEALs supposedly deactivated the motion sensor how come Hummel's Marines were able to detect them anyhow? Masterblooregard 19:49, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
When The Cage was being filmed. I will always call the film by it's original name. The laser sensor was the most classified of all Special Forces Equipment. When The SEALS moved it, it has also a built in motion sensor so move it and thinking the lasers are still working. Think again. The motion sensor went off and alarmed The MARINES.
I have no idea of why a huge share of this article was deleted and replaced by a "Please complete this article" message. The only thing I can think of is vandalism, but maybe there was a reason. Either ways, I replaced that message for a stub message. If anyone has an explanation for this all, I'd like to see it on this talk page. Thanks.
Mackeriv 17:39, 9 Apr 2004 (UTC)
the movie was the best ever written it is portrayed rather nicely i would prfered the scene when nicholas cage burns the flares.
MARINE Force Recon can subdue a team of SEALs. If you saw the situation SEALS were trapped.
"Alcatraz closed on March 21, 1963. John F. Kennedy was killed on November 22, 1963. Therefore it is impossible that one of the secrets stolen by Connery was the identity of John F. Kennedy's assassin."
I don't think this piece of trivia makes any sense. It is clearly possible that in the story a document containing the plot to kill JFK was created before it actually happened. Therefore when Cage's character looks at the microfilm he could very well have found out who killed JFK. --Jayson Virissimo 19:43, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
You forget J Edgar Hoover was still alive after Kennedy's assassination. And, Mason was also moved around to other Maximum Security Prisons. And, also if you notice he escaped from Alcatraz so he probably did not go back to Alcatraz once he escaped. And, there was record of when he was grabbing the documents. So he could have escaped and kept on spying and was then caught again. Reason why there was no dates mentioned he was arrested, escaped, and also when he gathered the J Edgar Hoover Files.
Another Trivia Mistake
-One Marine on several occasions dons a beret. Berets are not worn in the Corps. [1]
-The F-18s rolling out of their hangars (which are navy jets) say "US Air Force" on the side. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.211.50.118 (talk) 21:33, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
Bold textDoes anyone know what the name of the theme song to this is? It's really good but I can't find it anywhere.
"Sean Connery's characters full name is John Patrick Mason. The name is an anagram of sorts. By taking the letter "O" from John and Mason you get OO then the name Patrick is 7 letters. The theory is that Mason is the original James Bond. This would explain Bond's change in apperance from Sean Connery to Roger Moore." >When the movie first came out, there was some buzz that Connery's character was supposedly the original James Bond. Obviously, the movie itself could not use that character without permission. But, if the movie is watched from the perspective that Mason is Bond, Connery's character definitely has the presence of "double-O seven." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.215.28.98 (talk) 18:52, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
This is stupid. Let me present this 'evidence'. Mason is really Douglas Fairbanks because both names are 16 characters long. Jerry Bruckheimer is 16 characters long too. Please. Also, if you remove the letter "O" from John and Mason you get Jhn Masn. It's a stretch and unless you have a source, it doesn't cut it.
Boy, you sure know it all don't you.
John Patrick Mason. Actually stands for two Patriots John Adams and Patrick Henry both of which are Freemasons. Freemasons which of course in known as Mason. If you noticed how Connery spoke, he was a patriot for The People exposing the truth. And, was not under orders by either US or British Government. British Government denied his exsistence because he was not under orders by them. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.189.141.171 (talk) 14:43, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
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There was a movie made in the 60ies or 70 ies (judging by what I saw), where a US officer with three companions seizes an ICBM silo, threatening to launch the missiles and thus start world war three if his demands (compensation for the families of men dieing in secret operations) were not met. Given the similarities in plot, couldn't The Rock be considered a sort of remake or at the very least drawing inspirations from the older movie? I am sorry, I do not remember the title oif said movie, nor did I recognize any of the actors, one of the conspirators was an overweight black man with a beard, the actor who played the president of the United States I remember as somewhat fat. thestor 18:48, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
Does anybody think that the synopsis might be just a little too long and detailed? They're supposed to give the general idea of the movie plot, not every little thing that happened. Soyseñorsnibbles 21:28, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
The plot of a film is what the movie is about. A Synopsis goes through every detail. Some people are interested in movies and come to Wikipedia to read up. They don't want the film spoiled by having everything pop up at them, so I have edited the page to now be a brief overview of the film's plot. See if I care. It's not fairObriensg1 (talk) 16:01, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
Shouldn't one include the information that the effects of VX and mustard gas were merged (and the latter's blatantly exaggerated in the process) for dramatical purposes? In actual fact, VX does not cause any horrific blistering of the skin.--Cancun771 (talk) 17:46, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
It honestly looks like a 12-year-old wrote it. It was riddled with typos and grammatical errors. Although I tried pruning some of them, it might need a rewrite. For example, "stragerling", "exponsing", "mounth". Really?—Preceding unsigned comment added by Mreccentricity (talk • contribs) 18:28, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
His filmography here doesn`t list. The same with IMDB.com and his official site. (Kokken Tor 00:15, 26 May 2011 (UTC)) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kokken Tor (talk • contribs)
Similar to the first Bad Boys film, this article did not mention Metacritic, which that may be necessary. Even though the current ratings on Rotten Tomatoes is a 67/100, the current ratings on Metacritic is actually mixed, only getting a 59/100 rating. CHAK 001 (talk) 10:09, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
New wiki user here, was unsure if this should really be added or not. Since it doesn't seem this page is likely to be checked, I went ahead and added the film page to the category: [[Category:Fictional Medal of Honor recipients]]. There are pages in that category that are the pages of books or films already, so I'll follow that example. The character Brig. General Frank X Hummel, played by Ed Harris, is a fictional Medal of Honor recipient, and in the opening credits leaves his Medal of Honor on the tombstone of his deceased wife before setting the main plot of the movie in motion. If I recall correctly, in the past, the character was given it's own stub page of some kind, and was listed in this category. --Padenton (talk) 15:54, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
I don't believe edits such as this are appropriate; I've asked for additional opinions or editorial assistance at WT:FILM. In any case, at this point the appropriate thing to do is discuss the matter and reach a WP:CONSENSUS, not edit war over the situation. DonIago (talk) 14:33, 5 May 2015 (UTC)
Hi. can we please changes all occurrences of the word "marines" in this entry to "rogue Marines?" the article is much clearer that way. thanks. --Sm8900 (talk) 16:22, 1 June 2016 (UTC)