These two characters must work together for a successful hostage rescue mission. His anxiety must be overcome so his knowledge can be utilized. The story also follows a chemical weapons specialist with no combat experience. The story follows the unique perspective of an inmate with knowledge of the Alcatraz prison system and the weaknesses in the entry points that may lead to a possible hostage rescue. I was pressed to think.The Rock chronicles a hostage situation on the island prison of Alcatraz and the ensuing attempted rescue by marine forces, a former resident of Alcatraz, and a scientist specializing in chemical weapons. I liked how Silk was a stock character you thought you knew, until he wasn't in the final 1/4 of the film. I liked the set up for the reveal about Chelsea. I enjoy that I was able to like all these characters and sympathize with them. Man, that's life imitating art imitating life. So as I pity Andre in the film (omg, having 'Hammy!' shouted at you 1000 times day!), I pity Rock even more for living out this life, even in the year since this movie's release, even right here on IMDb, with angry comments by old-school fans of his. There is some of that in here.and it's exactly the stuff I hated (Cedric and the whores the tampon thing-ish, edit them both out) and that made me rate this a couple stars lower than I might have otherwise. 'Where's the hysterical Chris Rock **** jokes?' people stuck in 1992 want to know. The plot of the movie, which has everyone but a few good friends wanting poor Andre to keep doing his funny stuff, the talking bear movies, while he wants to do more significant work? That ends up perfectly predicting the audience reaction you see here via the reviews. It's observational, mature, witty, good-hearted, mostly a rom-com but also about the battle between external expectations and inner desire, young adulthood and maturity. And yet.this was a definitely movie for me. I'm white, in my 60's, liberal but not urban or indeed hip in any sense, and the only five rap artists I could name are those who went on to acting careers.

I am sooooo not in the audience for a Chris Rock film-or so I would have thought.

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