In The Rock (1996), Nicolas Cage plays a nerdy chemist who suddenly becomes an action hero because apparently, science and explosions are the same thing. Sean Connery shows up as a suave ex-prisoner who escaped Alcatraz once and now has to break back in, because irony is the real villain here. Ed Harris leads a group of patriotic terrorists who think chemical weapons are a reasonable form of negotiation. It’s two hours of macho one-liners, green death balls, and Nicolas Cage screaming about VX gas like it personally insulted him.

This is the Overdue Homework Podcast we review and assign new 80's and 90's Movie, TV, or Video Game homework every episode.

We assign 1988's They Live

https://www.yardbarker.com/entertainment/articles/20_facts_you_might_not_know_about_the_rock/s1__37717732#slide_2

https://screenrant.com/rock-facts-trivia-hidden-info-1996-action-film-michael-bay/