- THE REAL ST. PATRICK— Who was this influential servant of Christ honored by the Irish? What is his TRUE and inspiring story?
- WISDOM— What is it and how can I become wiser?
- PURITY— Why should I save sex for marriage?
- EFFECTIVE RESPONSES— How can I best respond to tough questions from unbelievers?
- Mufasa: Mickey 17
- Captain America: Brave New World
- Paddington in Peru
- Love Hurts
- Flight Risk
- Wolf Man
- Survive
- A Complete Unknown
- Maria
- Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Michael Peña, age , American actor and musician, —“Moonfall,” “Fantasy Island,” “Jexi,” “Ant-Man” 1-2, “CHiPs” (2017), “Cesar Chavez,” “The Shield” TV series, “Narcos: Mexico” TV series • Faith: Scientology • Worldview: Liberalism
Woody Harrelson, actor—“Zombieland” 1-2, “War for the Planet of the Apes (2017),” “2012,” “No Country for Old Men,” “The Hunger Games,” “The People vs. Larry Flynt,” “Natural Born Killers” • Faith: Considers himself spiritual and leans toward Hinduism with admiration of the Hindu Yogi Paramahansa Yogananda. He was raised by a reportedly devout Christian mother and attended a liberal Presbyterian college (Hanover) where he says, “I was actually considering being a minister. …I was very religious growing up.” • Worldview: self-identifies as an anarchist, Socialism, Environmentalism (activist), Veganism
Please take a moment now to pray for these influential people (prayer suggestions).
The Rock
Reviewed by: Donna Hutchcroft
| Moral Rating: | Very Offensive |
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| Primary Audience: | Adults |
| Genre: | Action Adventure |
| Length: | approx. 120 min. |
| Year of Release: | 1996 |
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Alcatraz has been taken over! A group of angry Marines determined to make the military pay millions to the families of fallen comrades (lost in covert operations) have taken the tourists on the island hostage. The outlaw Marines threaten to use deadly chemical rockets against nearby San Francisco if their demands are not met.
The government sends a team of Navy Seals to break into Alcatraz and disable the weapons. Stanley Goodspeed (Nicholas Cage) an FBI chemical weapons expert, has the knowledge to disarm them, but he is basically a lab rat and not a field agent. To work through the series of underground mazes in Alcatraz the FBI pardons Patrick Mason (Sean Connery), a military prisoner for over 30 years. Mason was the only man to ever escape from Alcatraz.
There are numerous bloody and graphic scenes, military style. In some men are killed by falling objects, or impaled on poles. Explosions, throat slittings and snapping necks also claim victims. There are even gruesome scenes of men dying from exposure to the deadly gas. (I think the point of death could have been made without the vulgarities of spasm-wracked bodies shown here.)
Foul/objectionable language is frequent, and one of the Ten Commandments—Thou Shalt Not Use The Lord’s Name in Vain—seems to have been forgotten altogether! Further, Dr. Goodspeed lives with his pregnant girlfriend, and a scene where they make love while wearing their bathrobes is shown.
This exciting movie has a multitude of suspenseful scenes that keep you on the edge of your seat. Humor is mixed in as well, giving the film good balance, and the audience a chance to momentarily relax with laughter.
I recommend this film only for mature audiences (over 18), and then only with the warning regarding its graphic violence. I do not recommend it for a Christian couple’s “date movie.”
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