The Rock (film): Difference between revisions

* [[The Alcatraz]]: The original, naturally. ("The Rock" being its nickname among the prisoners).

* [[Anti-Villain]]: Hummel ([[Sliding Scale of Anti-Villains|Type III -> Type I]]). He just wants compensation for the families of dead soldiers, and though he is using extreme methods, he very much regrets his men killing the SEALs, and in the end {{spoiler|he was bluffing the entire time. Pity his men weren't.}}

* [[Badass Bookworm]]: Stanley Goodspeed. Also Mason, who presumably became one while in prison. At one point he laments that he'd have rather been a poet.

* [[Badass Grandpa]]: John Mason, Ex-SAS man and one of the few to escape the rock.

* [[Camp Gay]]: The hairstylist.

* [[Casual Danger Dialogue]]: Goodspeed, when he's working:

* [[Chase Scene]]: Uses just about every Trope on that list.

* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: {{spoiler|The atropine and signal flares.}}

* [[Girlish Pigtails]]: Carla put them on once, since it seems Stanley has a thing for them.

* [[Hero Stole My Bike]]: Stanley

''Stanley'': "''It's not mine. Neither is this.''" }}

** Mason and the Humvee also qualify. When the vehicle's outraged owner calls the Humvee's phone, Mason responds "I'm only ''borrowing'' it".

* [[Precision F-Strike]]: Goodspeed, who rarely curses in the movie ("Cut me some ''friggin''' slack!") throws one out {{spoiler|as he force-feeds a deadly poison capsule to Captain Frye.}}

* [[Pre-Mortem One-Liner]]

'''Goodspeed''': [calling after him] [[Bond One-Liner|How do ya like how THAT shit works?]] }}

** Also, Goodspeed force-feeding a mook with a VX gas ball: "Eat that, you fuck!"