The Rock (film): Difference between revisions

* [[Action Survivor]]: Goodspeed starts like this before becoming a real [[Action Hero]].

* [[Actor Allusion]]: Kicked off Nicholas Cage's "Beige Volvo" trilogy. And then of course Connery's lines about being a [[James Bond|British agent]]. Roger Ebert described the latter as "an in-joke the entire world gets."

* [[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.}}

** The Joint Chiefs also reference Hummel's Vietnam-era missions into China, a longterm [[Conspiracy Theory]] about the latter days of that war.

** Also, {{spoiler|what Goodspeed reads on the microfilm at the end. [[Who Shot JFK?]]...?}}

* [[Honor Before Reason]]: Stanley courageously continuing the mission to stop Hummel '''alone''' in spite of having virtually ''none'' of the combat abilities of Mason, who has just abandoned him.

* [[Horrible Judge of Character]]: Hummel didn't realize that Frye and Darrow were amoral mercenaries until it was too late.

* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: Some between Hummel and Mason during their first conversation. Hummel accuses Mason of not knowing what it's like to see your government betray the memory of their soldiers. Mason, of course, spent half his life in prison (including the one they're standing in) because the British disavowed him.

* [[Ironic Echo]]: "Welcome to the Rock."

* [[It Always Rains At Funerals]]: Kind of. There's no funeral, but it's pouring when Hummel goes to visit his wife's grave, just prior to his theft of the nerve gas. He's more or less [[Tear Jerker|apologizing]] to her for what he's going to do.

** Played straight with the Marine Honor Guard giving a volley of gunfire for....someone.

* [[Killed Mid-Sentence]]: Random marine: ''"I said shut the fu--''" (Mason snaps his neck).

* [[Knight Templar]]: Averted as Hummel, although a very sympathetic villain, {{spoiler|had never intended to launch the Missile}}.

* [[Redemption Equals Death]]: {{spoiler|Hummel and his former friend Baxter get killed by the ruthless marines, once they decided to not fire the rockets on civilians.}}.

* [[Redshirt Army]]: The SEAL team. A real SEAL Team no less. Dennis Chalker and Harry Humphries were two of half a dozen SEALS who advised and performed some of the scenes in the film, with Snake actually landing a part. {{spoiler|They only really end up in this situation because they're outnumbered and pinned down in an inferior tactical situation...}}

* [[San Francisco]]: See [[Chase Scene]] above. Nearly every landmark is menaced by a missile or raced by in a Ferrari. Nearly every San Francisco stereotype is present too.

* [[Scary Black Man]]: The knife-wielding Captain Darrow (played by [[Tony Todd]] which makes him more frightening).

* [[Semper Fi]]: Although being the bad guys, the Marines here take out a SEAL team.

* [[Sensitive Guy and Manly Man]]: Goodspeed and Mason.

* [[Signature Style]]: Bay's usual [[Dutch Angle|Dutch Angles]] are in full effect.

* [[Smug Snake]]: Womack{{spoiler|", you piece of shit!"}}