QWhat was the point of including scenes with Mason's daughter?
AViewers have suggested several possibilities. Jade (Claire Forlani) gave Mason a reason to live while incarcerated. He tells Goodspeed that he always dreamed of breathing fresh air and meeting his daughter. Jade lived in San Francisco, which give him an additional reason to want to stop the release of the VX gas. Plus, as he later explains, he came back to help because he doesn't want Goodspeed's child growing up without a father, alluding to his own daughter growing up without him. Finally, the scenes with and references to his daughter humanized Mason, giving both the audience and Goodspeed a reason for caring about Mason at the end of the movie.
QWhat is 'The Rock' about?
AWhen renegade Brigadier General Francis Hummel (Ed Harris) and his group of Force Reconnaissance Marines (FRM) steal 15 rockets of deadly VX gas, take 81 tourists hostage on the prison island of Alcatraz (affectionately known as 'the Rock'), and threaten to release the gas over San Francisco unless the Pentagon pays him 100 million dollars, F.B.I. Director James Womack (John Spencer) enlists the aid of F.B.I. chemical weapons expert Stanley Goodspeed (Nicolas Cage) and former M16 agent John Mason (Sean Connery), currently a federal prisoner and the only man to ever escape from Alcatraz. Together, they must break INTO Alcatraz and find the rockets so that Goodspeed can neutralize the chemical bombs.
QA Note Regarding Spoilers
AThe following FAQ entries may contain spoilers. Only the biggest ones (if any) will be covered with spoiler tags. Spoiler tags have been used sparingly in order to make the page more readable.
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