The Rock

Before Michael Bay went full retard.

Bay's popcorn perfection and a maybe James Bond finale too. I hate that Bay wasted years of his career making Transformers bullshit.

I saw this movie on the big screen with a few people including a man who is now a member of federal parliament in Australia. His immediate post-movie declaration was that he enjoyed it immensely and would be very willing to watch it again. He said it with a grin of genuine joy.

A fearful man learns how to kill. The U.S. "powers that be" learn they ought to more properly acknowledge their fallen soldiers. Sean Connery learns that in Hollywood he amounts to an "English prick". The composer learns not to score action movies with music that is rather too jaunty. Cage and Connery learn that in spite of their valiant efforts to ham up their ludicrous roles, they are unable to save an irredeemably preposterous and stupid movie. Michael Bay learns that making money is cool.

The defining "not very good, but really fun" action movie.