General Hummel THE ROCK 1996 Ed Harris

    by Capucine · old hollywood: Ed Harris

    Ed Harris in THE ROCK (1996) plays General Hummel as a soldier who's been pushed too far. What makes him stick with you isn't the actions he takes, it's the one thing he refuses to do. That quiet restraint gives Hummel more layers than the movie's outright bad guys ever get.

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    I want my fucking money! This mission was based on the threat of force. I'm not about to kill 80,000 innocent people. Do you think I'm out of my fucking mind? We bluffed. They called it. The mission's over.