John Mason

John Patrick Mason is a former Special Air Service and British Intelligence officer who is the only inmate of Alcatraz who ever escaped.  Now the Pentagon enlists Mason to help their team of Navy SEALs take back the rock.

Played By

Sean Connery

Full Name

John Mason

John Mason Quotes

Stanley Goodspeed: Mason, you all right?
John Mason: [hanging upside down] Yes. Perfectly okay, you fucking idiot.

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General Hummel: Do you know who I am? Did they tell you why I am doing this? Why I am out here? Or are they using you like they did everybody else?
John Mason: All I know is that you were big in Vietnam. I saw the highlights on television.
General Hummel: Then you probably have got no fucking idea what it means to lead some of the finest gentlemen on God's earth into combat and then watch their memories get betrayed by their own damn government.
John Mason: I don't quite see how you can cherrish the memory of the dead by killing another million. This is not combat, it's an act of lunacy, General Sir. Personally, I think you're a fucking idiot.

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The Rock Quotes

Honey? Uh... You wanna know who really killed JFK?

Stanley Goodspeed

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What kind of a fucked up tour is this?

Tourist

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