North Sea Hijack

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Some bad guys hijack a multi-million dollar oil rig and proceed to hold the British government to ransom for it.

Despite a seemingly low budget and predictable 'action' sequences, it's worth seeing this film just to listen to the great lines Moore delivers. Roger Moore, clearly, is having the time of his life playing the eccentric, autocratic ffolkes, who hates women, loves cats, lives in a castle and drinks scotch straight out of the bottle. McLaglen keeps things moving along, and the setting is at least a bit different from the usual scenarios. The story is thus, Anthony Perkins and his crew of villains hi-jack a supply ship heading for Ruth and Jennifer, two British oil rigs.The only character I wasn't keen on was Perkin's deputy who would cackle like a pantomime villain at each of his boss's threats. One of the best was this 1979 adventure (it was released in 1980 in the US under the title "Ffolkes") in which Moore stars as an eccentric British adventurer with a disdain for women and a fondness for cats. Too bad, because it's a well-made film which generates tension, has an unusual setting in the cold, stormy waters of the North Sea, and has some fine actors. Licensed from Universal, Kino's Blu-ray of ffolkes looks very good, comparable to the transfer used for release in Europe a few years back.

Furthermore , he holds the honor of filmmaking the most episodes of ¨Have gun , Will travel" (1957). Roger Moore gives a pleasing performance as the woman hating, arrogant and irascible Ffolkes, who is the complete antithesis of his version of Bond. With his original plan thus upset, ffolkes persuades the Prime Minister to have the ransom helicopter drop off a bomb on Esther in case his team fails to take out Kramer's gang in time. And while James Bond is rewarded with the most beautiful girl after having saved the world, Ffolkes receives a completely different gift at the end of the film.We leave ffolkes with an award from the British government, delivered to him in Scotland by the Prime Minister herself. In strolls Andrew McLaglen, "I used to direct John Wayne movies once", and there's Roger Moore, a smug grin on his face, he doesn't need to say anything, he has got the James Bond franchise to fall back on, North Sea Hijack is merely the chance to have a good time and get paid for it. Thrilling film about a North Sea hijack full of suspense , tension , excitement and some humor in charge of Roger Moore . For items that are dispatched using our standard service, we ask that you wait 14 days from the date of dispatch before reporting any items as undelivered. Months later, a North Sea supply ship named Esther takes on board a group of men posing as reporters who are to visit the oil production platform Jennifer.