North Sea Hijack

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while government minister Tipping is obviously Michael Heseltine but this contrasts with such ridiculous things as no one seemingly to have heard of the Special Boat Squadron ( the naval SAS )and instead we're supposed to believe that Ffoulkes freelance outfit would be assigned a task like this . North Sea Hijack is a fast paced, frequently entertaining thriller about the ingenious hijacking of a major North Sea oil rig. The bearded, curmudgeonly ffolkes favors Edwardian suits, does petit point and loves Scotch and cats. Roger Moore gives a pleasing performance as the woman hating, arrogant and irascible Ffolkes, who is the complete antithesis of his version of Bond.

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. His final moments in the movie have since become a tiresome cliché of such thrillers but, when the movie was new, his last scene was a startling surprise.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.

Some bad guys hijack a multi-million dollar oil rig and proceed to hold the British government to ransom for it.Between the use of real ships on real waters and the excellent visual effects, the film is a refreshing reminder not everything has to be done CGI. Not as energetic as "Golden Rendezvous", "The Wild Geese" or others of the ilk, Moore takes a brief departure from his usual womanising persona, as an arrogant and self-professed misogynist who suits himself; only the smug, self-serving nature is retained from his better known alter ego. As the villain Anthony Perkins is wonderfully loopy as a man who thinks that he's gotten all of the bases covered.

This film is the archetype for the Die Hard franchise and their ilk, only the Roger Moore character of ffolkes is about twice as interesting as Bruce Willis ever was. The acting is solid enough especially from the stars Roger Moore, Anthony Perkins as the criminal leader and James Mason as the head of the navy.The rest is primarily climactic and the adventure, action and humor all fall into place the last hour of the movie. All in all, "North Sea Hijack" is the perfect action thriller for a stormy and rainy autumn evening in front of your TV set. It is however quite enjoyable on its level, which is that of a fairly straightforward and formulaic thriller with some dashes of humour. And if you look closely, you can actually see Perkins turning to Mason and saying, "I was in Psycho you know!