Roger Moore, James Mason, Anthony Perkins

When terrorists take over two oil rigs and threaten to explode them if their demands are not met, a unique commando unit is sent in to stop them.

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PG, 100 min.

Directed by: Andrew V. McLaglen

Release Date: April 18, 1980

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DVD Release Date: August 12, 2003

 

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  • January 1, 2009
    Cross between Bond and The Wild Geese. Pretty entertaining actually.
  • November 9, 2008
    Roger Moore was without a doubt the prissiest actor to ever play James Bond. Here he plays Rufus Excalibur Ffolkes, eccentric leader of an elit anti-terrorist group. A man that hates women, and enjoying doing needlepoint tapestries of cats. His team is called in to service when a...( read more) group of terrorists holds a trio of offshore oil rigs for ransom against the British government. The group is led by Norman Bates himself, Anthony Perkins. So Ffolkes and his team are called in to thwart the terrorist plot before they can send all three rigs to the bottom of the ocean. This movie is a real guilty pleasure, but it's also extremely well made. The visual effect for its time are outstanding, in its rendering of the giant offshore oil rigs. The acting is uniformally sound, even with Moore being his quirky, and somewhat girly self. More of a tension drama than an action movie, the film does follow a somewhat formulatic plot that would be repeated ad nauseum in the wake of Die Hard. The lone man against the terrorists, that kind of thing. Roger Moore is not a tough guy, and in all honesty, he never tries to make Ffolkes a tough guy. But he's smarter than everybody else in the room, and he takes great pride in showing that he knows that. A very heavily slanted British movie, some of the things are lost on a Yank. Like the terrorists demands for "One thousand million dollars." Um...wouldn't that be one BILLION dollars? Oh well. It's a very entertaining action thriller starring one of the most famous wimps in action movie history. But that's the great thing about the 80's...anybody could save the world.
  • June 30, 2008
    Fun little action movie.
  • November 3, 2009
    James Bond as a fag with a Die Hard plot. Never really cared for Roger Moore as Bond but here he's extremely entertaining as a cat loving woman hating booze swigging prick who's the man to go to when Norman Bates takes a ship hostage. Standard plot to follow and everything plays ...( read more)out as expected but Mr. Moore certainly shines and proves himself more than eyebrow raises in mediocre seventies Bond entries. Ffolkes is ffucking awesome.
  • May 2, 2008
    In this fun action-adventure Roger Moore leads a commando team that must come to the rescue of two oil rigs in the North Sea and a Norwegian cargo vessel that have been targeted with booby trapped bombs. Playing very much against type Moore's eccentric character "Ffolkes" doesn't...( read more) like women and instead enjoys the company of cats.
    The supporting cast of this movie is also extraordinary. James Mason plays a naval commander, David Hedison is the executive for the oil company and Anthony Perkins is the head of the terrorists. It is a tense, suspenseful adventure with the occassional light touch of humor and I highly recommend it.
  • January 7, 2008
    Of course, no movie with Roger Moore is a classic, but this tongue-in-cheek spy thriller with the actor playing against his James Bond stereotype provides some good, campy entertainment.
  • July 5, 2007
    I'm sure this is ffucking awfful.
  • April 18, 2007
    Moore was better in this thriller than in his Bond roles. Great flick
  • February 18, 2007
    I remember this movie...British special forces, an oil-rig, under-water demo, good stuff

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