North Sea Hijack

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Only on rare occations has Moore been able to overcome the stereotype and prove his versitility as an actor. 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. Roger Moore plays a bearded, eccentric Scottish millionaire and renowned Mr Fix-It who the British government reluctantly deploys along with his specialist outfit to re-capture two oil rigs being held by mercenaries (principally Tony Perkins as the group's leader, and the coke-bottle bespectacled Michael Parks as the ubiquitous "computer geek" if you're familiar with the stereotype from these type of movies). With a truly exceptional cast including James Mason, Anthony Perkins and David Hedison "North Sea Hijack" (aka "Ffolkes") is an enjoyable romp that is high on action and good humor. The cast is superb, with Anthony Perkins as gang leader, playing some kind of crossover between Norman Bates and the Bond villains.

The huge model of the oil rig is especially impressive, and holds up remarkably well even now, projected onto big home theater screens.Stuart Galbraith IV is the Kyoto-based film historian currently restoring a 200-year-old Japanese farmhouse. 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. After playing such suave and sophisticated folks as James Bond and Simon Templar, Roger Moore went in for a real change of pace in North Sea Hijack. Made between his shifts as James Bond, North Sea Hijack features Roger Moore on top form as a very different sort of hero.

McLaglen actioneer "Ffolkes," based on Jack Davis' novel "Esther, Ruth and Jennifer," gives Roger Moore a refreshingly different, change-of-pace role. And if you look closely, you can actually see Perkins turning to Mason and saying, "I was in Psycho you know! The others realise this fact and decide the best way to play this is to just run with it, have a good time, and really that is what anyone watching the film should do. I'm guessing that's what attracted him to the role of Rufus Excalibur Ffolkes, because though North Sea Hijack is a nice action, adventure film, it's nothing out of the ordinary.Very good support cast as James Mason as Admiral Sir Francis Brindsen as Michael Parks as Harold Shulman , David Hedison as King , Jack Watson as Capt. Then he approaches the ship from underwater, and despite some mishaps he manages to thwart the activation of the detonators, leaving Kramer for dead, and prevent the bomb drop on Esther.

The only quibbles that I had with this movie is that it's miniatures stand out more on the small screen than on the big-screen. It is however quite enjoyable on its level, which is that of a fairly straightforward and formulaic thriller with some dashes of humour. 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.

North Sea Hijack (released as ffolkes outside the UK and as Assault Force on US TV [1]) is a 1980 British adventure film starring Roger Moore, Lea Brodie, [2] James Mason, Anthony Perkins and Michael Parks. Thrilling film about a North Sea hijack full of suspense , tension , excitement and some humor in charge of Roger Moore .