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Ffolkes (1979)
"North Sea Hijack" (original title)

 -  Action | Adventure | Thriller  -  1979 (UK)
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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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Rufus Excalibur ffolkes
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Admiral Sir Francis Brindsen
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Lou Kramer
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Harold Shulman
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King
Jack Watson ...
Capt. Olafsen
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Fletcher
Jeremy Clyde ...
Tipping
David Wood ...
Terry Herring
Faith Brook ...
Prime Minister
Lea Brodie ...
Sanna
Anthony Pullen Shaw ...
Robert F. Ackerman
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Art Webb
John Westbrook ...
Dawnay
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Sarah
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A terrorist (Anthony Perkins) holds an offshore drilling rig and production platform for ransom in the North Sea. Ffolkes (Roger Moore) a wealthy mysogynistic eccentric, volunteers to send his crack team of soldiers in to stop the terrorists. With few other options available, the British Government reluctantly accepts his help. Written by Teresa E Tutt <tuttt@rpi.edu>

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Terrorists of the High Seas . . . With a push of a button they threaten to blow up the biggest oil rig in the world. Only one man can stop them. [USA DVD] See more »


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Reportedly, this movie casting of Roger Moore was to cast him against type from his typecasting as a suave debonair playboy type as seen in the James Bond movies, and The Saint and The Persuaders! TV series. Traits of Moore's ffolkes character in this movie which are anti-thetical to his Bond persona include a misogynistic dislike of women due to a failed marriage and having several sisters as opposed to being a ladies man; being moody, cranky and cantankerous as opposed to witty and charming; he often wears a beanie and his dress is like that of an academic as opposed to a man-about-town; he is hairy and bearded as opposed to being neat, suave and clean-shaven; he is eccentric as opposed to being conventional; and he has a soft dimension as displayed by both his pet obsession with his pussy cats (suggesting that ffolkes is a closeted ailurophiliac) and having an effeminate needlework hobby. However, one common trait to both types of his persona is the machismo and skill to defeat the villains and enemies. See more »

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When ffolkes arrives at the railway station, it cuts to a British Rail high density suburban-type Diesel Multiple Unit arriving at the station. It then cuts back to ffolkes walking towards the train, and the train is now a cross-country type train with side corridor and compartments. See more »

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ffolkes: Jennifer? ffolkes here. You can tell the Lord Privy Seal the operation had been completed. As planned, naturally.
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Very good seventies thriller!
4 July 2003 | by (Hamburg, Germany) – See all my reviews

Just like "Moonraker" (1979), James Bond actor Roger Moore seemed to watch out for a new role opposite to his cool gentlemen-like 007 fame. So it's no wonder, that his role as Rufus Excalibur Ffolkes is miles away from 007, but it's still Moore. After a bunch of high-tech terrorists has taken over three oil rigs and threaten to blow them up if the British government won't pay a few million pounds, it is Moore's turn to save the western world. Leading a squad of professional anti-terrorist submarine fighters, they are planning to storm the rigs, running out of time and fighting against thunderstorms and the cleverness of the gangsters.

The cast is superb, with Anthony Perkins as gang leader, playing some kind of crossover between Norman Bates and the Bond villains. Supporting roles are played by James Mason and David Hedison, who played Bond's American CIA sidekick Felix Leiter two times. The plot is influenced by the rise of modern terrorism and the energy crisis in the seventies, but also by the Bond films and the fashionable disaster movies of its time.

The best about the film is Roger Moore's Ffolks - a cat-loving, alcohol-drinking, women-hating, bearded Englishmen without a sense of humor and gentleness. The pacing is alright, and the story keeps the film thrilling until is too-fast ending. 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... All in all, "North Sea Hijack" is the perfect action thriller for a stormy and rainy autumn evening in front of your TV set.


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