A group of terrorists lead by Lou Kramer (Anthony Perkins) demand millions of pounds from the British Government or else they will blow up two very expensive oil rigs in the North Sea. The British Government call upon the cat loving eccentric Rufus Excalibur ffolkes (Roger Moore) whose team are trained to deal with just these sort of circumstances.
Moore made this after the Bond in space movie 'Moonraker' he made some strange career choices here, in this movie seemed like an attempt to distance himself from Bond, yet the two that followed 'Sea Wolves' and even more so the Burt Reynolds led ensemble 'Cannonball Run' (where he played a man who identifies himself as actor Roger Moore. His character behaves similarly to James Bond, he drives a silver Aston Martin DB5, and his appearance is met by a take on the famous Bond theme) seemed to play off and cash in on the role, before he returned to Bond in 'For Your Eyes Only'
Because "North Sea Hijack" is really all about Roger Moore the rest of the cast don't really make an impression, which in some ways is a good thing. As the rest of the cast are bad. Including Perkins playing the terrorist leader as he is no were villainous enough, and his delivery of his lines is awkward at best.
Worth watching once, but if I had to choose between rewatching North Sea Hijack or going to see a firework display on a very rainy night. North Sea Hijack would lose.
Moore made this after the Bond in space movie 'Moonraker' he made some strange career choices here, in this movie seemed like an attempt to distance himself from Bond, yet the two that followed 'Sea Wolves' and even more so the Burt Reynolds led ensemble 'Cannonball Run' (where he played a man who identifies himself as actor Roger Moore. His character behaves similarly to James Bond, he drives a silver Aston Martin DB5, and his appearance is met by a take on the famous Bond theme) seemed to play off and cash in on the role, before he returned to Bond in 'For Your Eyes Only'
Because "North Sea Hijack" is really all about Roger Moore the rest of the cast don't really make an impression, which in some ways is a good thing. As the rest of the cast are bad. Including Perkins playing the terrorist leader as he is no were villainous enough, and his delivery of his lines is awkward at best.
Worth watching once, but if I had to choose between rewatching North Sea Hijack or going to see a firework display on a very rainy night. North Sea Hijack would lose.