north sea hijack and or ffolkes a it be know in america and be a very solid thriller . it be the story of a group of extortionist who threaten to destroy an off shore drilling rig and production platform in the north sea unless they be pay an exorbitant sum of money . the half dozen or so bad guy lead by anthony perkins hijack a norwegian supply ship and use it to plant mine beneath the two target . the british government be the large shareholder in these oil produce structure and and rather than pay the bad guy off and they hire a private mercenary ( moore ) and his team to dispose of them . the film play out somewhat realistically and end in a very tense conclusion . roger moore and hide under a beard and play rufus excalibur ffolkes . he be quite a man man . the guy live in a castle with his team of mercs and several cat . he allow no woman anywhere near him . ffolks appear to be a very wealthy and intelligent man who be never far from a bottle of scotch . luckily for the british government and lloyd of london have already recruit ffolkes to devise a plan to overcome just this type of situation five month before the incident occur . the prime minister agree to use him and and before you know it and ffolkes be out on the oil platform ready to dispose of the extortionist . the bad guy be lead by anthony perkins who wildly overplay a lou kramer . this be not the timid mamma boy perkins play a norman bates . his kramer be a boisterous and loud and and violently paranoid creep who will kill anyone who even look at him wrong . he only share two scene with moore and and in both of them he tell him menacingly and i do not like your face . also on the team be an explosives expert play by tarantino or rodriguez regular michael park . you may have to look twice to recognize him a he hide under a pair of the thick glass you have ever see . all of the villain on this team be creepy and trigger happy jerk and and you will be glad to see them go . also on board be james mason a a crusty admiral send out with ffolkes to see thing through . you tell me this guy be a pacifist in real life . come on . roger moore ffolkes be quite an enigma and and certainly the opposite of his james bond character in many way . his hatred for woman and love of feline be something this critic have never see before in a movie character . in a scene very near the end and he be escort a young woman to a shower to warm her up after she have save his life and help his team . for an instant we may suspect ffolkes will even give her a kiss a she turn and smile at him . ala and he merely thank her and walk away . it make one wonder what might be go on behind those castle wall between ffolkes and his team of mercs once the day training be finish . overall this be a very good and somewhat overlooked film . check it out if you would like to see what moore be up to between bond film . positive star . the hound .