History Film / NorthSeaHijack

* BondVillainStupidity: Surprisingly averted. [[spoiler: ffolkes plans to infiltrate the hijackers commandeered ship and attack them within by flying over with Admiral Brindson and posing as his aide. The instant Kramer sees ffolkes, he distrusts him and orders him off the ship, leaving ffolkes having to scramble for an alternate plan.]]

Creator/RogerMoore portrays Rufus Excalibur ffolkes (yes, [[AllLowercaseLetters with two lower case f's]]; it's still pronounced "folks"), an eccentric veteran of the [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships Royal Navy]] turned freelance counter-terrorism consultant who specializes in amphibious missions and trains a commando of frogmen. When terrorists seize two oil platforms and a cargo in the North Sea, ffolkes and his team are recruited by Royal Navy Admiral Brindsen (Creator/JamesMason) to come up with an anti-terrorist assault plan. The terrorist group is led by a man calling himself Lou Kramer (played by Creator/AnthonyPerkins), who demands a ransom in exchange for not blowing up the platforms and the cargo within 24 hours. The rest of the film follows ffolkes's plan coming into fruition step by step.

''North Sea Hijack'' is a 1979 British action thriller film directed by Andrew V. [=McLaglen=], starring Creator/RogerMoore, Creator/JamesMason, and Creator/AnthonyPerkins. It is based on the novel ''Esther, Ruth and Jennifer'' by Jack Davies. The film has been re-issued under several other titles: ''North Sea Hijack'' was the original British title, but the film was issued internationally as ''ffolkes'' and later shown on TV as ''Assault Force''. Trailers for the original U.S. theatrical release included the tagline "He doesn't need a licence to kill", referring to Roger Moore's [[Film/JamesBond most famous role]], though the role he plays here is [[PlayingAgainstType vastly different]].

Moore portrays Rufus Excalibur ffolkes (yes, [[AllLowercaseLetters with two lower case f's]]; it's still pronounced "folks"), an eccentric veteran of the [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships Royal Navy]] turned freelance counter-terrorism consultant who specializes in amphibious missions and trains a commando of frogmen. When terrorists seize two oil platforms and a cargo in the North Sea, ffolkes and his team are recruited to come up with an anti-terrorist assault plan. The terrorist group is led by a man calling himself Lou Kramer, who demands a ransom in exchange for not blowing up the platforms and the cargo within 24 hours. The rest of the film follows ffolkes's plan coming into fruition step by step.

Moore portrays Rufus Excalibur ffolkes (yes, [[AllLowercaseLetters with two lower case f's]]; it's still pronounced "folks"), an eccentric veteran of the [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships Royal Navy]] turned freelance counter-terrorism consultant who specializes in amphibian missions and trains a commando of frogmen. When terrorists seize two oil platforms and a cargo in the North Sea, ffolkes and his team are recruited to come up with an anti-terrorist assault plan. The terrorist group is led by a man calling himself Lou Kramer, who demands a ransom in exchange for not blowing up the platforms and the cargo within 24 hours. The rest of the film follows ffolkes's plan coming into fruition step by step.

Moore portrays Rufus Excalibur ffolkes (yes, [[AllLowercaseLetters with two lower case f's]]; it's still pronounced "folks"), an eccentric veteran of the [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships Royal Navy]] turned freelance counter-terrorism consultant who specializes in amphibian missions and trains a commando of frogmen. When terrorists seize two oil platforms and a cargo in the North Sea, ffolkes and his team are recruited to come up with an anti-terrorist assault plan. The terrorist group is led by a man calling himself Lou Kramer, who demands a ransom in exchange for not blowing up the platforms and the cargo within 24 hours. The rest of the film follows ffolkes's plan coming into fruition bit by bit.

* ArcWords: When [[spoiler: ffolkes attempts to infiltrate the ship, Kramer sees him, tells him "I don't like your face," and orders him off. At the end, after ffolkes has thwarted his plan and mortally wounded he repeats the sentence almost verbatim.]]