ffolkes

An admirably crisp, incisive counter-terrorist thriller, the most proficient and entertaining movie of its kind since Richard Lester's Juggernaut.

Director Andrew McLaglen knows his way around an adventure movie, and he keeps the action moving and the characters larger than life but fairly plausible. [23 Apr 1980]

Floating somewhere between thriller and comedy, ffolkes reunites McLaglen with a very game Moore.

The biggest attraction is the banter between Roger Moore and the various types with whom he comes in conflict during his preparations to save a hijacked supply ship.

A bit silly really but it has a bizarre mix of a cast and some tension in places.

With more imagination, more of Faith Brook's send-up of a well-known lady PM, and less of Moore's excruciatingly smug misogyny, this might just have made it to comic levels.

A little stingy in the action and thrills department, but Moore, in his limited way, seems to be having a good time.