Ffolkes |  | Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Actors: Roger Moore, James Mason, Anthony Perkins, Michael Parks, David Hedison
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
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Rating:  31 reviews
Sales Rank: 22386
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 95 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: MCAD23514D
ISBN: 0783290756
UPC: 025192351426
EAN: 9780783290751
ASIN: B00009AOBJ
Theatrical Release Date: 1980
Release Date: August 12, 2003
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AN ENGLISH ADMIRAL NEEDS AN ECCENTRIC LORD AND HIS FROGMEN TO SAVE OIL RIGS AND A SHIP FROM A MAD BOMBER.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 31
 The Anti-Bond January 2, 2010
David Baldwin (Philadelphia,PA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
When I was a teenager I used to go to the movies religiously at least once a week. I anxiously awaited Siskel and Ebert's "Sneak Previews" on PBS for their reviews of current movies on release. I remember "ffolkes" coming out the Spring of 1980 the same weekend as Bill Murray's "Where the Buffalo Roam". The studio did a lousy job marketing this flick. On the poster art it showed Roger Moore holding a cat surrounded by some luscious beauties. If "ffolkes" lasted at the bijous beyond a week I'd be surprised. I didn't see it at the time. A couple years later a film was shown in the summer on ABC's "Sunday Night Movie" called "North Sea Attack" or some such nonsense. I recognized at once that this was "ffolkes". Viewing it I was instantly riveted. To me Roger Moore was somewhat lacking as James Bond, either because he was a shadow of Sean Connery or the vehicles were inherently weak. I thought Moore's best work was here and in "The Wild Geese". "ffolkes" allows Moore to portray a character not only of action but interesting quirks. The plot concerning the hijacking of a North Sea oil rig is exciting. I would characterize "ffolkes" more as a suspense film because it's more of a cat-and-mouse game than an action film per-se. It also helps that Anthony Hopkins is a compelling baddie even if you don't believe for a moment that he is a worthy adversary to Rufus Excalibur ffolkes, then, who is. I think the highest recommendation you can give a film is that some thirty years on it remains in your subconscience and loses none of it's appeal.
An Action Hero Who Likes Cats October 22, 2009
Bob A. Gabbert (Seattle, WA USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Roger Moore proved in this movie he would be an excellent James Bond in later years. This is one of the finest hostage movies ever made. Bad guys, led by Tony Perkins, excellent in the role, takes hostage an oil platform service boat in the North Sea, and puts explosives on British oil platforms worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and Moore's team is brought in to solve the crisis. James Mason is the stiff upper lip Admiral who accompanies Ffolkes (Moore) to the platform. Many good supporting actors, Michael Parks and others. An old film that could have been made yesterday.
 Hokum - but fun taken with a dollop of salt September 12, 2009
Mr. Stephen Kennedy (Doha, Qatar)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Leave your brains at the door, and bring out the popcorn to have a chuckle at this dated but still fun thriller. Well, let's face it - it's a comedy thriller. Thriller ingredients are all there - an oil platform has been booby trapped and ransom demanded by a sinister terrorist (back when terrorists were just out to get money and there was no need to explain any political agenda..). The government can't risk a naval assault, Admiral James Mason explains.. and so the eccentric Scottish Laird and his private band of ex service men who do odd jobs for Lloyds are brought in to save the day. The thrills are so-so, the production obviously limited in budget to just a few sets, the bridge of the boat and the main office of the platform mostly. The photography is uninteresting and even verging on overexposed.. but what makes this so much fun is Moore, clearly having a ball deconstructing his Bond persona playing the oddball, women hating, cat-loving, whisky guzzling Ffolkes. Perkins is straight forwardly convincing as the hijacker, James Mason says his lines like he is supposed to, and David Hedison takes a break from playing Felix in the Bond movies to fill in here as the Manager of the platform.
Ok, it's nothing special.. there's a distinct lack in this release of any extras or something luxurious such as picture remastering or sound upgrade from the original stereo soundtrack. Basically it shouldn't keep you from anything better you have to do - but it earns its 3 stars in entertainment factor in the joy of seeing Moore having so much fun.
Ffolkes... just Ffolkes... May 28, 2009
Fran Michele
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This movie is a real suprise and a pleasure to watch. Roger Moore starred as the mysogynistic Ffolkes at the same time that he was making his James Bond movies and bedding women onscreen by the score. The woman-hating Ffolkes is a refreshingly different character role for Moore and the action is much more believable than most of his Bond movies.
Called upon to thwart a group of hijackers who have taken over an oil rig in the middle of the ocean, he and his anti-terrorist group make an exciting job of it. This is a fun movie and gives viewers a chance to see Moore in an unusual role. Highly recommended.
Good entertainment "like ye good ole days." May 7, 2009
Matteo Molinari (California)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This movie is a small gem: great characters, unusual scenario, and a Roger Moore absolutely in top shape going against his classic debonaire role. The plot wants a group of no-good guys hijack an oil rig and to planet bombs on a second one... Heck, it doesn't really matter: just watch this movie for Roger Moore, Anthony Perkins and James Mason. You won't be disappointed.
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