North Sea Hijack (1979)
Roger Moore stars as an eccentric, misogynist who has his own private counter terrorism team which largely seems to work for insurance companies. Outside of the UK this film is known under a couple of other titles as apparently geography is not peoples strong point.
A group of criminals hold a ship and two oil rigs in the North Sea to ransom and the only person that can do anything about it is Roger Moore's character. While the lead character is entertainingly nutty he does not have enough charisma to hold together this weak effort. The plot is largely unbelievable but the script does not contain enough tension, action or pace to make up for this.
While it does feel harsh to give this a 2/5 I think it can just about scrape a 3/5, not worth seeking out though.
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