Ffolkes (1980)

Between James Bond gigs, Roger Moore plays the irascible and insufferably conceited Rufus Excalibur Ffolkes, leader of the Ffolkes Ffusiliers, a hand-picked team of ex-military men that he trains in antiterrorist operations. (They look a bit shabby to me.) He believes in three things above all: Every operation can be planned and practiced with split-second timing, every one of his operations will succeed ("naturally"), and women are hardly worth speaking to (much less with any veneer of civility). Hired to provide security for Britain's North Shore drilling rigs (where he is told revenues amounting to one-fourth of the defense budget are at risk), he announces that he expects no attacks for several months due to the weather -- just before we witness a team of bad guys (led by Anthony Perkins as Lou Kramer) spring a well-planned ransom-or-go-boom operation. Moore as Ffolkes leads the testosterone-imbued banter and counteroperations at all times and ably maintains an upper hand (whether through intellect or action or both). Ffolkes is certainly not a modern action movie nor a James Bond film but it's actually quite likeable and should hold your interest so long as your expectations are not too high. (I had to acquire it from a competing service since it has been a Save title here for a very long time.) Enjoy! 3 stars. (9-19-10)