Juggernaut Reviews

A Forgotten Gem

This is one of those films that as soon as you start to watch it, you will instantly be whisked back in a flurry of nostalgia to the days o being able to stay up on a saturday night, and just after match of the day on bbc1, there was always a film. This was such a film, with a superb cast,it is a taut and well directed thriller with touches of typically british humour thrown in for good measure. This suprises the viewer throughout through the sheer quality of material and above all, the convincing performances from the leads. All in all, a bit dated, but well worth looking at.

Too Old & Dated

This was a very old film and even the list of known actors could do nothing to help it (they are soooo young!!!)

Very dated but if you can get over this you might enjoy it! Each to their own!

What a corker!!!

Really good action thriller!! One of the best of a whole spate of terroist movies done during the 1970s. The ever excellent Harris and seedy and cowardly Omar Sherif are both good, with even David Hemmings doing well in support. A calidascope of British stars with Ian Holm and Tony Hopkins keeping every one of the lesser roles well filled out. Tense and fast paced with decent pithy lines, its a lost gem that deserves a second look.

Top of Genre Disaster Thriller

If you are a fan of the disaster movies of the 70's and 80's, such as 'The Towering Inferno', ' The Poseidon Adventure' and the like, you will love this! It is, to my mind, superior in almost every respect to the classics mentioned. The plot is engaging and the thrills directed with such aplomb that you feel the claustrophobia as Richard Harris defuses one of several bombs on a Cruise Ship. The cleverly twisting plot goes in two separate directions as Harris tries to defuse the bombs in terrible weather on board the liner and Hopkins goes after the bomb maker in London. A really enjoyable slice of nostalgia that is admittedly dated but still crackingly good. Well worth all five stars and a fine Sunday afternoon watch for anyone into the Disaster Movie genre.

[Highly rated reviewer]

Sea Sick

Captain Omar Sharif battles the North Atlantic weather, hidden explosive devices, Shirley Kinght's advances and Richard Harris's scenery chewing as he attempts to maintain the safety of his liner and all onboard.

Gloriously 70s thriller, complete with grey skies, stunningly unglamourous liner interiors (it all looks like a British Rail ferry!) and daft script. The acting styles on display are quite fascinating - Sharif is, always, effortless and charming even when looking worried, whilst Knight underplays as the cool, enigmatic Mrs. Banister. Compare these with the OTT Harris, who practically shouts his way through the film (a characteristic he often shared with Michael Caine in the 70s!) and Hopkins in a fairly early role - his trademark set of tics and mannerisms are only beginning to emerge here. Kinnear is wonderful as the beleagured 'light-relief' (his Lambeth Walk is hilarious), whilst Hemmings must have wondered how he ended up in a supporting role, playing second fiddle to Harris (but check out his pink sweater!). A damp squib next to Poseidon, but entertaining nevertheless.

Great , Super, Fantastic.

Heres a good film to watch ! I first saw this movie years ago, but it still holds out to be a great film.

The sounds not too clever in certain places, but the picure is a good copy onto DVD.

This is a good story, with decent British actors in for a change, which to me, makes all the difference.

Theres also some Good old fashion British humour from Mr Roy Kinnear.

Well worth viewing this one !

A Juggernaut of a movie

Juggernaut is a great British action film from the 1970's, suspenseful and tense. The atmosphere is deliberately bleak and un-glamorised. Richard Harris and David Hemmings lead crack Royal Navy bomb disposal unit called in to disarm a number of bombs placed on a British liner bound for America - the Captain is played by Omas Sharif.

Meanwhile detective Anthony Hopkins [whose wife and children are unfortunately aboard the stricken ship] races against time to find the bomber, whilst the head of the cruise line - played by the always superb Ian Holm - is under increasing pressure to pay the ransom money whilst the politicians tell him it is not the way of Her Majesty's Government to give in to terrorists. As time runs out, the tension becomes well nigh unbearable, particularly in the claustraphobic and scary bomb disarming scenes.

I highly recommend this movie. Question is - why don't we make 'em like this any more?

A classic

Great tension, despite having seen this several times, I think RH is great in this type of role