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As if in reply to Irwin Allen's disaster movies Richard Lester comes up with "Juggernaut" -- a taut thriller which evokes the atmosphere in seventies UK. Bombs have been planted on a cruise liner by the sinister sounding 'Juggernaut'.Omar Sharif is the ship's captain, Anthony Hopkins is the land bound policeman whose wife and children happen to be on board, Richard Harris and David Hemmings as bomb disposal experts flown by Hercules transporter plane to the ship to disarm the devices. The race against time to find 'Juggernaut' is nerve jangling.Alan Plater's dialogue is witty and lightens the thoroughly grim premise.Richard Harris as Fallon and David Hemmings as Charlie are an excellent double act in the sense when things are tense their easy banter takes the edge off the situation until.....! For me the best scene in the film is land based and it concerns Anthony Hopkins's policeman visiting Major O'Neill whom he interrogates.An uncredited Cyril Cusack literally chills the blood -- his unconcern is palpable-- he is a monster looking forward to his bedtime chocolate!
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pianissimo_550 12 March 2007
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