Kailansorac Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Gurlyndrobb While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Skyler Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

slightlymad22 Continuing my plan to watch every Sean Connery movie in order, I come to Ransom (1974)Plot In A Paragraph: A gang of hijackers led by Ray Petrie (Ian McShane) seize a British plane as it is landing in Scandinavia. police chief Colonel Tahlvik (Connery) is assigned to rescue the plane and its passengers. But he must also deal with the problem of the British Ambassador, whose residence has been seized by a second group of terrorists.It has took me 4 attempts to get through this movie, as on of my three attempts last night, I fell asleep each time. On paper it sounds promising, but oh dear.After two great performances in The Anderson Tapes and The Offence, It was two steps forward and then two steps back following them with Zardoz and Ransom. Zardoz required nothing of Connery except that he looked good in a loon cloth and in Ransom he just looks bored and uninterested. A classic case of an actor phoning it in, which is a shame as you could see what a great actor Connery was despite the poor box office results. Ransom was the second Connery movie in a row to tank at the box office. Not even recouping back its $1.5 million budget.

inspectors71 This archaic bit of nonsense makes so little sense that I actually had to forgive the writer(s) of 1974's The Terrorists for the idiocy of loading fuel on a hijacked plane before jacking up the thing to replace the tires.This movie is the very essence of incompetence. I never believed once that anyone was anything like a real representation of an actual person. The hijacking makes no sense. The kidnapping makes none. The cops don't act like cops. The passengers don't look too concerned about anything. And would somebody please point to the nation of Scandanavia on a map? Hmmm?I know why this dopey thing got made. Terrorism was still unusual. But if you're going to make a movie about terror, at least make the terrorists believable. Instead, we are left with some sort of diplomatic skulduggery on the part of the victims, and by the time the bullets start flying, my patience was so dried up I found myself cheering on the goodies and baddies as they shot and bludgeoned each other at point blank range.Why am I wasting my time on this?I can't even answer that!Juuuunnnnnk!

SimonJack This film came out just two years after "Skyjacked," the first movie made about skyjacking. Most hijacking of airplanes before this were for one of two reasons – to extort money from the airlines, or to flee somewhere for political asylum. "The Terrorists" is the first movie made about organized terrorists taking over a plane. And it surely wasn't the last. What is very good about this film is that it shows how security personnel handle the situation. It's new to all the characters in this film. Sean Connery plays the head of Scandinavian security, Co. Nils Tahlvik. While the movie uses the general term Scandinavian for the region, the event takes place in Norway, most likely Oslo. All the actors play their roles very well. The plot is complicated, and the script and direction handle it very well, so the audience is never lost about what is taking place. The scenery and aerial photography are excellent. The flight into Russia with the buzzing and then escort by the Soviet-looking jets is most impressive. Even though the details are clear to the audience, the story has wonderful suspense as we see Tahlvik and the other characters go through their actions to meet deadlines. Connery's character also exclaims that to surrender to terrorists is to open to door to more and more terrorism. His purpose is to try to thwart the terrorists. This is a nice film, filled with drama and suspense. There isn't a lot of action until the end. But, it is a good look at how government and security forces try to deal with terrorists and skyjackings. "The Terrorists" has one subtle "message" of sorts. It takes a cynical stab at British government that will not arrest some criminals because they can be of use to them. The message is, that because they do that, it comes back to hurt innocent people. Connery's character insists that the law be followed, or anarchy will rule.

pictlady Strong performances by leads Sean Connery and Ian Mc Shane, backed good action segments, pacing and fine winter locations. Poor editing in some spots causes the film to seem a bit stiff as does some inferior dubbing. Nice twists. Connery's always a pleasure to watch, and Mc Shane's bad guy provides an interesting touch as the head terrorist.