Following a series of bomb attacks in London, a group of terrorists seize Britain's ambassador to Scandinavia. With the ambassador now a hostage in his residence, another group hijacks an airliner at the capital's airport, announcing that the passengers will not be freed until their demands are met. Colonel Nils Tahlvik, Scandinavia's resourceful and ruthless head of security, seeks to take an uncompromising stance against the terrorists yet his attempts meet resistance from unknown forces at every turn...
Acting
Connery's restrained exhaustion vs. McShane's twitchy menace.
Direction
Wrede squeezes claustrophobia from open Scandinavian spaces.
Writing
Terrorist demands that actually make you think.
Director
Casper Wrede
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Also released as 'The Terrorists' and 'Assault in Paradise' in different markets—none of which accurately describe the film.
Shot during the peak of RAF and IRA hijacking panic, it accidentally predicted the 1975 OPEC siege dynamics.
GB
