Tuesday, September 15, 2015

The Hostage Tower (1980)


CBS
Directed by Claudio Guzman
My rating: 1.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(YouTube)

Bored criminal mastermind Keir Dullea and his gang take over the Eiffel Tower and demand a ransom from the French government. He takes the mother of the US president hostage just in case his bank of lasers is not enough to hold off the police. Luckily the gang has been infiltrated by US undercover agents who come to the rescue. Dullea's over-the-top, scenery chewing performance and poor special effects sink this made-for-tv disaster based on an Alistair MacLean novel. Even Maud Adams and Britt Ekland, both former Bond girls, look bored.

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