StunnaKrypto Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.

SanEat A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."

Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Sarita Rafferty There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

Chris C Although a B movie made on a budget nevertheless it has a well structured plot and rattles along at a good pace. Rooted firmly in the early 1960's, eg before the M6 motorway was built, it has good period external shots and the interior pieces show what was then fashionable furniture, etc. The attitude to women is also evident. My only criticism would be some of the external lighting where the lighting cameraman clearly overdid it! Shame it's only in Black & White. A good selection of actors who seem to be taking their characterisations seriously. Note also the scene at the railway station where they possibly get in the wrong carriage door and some of the real passengers look at the camera wondering what is going on.

kapelusznik18 ***SPOILERS**** Mildly interesting if not confusing British crime caper movie involving a gang of hijacker who've been terrorizing truckers and stealing or hijacking their cargo's on the highways and back roads. Setting up fake accidents on the roads to the big cities the hijackers lead by the bald headed man Jack Carter, Derek Francis,try to take out their next victim independent trucker Terry McKinley, Anthony Booth, who's hauling a truckload of Johnny Walker Red whiskey bottles worth as much as $50,000.00 dollars or pound sterling. Carter and his boys didn't notice that Terry had a passenger that he picked up at a local truck stop Shirley, Jackie Ellis,who unlike Terry who was blindfolded with a sack tied over his head escaped and could identify them.Terry also later finds out that his good friend and business partner Jim Brady, Ronald Hines, is working for the Cater hijack gang and in fact set him up. This all leads to Shirley getting kidnapped and held hostage by Carter's boys until they pull one one job, a truck loaded with ladies cosmetics, and then check out of the country. We also get the impression that Shirley's behind bars husband Tim, Douglas Livingstone, is somehow also involved with the hijacking team and is blackmailed by Shirley to spill the beans on them to the police. That or else she's testify against him in court on a number of other crimes that he committed that can extend his jail sentence from three months to thirty years! ***SPOILERS****It's Terry and some two dozen police lead by Inspector Grayson, Patrick Cargill, who finally come to Shirley's rescues in the gangs hideout in the country with the head man Carter knowing that he's beat not offering any resistance at all. Unlike his cohorts who fought like hell and got the hell beat out of them by Inspetor Grayson's men as well as Terry Carter saw the writing on the wall and meekly gave himself up, smoking a cheap .5 cigar, with out a fight! The what seemed like out of of the blue scene in the prison with Shirley and her jailbird husband Tim was a bit difficult to follow since it seems to have nothing to do with the story about hijacking. And Tim's non stop babbling about things that seemed to make no sense confused more then clarified his association with the Carter gang if in fact he had anything to do with it at all!

naseby Couldn't agree more, with Daniel. This seemed to wane, as you said only when the obligatory love interest came in (which thankfully, there wasn't a lot of). An independent lorry driver (a young Tony 'scouse git' Booth)finds he has been set-up by his co-partner in the business for a hi-jacking. The love interest Jacqueline Ellis, someone he picked up on her way to London, in his lorry, becomes also involved in cracking the gang that too hijacked Booth's lorry and are onto countless others. Watch carefully, when Booth goes to confront his chum, of an old location of 'Lion Wharf' Isleworth in Middlesex, close to Twickenham studios where the studio work was done. Some good character actors, Harold Goodwin, Glynn Edwards and Patrick Cargill as a sarky article cop make it watchable.However, a basic but good plot, fine acting especially from Tony Blair's son-in-law. Fairly recently released with Reknown Pictures

a.roberts Yet another late night treat from ITV. Rather above the British second feature norm (no difficult task), it boasts a likeable lead performance from Anthony (father-in-law of Tony Blair) Booth, genuine location footage and a witty villain. Even Vauxhall police-cars make a change from the usual Wolseleys.I wonder if the PM screens this epic at Downing Street functions?