Summaries

Eco-terrorist Noah has planted two bombs on a North Sea oil rig. The message is clear: the government must end its nuclear-energy program. Hundreds of men and children are on board. It's Christmas Eve. The government won't budge.

The Christmas party at the headquarters of an oil company is harshly interrupted by a fax whose author threatens to blow up one of their oil platforms. Unfortunately not only crew members are on board the platform but some kids that wanted to bring their fathers some Christmas presents, too. Due to stormy weather an evacuation is impossible and the lowering of the bomb experts from a helicopter causes the killing of the head of the team. Now his trainee Lucky is forced to try the defusing of the bombs with the only help of one of the drillers...—Calypso Film

Bombs are ticking. Hundreds are trapped. And the bomb expert has never defused a bomb before. tick-tick-tick - Eco-terrorist Noah has planted two bombs on a North Sea oil rig. The message is clear: either the government ends its nuclear-energy program or Noah triggers an inferno on Brent 8. tick-tick-tick - Hundreds of men and many children are on board. It's Christmas Eve. tick-tick-tick - The government won't budge. A storm prevents the evacuation of the platform. Two explosives demolition experts arrive. One dies. The other, a young woman, has never defused a bomb before - tick-tick-tick - Will she have the guts to try? Will she find a helper - tick-tick-tick - to defuse the second bomb? tick-tick-tick - Does she - tick-tick-tick - know that Noah's bombs - tick-tick-tick- have never - tick-tick-tick - been defused before? TICK-TICK-TICK.

Details

Keywords
  • bomb
  • bomb disposal
  • oil platform
Genres
  • Action
  • Thriller
Release date Oct 17, 1998
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) R
Countries of origin Germany
Language German
Production companies Beta Film Novamedia Calypso Filmproduktion

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 37m
Color Color
Sound mix Stereo
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