Product Details

• Actors: Richard Harris, David Janssen, Ann Turkel, Burgess Meredith, John Vernon
• Directors: Ashley Lazarus
• Writers: Alistair MacLean
• Format: NTSC, Color
• Language: English
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Vestron Video
• Run Time: 102 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B000NKWKLY
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #270,723 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

based on a novel by Alistair MacLean. The plot concerns high-sea hijinks aboard the Caribbean Star, a combination cargo ship and floating casino. In the midst of the high rollers and spinning roulette wheels appears Luis Carreras (John Vernon), an amoral mercenary who hijacks the ship. Taking his marching orders from a mysterious mastermind, he installs an atomic device mid-ship, holding both the passengers and the bomb hostage, hoping to exchange them for the gold bullion of an U.S. Treasury ship. All seems to be going according to Luis's plan until First Officer John Carter (Richard Harris), the attractive Susan Beresford (Ann Turkel), and Dr. Marston (Gordon Jackson) arrive to put a crimp in Luis's escapade.

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Serviceable adaptation of MacLean thriller, October 19, 2007

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Darren Harrison "DVD collector and reviewer" (Washington D.C.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Golden Rendezvous (aka Nuclear Terror) (VHS Tape)

I remember watching this on British television in the 1980s and enjoying it back then so I ordered a copy of the VHS as I started backing-up other VHS titles I had on the more durable DVD format.
I was not disappointed. Over the years I had read a number of negative reviews of this movie and had begun to wonder if my fond memories of sitting around the television watching this movie was more a case of nostagia than reality and if I had confused it with another Richard Harris cruise liner actioner named "Juggernaut" (itself a decent action movie). Based on an Alistair MacLean book of the same name this movie stars Harris as a crewmember on a luxury liner, the incredibly beautiful Ann Turkel as a passenger and the sneering, sinister John Vernon as a villain. A group of heavily armed mercenaries plan to intercept a U.S. Treasury gold bullion ship using a distress call from the liner as a ruse (the "Golden Rendezvous" of the title), steal the gold and then cover their tracks as well as killing off any witnesses with an enormous explosion.
Harris proves to be a decent enough action man as he tries to outwit the thieves and save the day and the always watchable John Vernon plays to type, as the kind of villain he made a career out of playing in the 1970s. The quality on this VHS is somewhat surprisingly acceptable and I have no problem recommending this movie.
On a sidenote, movies from the same era that are similar to this are the aforementioned "Juggernaut" and "Ffolkes" ("North Sea Hijack" overseas). It should also be noted that Amazon has a double listing for this movie also under the title "Golden."