Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation (2012)

Swedish agent Hamilton tracks 200 stolen grenades to Russians at the Uzbek/Afghan border. Some men kill both dealers and buyers and steal the grenades. Who are they and what do they want with the grenades?

Director:

Kathrine Windfeld

Writers:

Jan Guillou (novel), Stefan Thunberg (screenplay)

Stars:

Mikael Persbrandt, Saba Mubarak, Pernilla August

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mikael Persbrandt	...	Carl Hamilton
Saba Mubarak	...	Mouna Al Fathar
Pernilla August	...	Sara Landhag
Jason Flemyng	...	Rob Hart
Lennart Hjulström	...	DG
Aleksandr Nosik	...	Krutov (as Alexander Nosik)
Ray Fearon	...	Benjamin Lee (as Raymond Fearon)
Peter Andersson	...	Staffan Wärnman
Gustaf Hammarsten	...	Martin Lagerbäck
Dan Ekborg	...	Claes Olofsson
David Dencik	...	Tomas Tideman
Leo Gregory	...	Miller
Fanny Risberg	...	Maria Solska
Liv Mjönes	...	Johanna Runestam
Kevin McNally	...	Harold Smith

Storyline

Special agent Hamilton goes undercover and joins a Russian mafia organization that smuggles swedish weapons to terrorists. Suddenly they are attacked by unknown group of heavily armed men who kill everybody except Hamilton and take the weapons. But who are they? And who are they working for? Hamilton starts chasing them across the world...

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Plot Keywords:

terrorism | spy | undercover agent | carl hamilton character | eastern europe | 

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

TV news anchor Anna Lindmarker appears as herself, presenting fictional news in "Nyheterna", one of Sweden's main news programs.

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Goofs

Rob Hart tells Benjamin Lee that Lee will take out two Heads of State. But the Swedish Head of State is the monarch, not the Prime Minister. Thus at the time the movie is set it is His Majesty Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden who is the Head of State.

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Connections

Follows Vendetta (1995)

User Reviews

The Swedish James Bond

Very nice movie from Sweden. I had a quick look at the critics written before this one and must say: Sweden was not famous for Action Movies but this will change if they shoot more like Hamilton. Very nice Cinematography and good casting. I don't see the point in complaining about the plot, the plot is similar to a James Bond or Bourne Story and it works just fine for me. And it did also work for the Swedish audience with about 360'000 admissions two weeks after its opening in Sweden. Looks like they have just waited for this one. If I got it right, then this is the first film out in the trilogy based on the novels by Jan Guillou. So there is a lot to look forward for me. I like it a lot to see when more Swedish productions are aiming at an international audience. We have had this with the Millennium trilogy as well.

Details

Country:

Sweden

Language:

Swedish English Russian Arabic

Release Date:

13 January 2012 (Sweden)

Also Known As:

Hamilton: Dans l'intérêt de la nation

Filming Locations:

Slussen, Södermalm, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

Box Office

Budget:

SEK45,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$8,249,053

Company Credits

Production Co:

International Traders, Pampas Produktion, TV4

Technical Specs

Runtime:

109 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1