Agent Hamilton: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter (2012)

Special agent Carl Hamilton is forced to play by his own rules when his goddaughter is kidnapped by terrorists, as he learns that he will get no help from the Swedish secret services.

Director:

Tobias Falk

Writers:

Stefan Thunberg (screenplay), Jan Guillou (novel)

Stars:

Mikael Persbrandt, Saba Mubarak, Frida Hallgren

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mikael Persbrandt	...	Carl Hamilton
Saba Mubarak	...	Mouna Al Fathar (as Seba Mubarak)
Frida Hallgren	...	Ewa Tanguy
Reuben Sallmander	...	Pierre Tanguy
Nadja Christiansson	...	Nathalie Tanguy
Lennart Hjulström	...	DG
Peter Eggers	...	Patrik Wärnstrand
Steven Waddington	...	Oliver McCullen
Cal MacAninch	...	Harold Finley
John Light	...	Jason Fox
Nigel Whitmey	...	Bruce Curtis
Gustav Deinoff	...	Jacob Wolf
Driss Roukhe	...	Arahan
Milind Soman	...	Abdul-Rahman
Sven Ahlström	...	Olof Cedervall

Storyline

Special agent Carl Hamilton is forced to play by his own rules when his goddaughter is kidnapped by terrorists, as he learns that he will get no help from the Swedish secret services.

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Plot Keywords:

carl hamilton character | eastern europe | second part | actor playing himself | real tv news shown in fictional situation | 

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Taglines:

The second film in the trilogy based on the novels by Jan Guillou, this is an exhilarating mix of high drama, exotic locations and spectacular action.

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Thriller

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Right before the attempted murder of the Palestinian politician you can see that one of the guards in the garage wears a key card neck strap branded with the Dice logo. Dice is a Swedish video game company where director Tobias Falk used to work.

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Connections

Follows Enemy's Enemy (1990)

User Reviews

GoI'd novel, but fails to engage as film

I liked this Jan Guillau-novel when I read it two years ago, and as far as I remember this film follows the book quite OK. OtherS has written it doesn't, but except for using never technology and coffee machines, this is quite close.

I think Mikael Persbrandt is good as agent Hamilton, but the start if the film fails elegantly to engage me. Even when the little girl is kidnapped, the movie has managed to establish the needed sympathy. A film where one doesn't really route for the protagonists, will fail when it comes to be successful as a thriller. Here's a typical example of one.

A pity really, since I was looking forward to a ride like I had when reading the book. It looks like director Tobias Falk hasn't been up to the task of making this function, or maybe it's also the screenwriters faults. Less probable, since Stefan Thunberg has written the Wallanderfilms as well as the second outing of "The Hunters".

OK, but not much more.

Details

Country:

Sweden

Language:

Swedish English Arabic

Release Date:

7 September 2012 (Sweden)

Also Known As:

Agent Hamilton: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter

Filming Locations:

La Calahorra, Granada, Andalucía, Spain

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$2,778,028

Company Credits

Production Co:

Pampas Produktion, Kanzaman, TV4

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1