This is an impressive flick from Sweden , the film displays suspense , action-packed , thriller , violent fights and results to be quite entertaining . This "Hamilton I" (2012) by Kathrine Windfeld boasts a good cast with Mikael Persbrandt , Saba Mubarak , Pernilla August , Jason Flemyng . Stars Swedish intelligence special agent Carl Hamilton (Mikael Persbrandt, in preparation for the role was trained by SSG, the Swedish Elite Force) gets busy when is assigned the dangerous mission to chase a group of Soviet rebels intend to smuggle powerful Swedish weapons. He goes undercover and joins a Russian mafia organization that smuggles swedish weapons (he tracks 200 stolen grenades) to terrorists at the Uzbek/Afghan border. Swedish agent Hamilton kills both dealers and buyers and steal the grenades. Who are they and what do they want with the grenades are the main questions that Hamilton has to solve. Suddenly they are attacked by unknown group of heavily armed men led by mercenary Rob Hart (Jason Flemyng) who kill everybody except Hamilton and take the weapons. Hamilton starts chasing them across the world. Along the way , an international conspiracy takes place with a traitor in the Swedish government, resulting in fateful consequences. Alongside an attempt to assasinate an African president happens , and special agent Hamilton learns that he will get no help from the Swedish secret services. Hamilton only has help of his friend , Lybian agent Mouna Al Fathar (Seba Mubarak). There are various questions to find out such as to determinate who are they and who are they working for.
Sweden production with plenty of action , violence , struggles , crossfire and spectacular action scenes , being filmed with high budget and Swedish players. This Sweden production stars Hamilton , a tough action hero , a Swedish James Bond-lookalike , being one-faced agent who'll stop at nothing to get his purports and at whatever cost , including grisly killings in cold blood . Carl and his colleague must risk life and attempt to stop an assassination conspiracy . A well done Swedish Action-Flic in old style , this "Hamilton" is a very entertaining and action-packed with full of suspense , shootouts , thriller and lots of violence . Mikael Persbrandt is nearly as good as other Hamiltons previously performed by Stellan Skarsgard and Peter Stormare . Here Hamilton/Mikael Persbrandt is forced to play by his own rules by confronting killer mercenaries. Mikael Persbrandt prepared for the role of Carl Hamilton by training with the American Navy Seals in San Diego for an extensive period of time , learning techniques such as silent takedowns , self-defence fighting and weapon disarming . Based on the novels by Jan Guillou , but the books are in fact better because of the many details given about the different secret services and political conspirations . It keeps the audience reminded of the fact that good & evil deeds depends on whom you are pulling for. It's action with a nice twist , making it agreeable and interesting enough. The highlights of the film are the impressive beginning with strong fights , pursuits and explosions . This is an acceptable movie but it really lacks Jean Guillou's humor and political commentary witch makes the movie seem a little monotone at times . It displays a colorful cinematography shot in Swedish exteriors , such as : Strömmen, Slussen , Södermalm, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden .
It had a sequel ¨Hamilton 2¨ (2012) or Hamilton: Men inte om det gäller din dotter by Tobias Falk with Mikael Persbrandt , Saba Mubarak , Frida Hallgren, Peter Eggers, Steven Waddington . And other renditions : "Codename Coq Rouge" 1989 by Per Berglund with Stella Skarsgard . "The Democratic Terrorist" 1992 by Per Berglund with Stellan Skarsgard . "Comando Hamilton" 1998 by Harald Zwart with Peter Stormare , Mark Hamill , Lena Olin. "Hamilton" (2001-2001) TV series , 4 episodes with Peter Stormare , Terry Carter ,among others .
Sweden production with plenty of action , violence , struggles , crossfire and spectacular action scenes , being filmed with high budget and Swedish players. This Sweden production stars Hamilton , a tough action hero , a Swedish James Bond-lookalike , being one-faced agent who'll stop at nothing to get his purports and at whatever cost , including grisly killings in cold blood . Carl and his colleague must risk life and attempt to stop an assassination conspiracy . A well done Swedish Action-Flic in old style , this "Hamilton" is a very entertaining and action-packed with full of suspense , shootouts , thriller and lots of violence . Mikael Persbrandt is nearly as good as other Hamiltons previously performed by Stellan Skarsgard and Peter Stormare . Here Hamilton/Mikael Persbrandt is forced to play by his own rules by confronting killer mercenaries. Mikael Persbrandt prepared for the role of Carl Hamilton by training with the American Navy Seals in San Diego for an extensive period of time , learning techniques such as silent takedowns , self-defence fighting and weapon disarming . Based on the novels by Jan Guillou , but the books are in fact better because of the many details given about the different secret services and political conspirations . It keeps the audience reminded of the fact that good & evil deeds depends on whom you are pulling for. It's action with a nice twist , making it agreeable and interesting enough. The highlights of the film are the impressive beginning with strong fights , pursuits and explosions . This is an acceptable movie but it really lacks Jean Guillou's humor and political commentary witch makes the movie seem a little monotone at times . It displays a colorful cinematography shot in Swedish exteriors , such as : Strömmen, Slussen , Södermalm, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden .
It had a sequel ¨Hamilton 2¨ (2012) or Hamilton: Men inte om det gäller din dotter by Tobias Falk with Mikael Persbrandt , Saba Mubarak , Frida Hallgren, Peter Eggers, Steven Waddington . And other renditions : "Codename Coq Rouge" 1989 by Per Berglund with Stella Skarsgard . "The Democratic Terrorist" 1992 by Per Berglund with Stellan Skarsgard . "Comando Hamilton" 1998 by Harald Zwart with Peter Stormare , Mark Hamill , Lena Olin. "Hamilton" (2001-2001) TV series , 4 episodes with Peter Stormare , Terry Carter ,among others .