Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation (2012)

HAMILTON: IN THE INTEREST OF THE NATION is a wonderful example of the sort of weird conspiracy-mongering that afflicts some left- wingers. The plot sees a Swedish secret agent infiltrate a group of Russian arms dealers to find out how they got their hands on Swedish weapons. This allows for the wonderful sight of a Swede trying to blend into the Middle East. The conspiracy, once revealed, goes like this: the CIA hire a PMC (based in Texas, so they must be evil) to kidnap a Swedish scientist and his artillery piece, so that they can blow up the house of an East African imam (with his family -- gotta have that collateral damage) and blame it on al-Shabbab. This will allow the CIA to start a new war, which will keep both them and the PMC happily employed for many years. Luckily our Swedish spook (who murders his own girlfriend by accident - !!! - because of course all soldiers are killing machines) teams up with his buddies in the PLO (who are, regardless of your opinions on Israel/Palestine, still terrorists) to stop them. Needless to say, this is not how the world works. Even as a film this is a failure because, a few nice still images of Stockholm at night and some cool Swedish military boats aside, everything is slow and stilted; the action scenes in particular are horribly edited and utterly unbelievable.

If you don't like this movie for any other reason, you should still see it for absolutely brilliant shots of Stockholm from air.Other than that, movie is OK. I give it a 10 because I believe in movies deserving either a 1 or a 10, as you should either see them or not.Its basically about Swedish James Bond, minus the gadgets (that was a serious miss, they should have given Hamilton some toys), somewhere between AAA and B budget Hollywood movie. Fight scenes were done well, drama scenes were done not as well, but overall I enjoyed myself as did my wife.

That's not me saying or asking that, but what the majority of the people who rented it at our videostore kept saying. So there must be something to it then I guess. He has the stoic charisma of the famous British actor, but you shouldn't really compare the movies (Bond on one hand and this on the other).Hamilton is a pretty neat and slick movie that has a few things going for it. There is a fight scene towards the end, that is really good. There are a few developments that you might not foresee as they happen and it does not take prisoners. Very uncompromising then, but very good for it too. It's an international cast, with a big conspiracy and a view on the world, that some might feel is very close to reality. Whatever you may think about plausibility though, the movie is very well executed ... no pun intended

I saw this movie in the cinema yesterday , good movies should always bee seen in the cinema.It was good action from beginning to the end and the movie had an interesting story.It's a movie that makes you think , what if it's true ?weapon industry wants to sell weapons and politicians and corporate leaders play dirtyMy impression from old Swedish thrillers are old men talking to much and trying to look important , Hamilton is a big step up to real action in class with Sylvester Stallone , Bruce Willis and many moreMikael Persbrandt delivers and so also all the other good actors.I look forward to the next Hamilton movie , good work