6/10
Sweden production with plenty of action , violence and spectacular action scenes mostly shot in Spain
5 February 2023
This is an adaptation from popular novels about Carl Hamilton and his assignments for Swedish government , filmed with high budget and Swedish players. This Sweden production stars Hamilton , a tough action hero , being one-faced agent who'll stop at nothing to get his purports and at whatever cost , including grisly killings in cold blood . It begins when Swedish intelligence agent Carl Hamilton (Mikael Persbrandt) gets busy when is assigned the dangerous mission to chase a group of Soviet rebels intend to smuggle powerful Swedish weapons. Carl and his colleague must risk life and limb to stop the gunrunners . Meanwhile , the chief of Swedish Security Agency Eva Tanguy (Frida Hallgren) avoids an assassination of a political leader that is visiting Sweden, resulting in fateful consequences , including a kidnap .Then , Hamilton goes Beirut to meet the Lybian agent Mouna Al Fathar (Seba Mubarak) and after in the desert where encounters the baddies's base . A little hostage is kidnapped and locked at an Arabian castle but cold and two-fisted Hamilton goes on the attack on the headquarter . Special agent Hamilton learns that he will get no help from the Swedish secret services.

This is an impressing Action-Movie from Sweden , the film displays suspense , action-packed , thriller , violent fights and is quite entertaining . A well done Swedish Action-Flic in old style , this "Hamilton 2" is a very entertaining and action-packed with full of suspense and 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 when his goddaughter is kidnapped by terrorists . 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 . A very different hero , who isn't a posterboy , but somebody you could easily mistake for a crook by his emaciated outer appearance . The picture in itself explores the difficult feelings of a relentless agent whose methods may be ugly , if even horrible and more or less suffering from previous family assassinations and a girlfriend. It's action with a nice twist , making it agreeable and interesting enough. The highlights of the film are the impressive beginning when a convoy is assaulted and a breathtaking final attack with fighting , pursuits and explosions . This is an acceptable sequel but it really lacks Guillou's humor and political commentary witch makes the movie seem a little monotone at times . It displays a colorful cinematography shot in Spanish exteriors , such as : La Calahorra, Castle La Calahorra, La Calahorra , Granada, Andalucía, Almeria, Andalucia, Spain, London, England, UK , Stockholms län, Sweden.

This is the sequel of "Hamilton I" (2012) by Kathrine Windfeld with Mikael Persbrandt , Saba Mubarak , Pernilla August , Jason Flemyng , in which Hamilton reunites a command formed by five tough soldiers , they are parachuted into Russian tundra where meet the smugglers and a missile SS,20, 1,5 megatons ."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 .
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