InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Ella-May O'Brien Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Isbel A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Leofwine_draca HAMILTON: IN THE INTEREST OF THE NATION is a Swedish international crime thriller along the lines of the BOURNE trilogy, which it references throughout. The main character is a Swedish spy who travels around the world performing difficult jobs for the Swedish government, so a little like a Swedish Bond too, and the quality of this film is just as good as the recent Daniel Craig-made Bond flicks.Mikael Persbrandt (THE HYPNOTIST) is a tall and imposing choice for the protagonist, very Swedish, very calm and assured...and deadly, of course. Apparently this film is based on a long-running series of spy novels and I hope to see more of the same given the quality of this movie. HAMILTON plays out as a gutsy, realistic thriller set in the world of international arms smuggling, in which massacre, terrorism, and bombings seem to be almost daily occurrences.Films like this thrive on their action scenes and the ones that take place in HAMILTON are superior: well shot, with none of the shaky-cam work where you can't see what's going on. The cast give assured performances, especially the always-entertaining Jason Flemyng, who gives one of the best acting jobs I've seen from him. There's not a great deal of fighting in the movie, but the suspense remains high throughout, especially during the fantastic tension-filled climax. Plus look out for that incredibly gutsy plot twist early on: can you imagine a Hollywood film having the nerve to pull that off?

Guy 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.

Viktor Vedmak (realvedmak) 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.

Bene Cumb According to my knowledge and information obtained from non-Scandinavian viewers, a Swedish/Scandinavian crime film is associated with Beck/Wallander type of detective, the events taking place in a Scandinavian and/or neighbouring country, slow running pace and much focusing on local nature. Hamilton is a more British/US secret service guy, the venue is global, scenes alternate in a fast motion and the persons act in an urban and military surroundings. Thus, a totally different concept, but apparently attracting more younger viewers. The cast is memorable and strong (Mikael Persbrandt as Carl Hamilton, Jason Flemyng as Mercenary Rob Hart, Pernilla August as Prime Minister - above all), with several British actors, the protagonist knows and speaks different languages and has both physical and mental challenges. The progress of events seems logical, technology achievements and vocabulary do not prevail, and there is no direct imitation of international agents and superheroes. A good result, no mediocre home-spun stuff, I am eager to watch new series with this character.