Samuel Goldwyn Films will release the action-thriller Attack on Finland this summer, and we can first exclusively debut the movie's official trailer. Officially set to bow on July 1, 2022, the film is set on Independence Day in Finland when the Presidential Palace comes under fire by terrorists. You can watch the new trailer below.
Aku Louhimies directed Attack on Finland. It is written by Jari Olavi Rantala and based on a screenplay by Antti J. Jokinen and Mika Karttunen. Jokinen also produced with Evelin Penttila, Sirkka Rautiainen, and Mikko Tenhunen. The film stars Jasper Pääkkönen, Nanna Blondell, Sverrir Gudnason, Cathy Belton, Nika Savolainen, Pertti Sveholm, Juhan Ulfsak, Zijad Gracic, Miodrag Stojanović, and Dragomir Mrsic.
You can read the official synopsis for the movie below.
Attack on Finland is an action-thriller based on a bestselling novel "6/12" by Ilkka Remes. Finland’s Independence Day celebration on December 6 is crudely interrupted by an attack to the Presidential Residence. A set of distinguished guests are taken as hostages. Security service officer Max Tanner is set as the negotiator of the hostage crisis. Tanner must make bold and even painful decisions to figure out who is behind the attack. After all, there are not only human lives to protect - but the future of Europe as a whole.
Aku Louhimies Wants Viewers to Connect With the Characters
Finnish director Aku Louhimies ventured into new territory with this action-thriller. With his drama background, what he brings to the table is his insistence on having the audience actually feel for the characters. The goal is for them to feel more human to make the film entertaining in a way that doesn't have to rely on the more spectacular, big-budget Hollywood effects.
"I have never tried my hand at this genre before," Louhimies said, per Cineuropa. "I have only done dramas, but these films can be so plot-orientated sometimes that, personally, I don’t give a s*** if anyone dies or not. Here, I am trying to provide enough background information for you to care, but without turning my main characters into alcoholics or insomniacs."
He added, "I just want to make them human. Actually, I am humanizing them more than I am trying to burden them with flaws, I think – mostly by having them deal with the kinds of problems we can all relate to, as obviously not everyone can relate to being a raging alcoholic. We don’t have the same budgets as the Americans do, so I need to bring human nature into this action-thriller for it to be successful."
"It’s definitely nothing like James Bond," Louhimies goes on to state, thwarting comparisons made that the film's lead represents an international version of 007. "I think that Tom Clancy is a good example – he might actually be Ilkka Remes’ favourite writer! I have changed some things from the books and made it more character-driven, but everything in the film could actually happen. And hopefully, we can still keep the entertainment value intact, as it’s a dynamic kidnapping story."
Attack on Finland will be released on July 1, 2022.