Hamlet
5/10
Rating
113 min
Runtime
2026
Release Year
Aneil Karia
Director
Cast
Riz Ahmed, Morfydd Clark, Timothy Spall, Art Malik, Jasmine Jobson
Quick Synopsis
This adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet is set in London's upper-class South Asian community. Hamlet, played by Riz Ahmed, comes back home for his father's funeral and is shocked to find that his uncle Claudius is soon marrying his mother, who has just lost her husband. Hamlet encounters the ghost of his father, who reveals that Claudius murdered him. Driven by this revelation, Hamlet embarks on a mission to seek revenge, uncovering corruption within his family's powerful business and struggling with his own mental stability throughout the process.
Detailed Synopsis of Hamlet
Shakespeare’s most enduring tragedy is reimagined in a bold, modern adaptation set within London’s elite South Asian community. When Hamlet (Riz Ahmed) returns for his father’s funeral, he is stunned to discover his uncle Claudius is marrying his newly widowed mother. Visited by his father’s ghost, Hamlet learns his brutal murder was at the hands of Claudius - and spirals into a quest for vengeance that exposes the rot at the heart of the family’s empire and threatens his own sanity.
