Mikael Grohn: A Shadow Trail

Mikael Grohn: A Shadow Trail is a 2016 action short film made by Fox Way Studios. It is the ninth published Fox Way Studios film. The film was released on November 5th, 2016.

The film is directed by Tony Cole and it stars Nathan Tarver as Mikael Grohn, Alex Kaufmann as Valentin Bolshakov and Tony Cole as Elias Nordström.

The film spawned two sequels: Mikael Grohn: Iron Curtain in 2019 and Mikael Grohn: Dish Served Cold in 2021.

Synopsis
After a successful assassination mission, Mikael Grohn (Nathan Tarver) of the Nordic Intelligence Agency is sent to track down terrorist Valentin Bolshakov (Alex Kaufmann) and stop his plan to sell forward the blueprints of a new, dangerous weapon.

Plot
Mikael Grohn's assassination target is walking down a path in Borås, Sweden. The man talks on the phone about getting a shipment from Gothenburg. Mikael Grohn passes by him and shoots him in the back. He quickly leaves the scene. At the Nordic Intelligence Agency headquarters in Vantaa, Finland, Elias Nordström is waiting for Grohn to arrive. After he does, Elias starts explaining to him his next mission. Elias hands Mikael a file about Valentin Bolshakov, who has stolen blueprints of a new Norwegian missile system. He tells that Bolshakov is trying to sell the blueprints in Lithuania. He assigns Grohn to stop Bolshakov.

In Mindunai, Lithuania, Bolshakov calls his guards to be on alarm, because the buyer has not arrived yet. Grohn kills one of the guards stealthly and takes his SMG. Grohn arrives to a lookout point from where he is about to shoot Bolshakov, but instead is spotted by one of his guards. He shoots the guard, alerting Bolshakov, and the rest of his guards. Bolshakov escapes to the edges of the forest, Mikael quickly following behind, eliminating the guards.Grohn confronts Bolshakov, who drops the blueprint memory stick, but his last guard comes from behind and holds Mikael at gunpoint. Bolshakov says that Mikael can either shoot him, his guard, or the memory stick, and that he only has enough time for one shot. Mikael ducks, and in his confusion Bolshakov shoots his own guard allowing for Mikael to shoot the memory stick. Still Bolshakov is able to shoot Mikael and tells him that he won't be enjoying Moscow.

Cast

 * Nathan Tarver as Mikael Grohn and as henchman (uncredited)
 * Alex Kaufmann as Valentin Bolshakov and as henchman (uncredited)
 * Tony Cole as Elias Nordström, as Grohn's target (uncredited) and as henchman (uncredited)

Locations

 * Europe
 * Sweden
 * Borås
 * Forest path
 * Finland
 * Vantaa
 * Nordic Intelligence Agency headquarters
 * Lithuania
 * Mindunai

Characters

 * Mikael Grohn
 * Valentin Bolshakov
 * Elias Nordström
 * Grohn's target
 * Bolshakov's buyer (mentioned)

Items

 * Blueprints memory stick

Organizations

 * Nordic Intelligence Agency
 * Bolshakov's terrorist organization

Production
Nothing is known about the production of Mikael Grohn: A Shadow Trail.

The songs used in the short film are from the original soundtrack of the 2015 action film "Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation."