John Hamil was a chief of the California Highway Patrol who was commandeered by Steven Jacobs to stop the Ape Rebellion.
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Rise of the Planet of the Apes[]
Hamil helped investigate the scene of the ape's escape as well as the death of Dodge Landon at the San Bruno Primate Shelter. He then headed to Gen-Sys Laboratories in a police helicopter, after hearing of the attack staged there by Caesar. Hamil believed that it wouldn't be a challenge to stop Caesar's army stating it would be like "shooting fish in a barrel" but frequently kept calling the California Highway Patrol's chief officer if they catch a sight of the apes. Once Hamil landed at Gen-Sys, the helicopter and crew of a pilot, a sharpshooter and Hamil himself, was commandeered by Steven Jacobs, the head of Gen-Sys, who wanted to stop Caesar and the apes to avoid bad publicity at all costs.
After heading to the Golden Gate Bridge, which Caesar and his apes pushed through the police posted there to stop them, the helicopter began to fire on the apes, killing several, much to the delight of Jacobs. Jacobs eventually spotted Caesar on the bridge leading the attack, and then directed the chopper gunner's and Hamil's fire towards him. Before Hamil and his crew were able to kill Caesar in a hail of bullets Buck a Western lowland gorilla, shoved Caesar out of the way and, after being shot several times by Hamil, leaped on to the helicopter and proceeded to violently slam Hamil and beat the pilot of the helicopter, causing it to crash on to the bridge, killing Hamil and his crew, but not Jacobs. After Buck succumbed to his wounds from the crash after being shot by Hamil, Caesar allowed his violent and ill tempered bonobo lieutenant Koba to push the remains of the helicopter, along with a terrified Jacobs and the bodies of Hamil, the pilot and the gunner, off the bridge and into the bay below.
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- John Hamil was the tertiary antagonist of Rise of the Planet of the Apes.
- Hamil is mentioned a few times throughout Firestorm. It is mentioned that his death was a part of the coverup by the San Francisco Mayor's office.
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