BroadcastChic Excellent, a Must See

Ceticultsot Beautiful, moving film.

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

Kayden This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

TheLittleSongbird 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' is truly excellent, one would be hard pressed to find a Swedish thriller better. It wasn't flawless, but it comes close.It was followed by two follow ups and the David Fincher film, all worth a look but the original 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' is the real deal. 'The Girl who Played with Fire' for a sequel/follow-up is worthy, although there is no doubt which is the superior film. There is too much of a different feel somewhat, the original mesmerised in its tension and intensity and constantly chilled the bone and shocked. While there is tension and suspense, the bleak moodiness and bone-chilling shock value is not quite replicated here by director Daniel Alfredson, who directs efficiently enough but there was the need of more atmosphere.'The Girl who Played with Fire' also feels rushed and incomplete, a longer length would have helped it and it was very clear that the film had been heavily cut. With a longer length, things would have felt more developed (something that the original did so brilliantly with a lot going on), the sex trafficking theme would have been less tame as it is a horrific situation and that didn't come through enough here and the ending (which was a shock in the book) less of a that's it feeling.Although somewhat televisual-like, which is not a bad thing as such but it definitely would have benefited, or at least the atmosphere would have done, from a more cinematic and moody look, 'The Girl who Played with Fire' is a good-looking film, with a good amount of grit and style. The music is suitably haunting and the writing is efficient and taut enough if not as structurally tight as before. The story is definitely intriguing, and there is a lot of action dynamically choreographed and hardly bland, with some very nice twists and turns, also loved the expansion on Lisbeth's character, a fascinating character made even more interesting.Performances are still fine. Michael Nyqvist is quietly commanding and the villains, if not as much as 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo', pose a good threat...but this is mesmerising Noomi Rapace's film.All in all, a bit of a disappointment after being so taken with 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' but still worthy and not bad by any stretch of the imagination. 7/10 Bethany Cox

leplatypus As soon as the "movie" begins, you discover that there's someone else behind the camera and that is a made for TV feature. The beautiful mineral cinematography of the first part is gone as well for a warmer palette. If you would stumble on it, you could think it's a German TV show as "Derrick" and if you haven't seen the first episode, it may be hard for you to understand. The first half hour is a bit boring but as soon as all the pieces have been set, it's a good thriller. I'm not an expert in this genre but i find this trilogy is very inventive but also too much written, this is to say luck or coincidence happened to often (fingerprints, fallen keys, ...). Worse, as in bad comic books (and already in part one), the bad guys are careless and prefer make a speech instead of finishing their business. Thus, they left alive the ones they wanted to kill and it's highly unbelievable, all the more that it happens twice in this movie.What's interesting however is that the author depicts crime against women in a very crude but realistic way. It's not the baroque drama of a lot of American movie. Also, for me, as the story happens in Stockholm, it gets personal because i went there (the garden cemetery, the embankment, the coffees,...) and we can see that Sweden is indeed a fine beautiful country. Noomi is very convincing again because as she has not much lines, she had to be very expressive. Her parter is astounding as well: looking a bit like our french icon, Jonhnny Halliday, and Russian icon, Vova, this unknown so far Mike Nyqvist worths to be recognized. His way of pairing strength, wit and compassion makes him a close brother of Liam Neeson. But the biggest surprise for me is that the duo doesn't work together again, because this time, each one works on each side. Thus, it can be good sequel and not a mere repetition and i wait impatiently for the last part.

rebecca-ry 'The Girl who Played with Fire' is an adequate follow-up to 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'. The film is pretty good but there are a few minor points which can annoy people, particularly if people watching it have read the novel.Acting is excellent, each actor portraying main characters do so very well. Noomi Rapace (Salander) and Michael Nyqvist (Blomkvist) are perfectly suited for their roles and portray the deep personal aspects of their characters very well. The acting overall is pretty good, I was disappointed with Georgi Staykov's performance as Alexander Zalachenko, for a very crucial role in the story and the film his acting is a bit bland. The plot, like the novel, is great. This adaptation has managed to speed up the story a little bit so the plot becomes more interesting quicker. There are however, some small aspects and details which are missed out which can bother people. The soundtrack was very basic but it did have an impact on some crucial scenes, the fact there was no overpowering scores on it made it more subtle yet effective.Overall, I would recommend this providing you saw the first film and liked it. It's just as good as its prequel with just as good a story with interesting plot twists and fantastic fight scenes.

Roedy Green This movie unlike any other because it combines elements in a fresh way: 1. It has the twists and turns and large numbers of characters like an Agatha Christie murder mystery. You gradually uncover the hidden relationships between the characters. The movie plot requires rapt attention to follow, especially if you have not seen the predecessor movie of the trilogy.2. It has the gritty realism of sex crimes like Prime Suspect/Jane Tennyson.3. It is all in Swedish and filmed in Sweden. Even the the most ordinary scenes have a Swedish accent. It is quite fun noticing the similarity of English and Swedish, and to learn various obscene Swedish phrases. Unfortunately, the scenes where the camera slowly pans documents crucial to the plot have no subtitles.4. It is two hours and 9 minutes long. It begins to drag near the end, warming up for the final punch.5. The lead character is a lesbian, but that is one of the least noteworthy of her characteristics. It just flows seamlessly into the plot flow. It is the way I have always wanted to see gay characters portrayed, as no big deal.It does not pull punches. A highly appealing character, the kind that usually makes it to the end of a slaughter movie, is brutally killed early on. It is shocking, letting you know these unknown villains are unusually nasty.Oddly the most disconcerting thing about the movie is the way the lead character chain smokes. It made me cough just to watch.