KnotMissPriceless Why so much hype?

Cleveronix A different way of telling a story

PiraBit if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

Tayyab Torres Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

themizzz Guyz its good movie for girls ... u have to fight ur own self. there is lots of monster in this world kicked them all

blanche-2 I'm going with the Swedish films for this trilogy, which is also being made in the U.S. starring Rooney Mara. Haven't seen the one that's been released.I'll be honest here. "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" was hard to watch in some sections. I thought it was good, but rape and violence aren't really my thing.This trilogy was made for Swedish TV, so these films have been cut. Apparently "The Girl Who Played with Fire" has 60 minutes missing. Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) goes away for a year and then returns to Sweden. Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist) is still editor of Millennium magazine. An investigative journalist has approached them about a tell-all article on human trafficking involving women from Eastern Europe and some major buyers, and the journalist is ready to name names. Blomkvist gives the okay for the story, but the journalist and his girlfriend, who was working on another aspect of the story, are both murdered. As well, Lisbeth's awful court-appointed guardian is found dead also. Lisbeth is suspected of all three murders and has to go on the run. She and Mikael both work on trying to find out who framed her, which has to be connected to the trafficking story.The case winds up bringing some of Lisbeth's family secrets to the fore.Very well done, less gritty than the first, with a wonderful performance again by Rapace. It didn't have the hard edge to it that the first film had, possibly because of a change in director. However, well worth seeing.

jc-osms The second in Stiegg Larssen's celebrated trilogy was for me, just as good as "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo". The ending of "Tattoo" seemed to tie up all the loose ends and leave no room at all for a sequel, but the main characters are cleverly and skilfully brought back together in a plot involving principally the trafficking of young Easter European women linked in any instances to highly-placed civic dignitaries. As it transpires, after the brutal murder of the two young reporters who brought the case to Mikael by the gargantuan, pain-resistant henchman of the Mr Big behind the smuggling ring, Lisbeth is inexorably drawn back into proceedings as matters draw closer to home.With a less obvious detective mystery at its heart, this more elaborately plotted story gives us more background on Lisbeth and deeper characterisation with it. The relationship between Mikael and Lisbeth continues enigmatically and need they don't even meet in this story until the last ten minutes as both of their routes to the kingpin converge. As before the ensemble acting was of a high standard, particularly the two leads. The direction was pacey and exciting, while I also enjoyed the location photography around Stockholm. Again however I was slightly taken aback by the frankness of the sex-scenes but I guess it was in keeping with the adult themes on display.I'm now keenly anticipating viewing the concluding episode "The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest", in fact, these Swedish-language dramatisations are so compelling, I can see myself going back to the source novels some time in the near future.

UnknownRealmsDotNet With a phenomenally popular story, it's only natural for it to have a sequel. And like most sequels, they are (almost) never as good as the original. That's what has happened with The Girl who Played with Fire. For the most part this is a result from rather bland direction (almost even sub-par). With no flare to the presentation, nothing that really submerges you into the characters, the direction is nothing more than standard camera-work and often bad timing (relying on loud noises to try and make you jump). But the story saves this from being a regrettable experience. Expanding on Lizabeth's past, there are plenty of twists and turns to keep things interesting. But this is a different story. This is not a taut mystery with social implications, as in the first. This is a crime/drama that borders almost into comic book twists (characters with almost super-human abilities and twists that borderline on unbelievable). Still, if you liked the first film, you should find out what has happened in its aftermath.