By far the best of the three Millennium trilogy films (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and The Girl Who Played with Fire as the first two). This film plays out as a courtroom thriller with political intrigue and international espionage drama. We leave behind most of the misogynistic current of the previous films (although it hangs around as a fundamental motive). The protagonist Lisbeth Salander starts here where she left off... dark, chip-on-her-shoulder, and with a bullet in her head. She is in the hospital recovering while a case is being built against her for attempted murder. Blomkvist, meanwhile, continues to dig up dirt on the conspiracy that got Lisbeth in trouble in the first place, getting help from hacker extraordinaire Lisbeth. He ultimately ends up with a massive expose for his magazine. If none of this makes sense, you have got to see the first two films (or better, read the books). Overall, I loved the books, and was entertained by the films. It is interesting the "The Girl" is clearly the protagonist and the driver of the story, but is really a minor part of most of the films. And just for fun, the first of the American version (staring Daniel Craig) releases at the end of this year, so it will be very interesting to see the trilogy again from a different perspective so close to the original.
4 stars (out of 5)
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