Released in 2009 this sequel to the Swedish version of ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ Was made three years after the original movie. this movie is the meat of the sandwich of ‘the girl’ movie trilogy, Not only a movie but based on a trilogy of books which I believe was originally planned to be a lot more than just the three. Unfortunately and very sadly the author Stieg Larsson died before completing extended story. I believe, but I could be wrong, that the fourth part of the Storey was concluded after his death by a different person. The intriguing part of the movies and the books, is the overlap [confused? I will explain]. So, the first movie called ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ was made in Swedish in 2006, followed by the sequel in 2009 called ‘The Girl Who Played With Fire’, before the final part called The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets Nest’. This concludes the three Swedish movies and the three parts of the trilogy of the books. Okay ready to be confused in 2011 they remade the first movie but in English we've English actors but still set in Sweden. The movie, you may remember starred Daniel Craig and I believe was deemed a success. The fourth part of the Storey was concluded after the death of the author and was called ‘The Girl In The Spiders Web’ Made and released in English it was the fourth section of movies. So if you follow the Swedish timeline you have Part one, two and three. However, if you follow the English version you have part one followed by part four, which simply makes no sense at all. Did that make any sense at all? I hope so because I'm moving on. As already mentioned this was released in 2009, based on the novel of the same name and directed by Daniel Alfredson, produced by Søren Stærmose, with the sreenplay by Jonas Frykberg. It start a host of names which as they're all Swedish anyone reading this probably has never heard of them before but he goes anyway: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Annika Hallin, Per Oscarsson, Lena Endre, Peter Andersson, Jacob Ericksson, Sofia Ledarp, Yasmine Garbi, Johan Kylén, Tanja Lorentzon, and Paolo Roberto. Rough estimate on the production cost comes in a $5.9m it went on to recoup $67.1m at the box office. Criticly world liked as well it's called 7.2 out of 10 from IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes gave it 69%. I will also mention that this one is 7th in my countdown of subtitled non English movies I own.
Moving on to the plot will not be easy to cover here, if you haven't seen the first movie. The joy of these stories are that they follow on from the previous one. So, to not give any spoilers is going to be tough and giving a good overview will be difficult. Here goes… after moving abroad for about a year Lisbeth Salander returns to Stockholm and purchases of flat. Lisbeth seeks out her best friend and former partner Miriam Wu. To go further into hiding Lisbeth office Miriam her old flat free if she forwards her Mail on. After reading Nils Bjurman it is planning a visit to a tattoo removal specialist Lisbeth pays him a visit. Threatening him with his own gun. Meanwhile Millennium magazine has recently hired a new journalist who is writing an exposé on prostitution and human trafficking in Sweden. Dag Svensson is tipped for a great career in journalism and joining Millennium magazine is very appealing to him. Dag’s girlfriend who is at University is writing a thesis on a similar topic. With Dag’s story almost completed he then has to confront those who will be exposed in this article, to be able to give them a right of reply. Around the same time Dag has asked Mikael Blomkvist to come and collect the final drafts. Dag has also asked Mikael to investigate someone called Zala, as it was a name mentioned by witnesses that he can find nothing about him/her. By the time he reaches Dag's home they have already been shot, desperately trying to save his new colleague Mikael call’s the police and ambulance to rescue them. The story becomes a whodunit full the murders and as a Stieg Larsson book, this Storey becomes more complicated with added new characters in roles within the Swedish government system. The murder mystery only plays part of the story as there are so many different elements this film trilogy exposes and brings to the wider elements.
I really enjoyed this movie but I would say I enjoyed it more because of enjoying the original mystery movie than this as a stand-alone movie. It was the first movie that inspired me to read the books and I would recommend both to anyone that can cope with the odd scene that is really close to the mark. In terms of sexual violence and was a shock to me when thinking this is a murder mystery trilogy. Let me get the problem I have with this movie and the book and that is the unrealistic action of the conclusion of this story. Without the spoilers I remember watching this and going really that would never happen. This is clearly artistic licence to make the movie more exciting. I then read the book and went oh it does happen in hear as well. There is an element where you go this Lisbeth character is superhuman with abilities beyond the realms of normal humans. That said it did not stop me from enjoying the story from act one to act three. As mentioned before, you may include act four into that as well as that was a good movie as well. The book and the film really bring the mystery slowly together by the fed up and upset Lisbeth, Who at the end of the previous book was about to reveal her love for the main character. This story becomes more and more entwined in the Swedish government and secret services and as a result causes a large ripple effect for the Swedish government should the story get out. Whoever killed Dag wanted his story suppressed enough to be willing to kill for that story to vanish. Lisbeth now a prime suspect in the murder of Dag and now has multiple agencies trying to kill her off. She needs to stay alive to clear her name whilst she attempts to hide from her previous friends or colleagues who could become in danger themselves if linked to her and could be threatened in her absence. With everything in place this story may very well cause confusion with the gaps and differences between British government and the Swedish government, for the English members reading this. Also be very aware this is the middle of the story sandwich and works very well to have its own story ahead of the advanced story to follow.
If the Swedish government had concerns about this movie then genuinely the Kazakhstan Government were really not happy with the next movie on my list.
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