Plot: This is a complicated cold-case, murder mystery set in Sweden that starts with a girls disappearance forty years ago, and ends with a series of grisly murders of women. The title character is Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Repace), who is a thin, goth hacker that has a violent history. Mikael Bloomkwist (Micheal Nyqvist) is a washed-up reported paid to investigate the cold-case, and who eventually teams up with Salander.
Review: The best part is the Lisbeth character who is compelling and mysterious. They keep teasing us with more details from her complicated past. She is well played by Noomi Repace, who portrays Lisbeth along the lines of the novel. The script fits in most of the complicated story, and I liked how they got the essential scenes into the movie without making the movie too long or too hard to understand.
There are some violent scenes, but they are essential to the edgy-ness of the movie.
This is a satisfying movie that I enjoyed watching. I think I liked it better since I had read the book.
Cast: Noomi Reace, Micheal Nyqvist
Directed by: Niels Arden Oplev; based on the novel by Stieg Larssen
Rating: 3.5 flasks; It was fun to watch, but not higher because it was subtitled, and because the plot was a bit complicated. It has a theme of violence against women, but was not a message film.
More: I am going to read the sequel.
Even more: Lisbeth Rocks!
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