The Girl Who Played with Fire (2010)

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

As I mentioned in my review of 'The girl with the dragon tattoo', this second installment was in my opinion, much better. The storyline runs smoother, it is better defined, more understandable and more in line with the novel. The first movie also tried to be truthful to the book but failed, maybe because the first book is far to introspective for a successful transposing to the big screen. In any case, all of the above is most probably also due to the change of the movie's Director. This second installment (as well as the third) is directed by Daniel Alfredson, who is primarily responsible for the above mentioned changes to the positive.All in all, this turned out to be a well made, nail-biting suspense thriller, very close to what the book was like. Well done!

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.

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.