Daniel Alfredson directs visual part two of the trilogy of Swedish crime novels by Stieg Larsson. Maybe not as urgent as THE GIRL with the DRAGON TATTOO, but still leaves its mark. Blackmail by sex, a relentless killer in a barn with a chainsaw, graphic sex scenes and car chases. Damn, is that not enough? A sophisticated plot about two young journalists being hired by Mikael Blomkvist(Michael Nyqist), publisher of notorious Millennium magazine. Ready to launch an expose of the Swedish sex trade that involves notable politicians, police officials, attorneys and public figures. The two young writers are murdered and Blomkvist goes into overdrive to prove the innocence of friend and computer hacker Lisbeth Salander(Noomi Rapace), who is suspected of blackmail, robbery and murder. The allusive Lisbeth has garnered a wealth of info concerning the expose as it also contains facts she wants to put her puzzling past together. Strong sexual content, language, violence and nudity. This movie runs a little over two hours at a throbbing pace and enough action to sustains interest. Also in the cast: Lena Endre, Peter Anderson, Reuben Sailmander, Yasmine Garbi and Georgi Staykov.
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