Rasmus Heisterberg

A journalist investigates a 40-year-old mystery, while a hacker spies on him.

A strong film - both in the well-made sense and in the black coffee sense. There are some scenes that are horribly unpleasant to watch. But they're a relatively small portion of the movie, and they make important contributions to the story and characters. Overall, it's a much more entertaining movie than I expected based on its Swedishness, the bad poster and the premise (which in fact is not anywhere near as lame as it sounds when glibly summarized).

Concept: C
Story: A
Characters: A
Dialog: C
Pacing: A
Cinematography: C
Special effects/design: A
Acting: A
Music: B

Enjoyment: B

GPA: 3.2/4… (plus d'informations)

Harriet Vanger desapareció hace 36 años durante una verbena de verano en la isla sueca Hedeby, propiedad prácticamente exclusiva de la poderosa familia Vanger. A pesar del despliegue policial, no se encontró rastro de la muchacha de 16 años. Pero su tío Henrik Vanger, la sigue recordando, por ello contrata a Mikael Blomkvist, periodista de investigación y alma de la revista Millennium, para buscarla. Mikael no está pasando un buen momento: está vigilado y encausado por difamación y calumnia. Lisbeth Salander, una investigadora privada nada usual, incontrolable, socialmente inadaptada y con extraordinarias e insólitas cualidades, le echará una mano..… (plus d'informations)