Boobirt Stylish but barely mediocre overall

Lancoor A very feeble attempt at affirmatie action

Skyler Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

Cassandra Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

Bob An This almost got a six from me, but I am giving it a seven star rating as I did with the first part.I finished reading books yesterday and the book is all too fresh in my mind. I knew what was going to happen and all, so I was not interested in the movie from the point to really enjoy it but more to see how it is different than the book.Again, I think that the role of Michael is bad. They should have chosen someone else. As with the first part, this movie does follow pretty well the story of the book and I give cudos to that. Somehow I feel that this second art of the trilogy is a bit less good than the first one. Acting is the same but it lacks intensity in my opinion.I can imagine that if 2nd part is a bit less interesting, the final chapter will be even less. I do recommend however to read the book first.

Armand the basic problem - the high expectations. result - impression than after first part, the entire magic is off and the film is only one from many others. but all is the same. the beautiful performance of Noomi Rapace, the portrait of Blomkvist, the music. only sin - the lost of force intensity. far to be a mediocre movie, it is not the best adaptation. the cause can be the hurry. or the perception of novel. short, it has not the convincing virtues of first part. but it has same tension and same mark of Millennium series. maybe, it is not enough. but , far to represent a disappointment, it is a good film. sure, not remarkable. but nobody is perfect

Tweekums This, the second of the 'Millennium Trilogy, sees the return of Lisbeth Salander and investigative journalist Mikael Blomkvist and if you haven't seen 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' you are likely to be confused as to what is going on as plot details related to events in that film aren't explained. Mikael is working on a story that will expose prominent people who have been complicit in the trafficking of young women and shortly afterwards two people who provided him with key information are killed. The murder weapon has Lisbeth's fingerprints on it and it was stolen from her legal guardian who has also been murdered. The police believe that she did it but Mikael is convinced of her innocence. The two of them end up leading parallel investigations that will lead them to the mysterious 'Zala' who is apparently involved in the trafficking and is closely connected to Lisbeth.After 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' this instalment feels very televisual and there is less suspense... although this might be down to knowing that the protagonists must survive to appear in the third film! That said if you enjoy TV crime dramas then you should enjoy this too; the story features a suitable amount of action and there are interesting revelations about Lisbeth's background that I didn't see coming. It was also interesting to keep the two protagonists apart until the very end. Noomi Rapace is once again brilliant as Lisbeth and Michael Nyqvist does a fine job as Mikael; a far less showy role. While the story is good there are some distinct flaws; the huge blond unstoppable German seemed rather cliché and I don't see how Lisbeth could survived one encounter that left her not only shot but also buried! Still despite these faults it was well worth watching and left me keen to see how the story ends in 'The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest'.

jc-osms 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.