The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

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Shaun E The third instalment of the story of possibly the most socially awkward heroine in the history of cinema starts exactly where the second instalment finishes. Noomi Roopace's Lisbeth Salander is played to precision, leaving you to wonder about the motives of those trying to help her. The film is evenly paced with quite a lot of tension throughout the film. It was good to see the bad guys taken down in such an excellent manner. And the ending with Salander and her half-brother was wonderfully done. The film isn't perfect. Dubbing into English is sometimes a bit flaky. Some of the character decisions when faced with danger are questionable. I know that Steig Larson intended to write more stories for his characters before his death, but this trilogy ends quite tidily here. It was interesting that, for the second film in a row, the two main characters barely had an interaction with one another. This is very much a Swedish drama and thriller and I think that Hollywood could have not done it the same justice as was done here. A very good ending to a very fine set of films. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/09/24 Full Review hamid reza g The third film of the Millennium trilogy is a crime thriller that was generally well received and received moderate reviews and has its own charms. The beginning of the movie is exactly from the end of the movie "The Girl Who Plays with Fire" and this idea is attractive and pleasant. When we consider the total of three films together in a trilogy, we can consider it an attractive, different and successful trilogy of Swedish cinema. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/14/23 Full Review Audience Member I watched the complete Swedish trilogy of Millenium with my parents and now, I can say that the books are far better. However, the films form a great trilogy in general. I've talked about the first and the second, now, let's talk about the third and probably the best of the three. Indeed, even if it's considered to be the weakest installment of the franchise, I think it is the best. It really depends on what you think is the best story because the director style is basically the same, which is true for the themes also. In this case, the appreciation relies on the story and for me it is a satisfying end that continues to go deeper into Lisbeth Salander's troubling life and childhood and also into the political problems such as sexism, corruption, etc. I've never read or watched the fourth because of it. I think it has an end and a fourth wouldn't be necessary. Also, I think Stieg Larsson wanted to write only three books before he died, which he did. Finally, I think the story is interesting but the adaptation could have been even better. As a matter of fact, I think that a lot of details such as the fact that Erika went to another magazine (or daily, it is far in my memory), could have upgrade the movie. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review mike l Not as good as the first two but still awesome! Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Rapace is terrific in action-drama movies. This is low-action. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review dave s At the core of The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest there is an interesting courtroom procedural. However, much like its two predecessors, the movie gets swamped by a stunningly complex plot and an unimaginably long list of secondary characters. The most interesting character, Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace), spends a large chunk of the film stretched out on a hospital bed, silent and brooding, and the next best character, the cold-blooded killer Ronald Niederman (Micke Spreitz), makes a couple of brief appearances but is otherwise nowhere to be found. This is by no means a stand-alone kind of sequel. It's difficult enough to keep track of things as it is, but if you haven't seen the first two films in the series you will be driven mad by this, the final installment. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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