The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest
Starring Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist
Directed by Daniel Alfredson
Rated R
Everything from The Girl Who Played With Fire really sets up the end of this trilogy. Gone are the odd twists and turns, no more strange and convenient coincidences. No, here we have a proper ending to this trilogy, instead filled with revelations, properly tying up story-lines and everything started in the last two films.
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest picks up right where the last film left off. Lisbeth Salandar (Noomi Rapace) and Alexander Zalachenko (Georgi Staykov) are both being airlifted to the hospital to be treated for the wounds they inflicted on each other. As they recover, talk of the trial against Lisbeth for her actions against Zalachenko begins, sending Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist) into action to prove her innocence. Meanwhile, Ronald Niedermann (Micke Spreitz), Lisbeth's giant half brother,...
Starring Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist
Directed by Daniel Alfredson
Rated R
Everything from The Girl Who Played With Fire really sets up the end of this trilogy. Gone are the odd twists and turns, no more strange and convenient coincidences. No, here we have a proper ending to this trilogy, instead filled with revelations, properly tying up story-lines and everything started in the last two films.
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest picks up right where the last film left off. Lisbeth Salandar (Noomi Rapace) and Alexander Zalachenko (Georgi Staykov) are both being airlifted to the hospital to be treated for the wounds they inflicted on each other. As they recover, talk of the trial against Lisbeth for her actions against Zalachenko begins, sending Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist) into action to prove her innocence. Meanwhile, Ronald Niedermann (Micke Spreitz), Lisbeth's giant half brother,...
- 2/10/2011
- by Josh Baldwin
- GetTheBigPicture.net
The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest is an excellent film and you really should see it but there are several reasons why the idea of doing so may not yet have crossed your mind.
As you’re probably already aware it’s based on the final book of the late Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy which I know has become quite a significant literary landmark for the simple reason that firstly my wife read them all in quick succession and secondly I see posters at stations in London describing assorted new books that I’ve never heard of as being by “The next Stieg Larsson”.
As someone who has a lifelong aversion to hype the whole thing has quite consciously passed me by because I’ve lived through the reading fads of commuters before, the recent origins of which can probably be traced back to the time where...
As you’re probably already aware it’s based on the final book of the late Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy which I know has become quite a significant literary landmark for the simple reason that firstly my wife read them all in quick succession and secondly I see posters at stations in London describing assorted new books that I’ve never heard of as being by “The next Stieg Larsson”.
As someone who has a lifelong aversion to hype the whole thing has quite consciously passed me by because I’ve lived through the reading fads of commuters before, the recent origins of which can probably be traced back to the time where...
- 11/24/2010
- by Colin Hart
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Quickcard Review
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
Directed by: Daniel Alfredson
Cast: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Lena Endre
Running Time: 2 hrs 28 mins
Rating: R
Release Date: November 19, 2010 (limited)
Plot: From the third book in the popular Millennium series by author Stieg Larsson, Lisbeth (Rapace) is recovering from her injuries in a hospital. Mikael (Nyqvist) is trying to keep her out of a mental institution.
Who’S It For? Only those who have read the books or loved both films. Whatever your hopes are for this final chapter, lower your expectations.
Scorecard (0-10)
Overall
The action … sorry, the movie picks up right where we left off. I can’t say action because that’s the most obvious element missing from this final chapter. Thrills and chills are also hard to come by.
Lisbeth is one of the toughest, coolest female characters to hit the screen and now we...
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
Directed by: Daniel Alfredson
Cast: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Lena Endre
Running Time: 2 hrs 28 mins
Rating: R
Release Date: November 19, 2010 (limited)
Plot: From the third book in the popular Millennium series by author Stieg Larsson, Lisbeth (Rapace) is recovering from her injuries in a hospital. Mikael (Nyqvist) is trying to keep her out of a mental institution.
Who’S It For? Only those who have read the books or loved both films. Whatever your hopes are for this final chapter, lower your expectations.
Scorecard (0-10)
Overall
The action … sorry, the movie picks up right where we left off. I can’t say action because that’s the most obvious element missing from this final chapter. Thrills and chills are also hard to come by.
Lisbeth is one of the toughest, coolest female characters to hit the screen and now we...
- 11/19/2010
- by Jeff Bayer
- The Scorecard Review
Directed by: Daniel Alfredson
Written by: Stieg Larsson, Ulf Ryberg
Cast: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Lena Endre, Annika Hallin, Jacob Ericksson, Sofia Ledarp, Anders Ahlbom, Micke Spreitz, Georgi Staykov, Mirja Turestedt
You'd think there's nothing worse than build-up without climax. Except there is - a build-down without climax - the senile breed of story that seem to start somewhere and meander to nowhere.
The final Swedish film adaptation of the Millennium Trilogy by author Steig Larsson, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest suffers from the same disability, limping anemically to anti-climax for around two hours of its 148-minute length. It's a gorgeously rendered double-stuff serving of denouement.
Lack of a professional hand is not the problem with The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest. Daniel Alfredson, director of the trilogy's second installment, uses a Nasa-sized budget to piece together as shiny and taut a strip of film as fans might hope.
Written by: Stieg Larsson, Ulf Ryberg
Cast: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Lena Endre, Annika Hallin, Jacob Ericksson, Sofia Ledarp, Anders Ahlbom, Micke Spreitz, Georgi Staykov, Mirja Turestedt
You'd think there's nothing worse than build-up without climax. Except there is - a build-down without climax - the senile breed of story that seem to start somewhere and meander to nowhere.
The final Swedish film adaptation of the Millennium Trilogy by author Steig Larsson, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest suffers from the same disability, limping anemically to anti-climax for around two hours of its 148-minute length. It's a gorgeously rendered double-stuff serving of denouement.
Lack of a professional hand is not the problem with The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest. Daniel Alfredson, director of the trilogy's second installment, uses a Nasa-sized budget to piece together as shiny and taut a strip of film as fans might hope.
- 11/1/2010
- by M C Funk
- Planet Fury
This is the first trailer for The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest, directed by Daniel Alfredson and starring Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Lena Endre, Annika Hallin, Jacob Ericksson, Sofia Ledarp, Anders Ahlbom and Micke Spreitz. Under police guard in hospital, Lisbeth Salander is charged with murder and awaits the trial that has the country gripped. Cut off from all communication with the outside world, she must rely on journalist and former lover, Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist) to prove her innocence and expose the political cover up that threatens to destroy her freedom. In his way stands a mysterious group who will go to any lengths to keep the shocking truth of their actions a secret. The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest is directed by Daniel Alfredson and released across the UK on 26 November.
- 10/30/2010
- by Dan Higgins
- Pure Movies
It is remarkable how just two years ago, few outside of Scandinavia had ever heard of Stieg Larsson or his “Millennium Trilogy” — a series of novels the journalist had been tinkering with at home simply for fun before they were posthumously published. In a staggeringly short time span, both the late writer and his hobby project are now internationally famous, inspiring three Swedish films in 2009 as well as an upcoming American adaptation.
It’s hard to review the third film in a trilogy with a connecting narrative without at least referencing the first two efforts (beware of a few spoilers in the next two paragraphs). Simply put, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was a beautifully shot, disturbing, yet effective mystery. Its protagonists, a left-wing journalist Mikael (Michael Nyqvist) and the titular character, computer hacker Lisbeth (Noomi Rapace), spent much of the film stranded in a hostile environment, surrounded by...
It’s hard to review the third film in a trilogy with a connecting narrative without at least referencing the first two efforts (beware of a few spoilers in the next two paragraphs). Simply put, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was a beautifully shot, disturbing, yet effective mystery. Its protagonists, a left-wing journalist Mikael (Michael Nyqvist) and the titular character, computer hacker Lisbeth (Noomi Rapace), spent much of the film stranded in a hostile environment, surrounded by...
- 10/29/2010
- by Glenn Kay
- newsinfilm.com
Chicago – Now that the third and final installment of Stieg Larsson’s posthumously published, phenomenally popular book series has been turned into a feature film, the questions emerges: ‘Was it worth it?’ To the worldwide box office and the creatively bankrupt Hollywood, of course it was. But were moviegoers truly satisfied by the experience?
Rating: 3.0/5.0
I wasn’t, but that’s not to say I didn’t admire aspects of the pictures, particularly the mesmerizing, star-making performance from Noomi Rapace as the titular “Girl.” Her magnetic presence elevates each film whenever she’s onscreen, which is not nearly long enough. After the enticing first tale, “Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” developed the relationship between two fascinating characters who teamed up to solve crimes, the next two installments frustrate on multiple levels. The characters that audiences loved to see work together are kept apart the entire time at stagnant ends of an exposition-laden puzzle.
Rating: 3.0/5.0
I wasn’t, but that’s not to say I didn’t admire aspects of the pictures, particularly the mesmerizing, star-making performance from Noomi Rapace as the titular “Girl.” Her magnetic presence elevates each film whenever she’s onscreen, which is not nearly long enough. After the enticing first tale, “Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” developed the relationship between two fascinating characters who teamed up to solve crimes, the next two installments frustrate on multiple levels. The characters that audiences loved to see work together are kept apart the entire time at stagnant ends of an exposition-laden puzzle.
- 10/29/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
The second in the Stieg Larsson Millennium trilogy adaptations is slightly less gruesome than the opening instalment, but is let down by the sheer implausibility of its plot, says Peter Bradshaw
The Stieg Larsson Millennium trilogy trundles into its second phase with this new episode. It's shorter than the first, marginally less gruesome and violent, but appreciably more implausible and absurd, with a convoluted plot that, at the end of two hours, does not come to a satisfying or intelligible conclusion. Michael Nyqvist returns as investigative reporter Mikael, with the mutton-dressed-as-lamb style in leather jacket and hair colour. He is still working for the frankly preposterous Millennium magazine – which is, as ever, operating casually out of what looks like a small loft apartment. A prominent official and two of the magazine's "researchers", working on a sex-trafficking story, are found dead and the finger of suspicion points to Mikael's old ally...
The Stieg Larsson Millennium trilogy trundles into its second phase with this new episode. It's shorter than the first, marginally less gruesome and violent, but appreciably more implausible and absurd, with a convoluted plot that, at the end of two hours, does not come to a satisfying or intelligible conclusion. Michael Nyqvist returns as investigative reporter Mikael, with the mutton-dressed-as-lamb style in leather jacket and hair colour. He is still working for the frankly preposterous Millennium magazine – which is, as ever, operating casually out of what looks like a small loft apartment. A prominent official and two of the magazine's "researchers", working on a sex-trafficking story, are found dead and the finger of suspicion points to Mikael's old ally...
- 8/26/2010
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
The Girl Who Played With Fire is the second film to be released of the Millennium trilogy of movies that are based on the incredibly popular Stieg Larsson books. The first film of the trilogy was the excellent ‘The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo’, which was a world wide success and one of my favourite films of this year.
The Girl Who Played With Fire definitely has a lot to live up to and I was hoping for more of the same dark story, gripping plot and wonderful slow burning thriller. Unfortunately The Girl who Played With Fire doesn’t live up to its predecessor’s standards at all although still offering a great complex story, excellent characters and a progression of one of the most intriguing stories in cinema.
Review contains spoilers.
The Girl Who Played With Fire continues a year after the events of Dragon Tattoo. Lisbeth Salander...
The Girl Who Played With Fire definitely has a lot to live up to and I was hoping for more of the same dark story, gripping plot and wonderful slow burning thriller. Unfortunately The Girl who Played With Fire doesn’t live up to its predecessor’s standards at all although still offering a great complex story, excellent characters and a progression of one of the most intriguing stories in cinema.
Review contains spoilers.
The Girl Who Played With Fire continues a year after the events of Dragon Tattoo. Lisbeth Salander...
- 8/24/2010
- by Gary Phillips
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The Girl Who Played with Fire Directed by: Daniel Alfredson Written by: Nikolaj Arcel & Rasmus Heisterberg (screenplay), Stieg Larsson (novel) Starring: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Georgi Staykov, Micke Spreitz With many of the same themes and motifs, The Girl Who Played with Fire is the second part of the Millennium Trilogy, a best-selling series of Swedish novels by the late author Stieg Larsson. Three of completed and published novels in the trilogy were released in Sweden in 2009, and released internationally in 2010. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo [1] was a darling earlier in the year, lauded as one of the best of the year by some. This film however, is unable to completely turn over the momentum from the first, but does provide some thrilling entertainment and continues the compelling story of Lisbeth and Blomkvist. After visiting her previous ailing guardian in a hospital, Lisbeth visits her current guardian, Bjurman, who...
- 8/10/2010
- by Aaron Weiss
- FilmJunk
Director: Daniel Alfredson Writers: Jonas Frykberg (screenplay), Stieg Larsson (novel) Starring: Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist, Lena Endre The Girl Who Played With Fire is the second in Stieg Larsson’s trilogy, a Swedish crime drama that picks up where The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo left off. Here we find Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) on a sabbatical of sorts, but quickly being sucked back into the criminal vortex of her past. Salander seems to easily find trouble, and soon is wanted for a triple murder. The excitement begins, with Salander and her old pal Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist) again embroiled in a mystery that will force them to don their detective hats and find the killer. Much like the book, The Girl Who Played With Fire is a swirling, shifting network of characters that are continually introduced throughout the film. While this approach stayed true to Larsson’s vision, it...
- 7/16/2010
- by Dirk Sonniksen
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
Rating: 2.5/5.0
Chicago – Movie trilogies often are judged on the strength of their middle chapters. The “Star Wars” franchise wouldn’t have been continually embraced by new generations if “The Empire Strikes Back” hadn’t deepened the characters to such an extent that they became more than mere Jungian archetypes. If “Empire” jettisoned the franchise’s potential, “Attack of the Clones” brought it in for a crash landing.
“The Girl Who Played With Fire” is nowhere near the disaster of “Clones,” but considering the international appeal of its source material, the film is a definite letdown. It’s based on the second installment of Swedish author Stieg Larsson’s “Millennium Trilogy,” which was published posthumously, and gained tremendous popularity with readers worldwide. Larsson was also a journalist with strong antifascist beliefs, and worked at a small publication not unlike the one in his book series. His crime dramas follow an investigative journalist,...
Chicago – Movie trilogies often are judged on the strength of their middle chapters. The “Star Wars” franchise wouldn’t have been continually embraced by new generations if “The Empire Strikes Back” hadn’t deepened the characters to such an extent that they became more than mere Jungian archetypes. If “Empire” jettisoned the franchise’s potential, “Attack of the Clones” brought it in for a crash landing.
“The Girl Who Played With Fire” is nowhere near the disaster of “Clones,” but considering the international appeal of its source material, the film is a definite letdown. It’s based on the second installment of Swedish author Stieg Larsson’s “Millennium Trilogy,” which was published posthumously, and gained tremendous popularity with readers worldwide. Larsson was also a journalist with strong antifascist beliefs, and worked at a small publication not unlike the one in his book series. His crime dramas follow an investigative journalist,...
- 7/9/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
The Girl Who Played With Fire
Directed by: Daniel Alfredson
Cast: Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist, Micke Spreitz
Running Time: 2 hrs 4 mins
Rating: R
Release Date: July 9, 2010 (limited)
Plot: This is based on the novel by Stieg Larsson, and the second book in the Millenium series. It’s been about a year and the computer-hacker, Lisbeth (Rapace) is now accused of a crime and journalist Mikael (Nyqvist) attempts to help her. Plus, things are revealed about Lisbeth’s past.
Who’S It For? Make sure you read the first book or see the first movie, to fully understand this one. It deals with her involvement with Nils Bjurman and to fully feel the impact, the first movie needs to be seen.
Expectations: I’m a big fan of the Sweeden version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Sure, I’m interested to see the eventual American adaptations, but I love...
Directed by: Daniel Alfredson
Cast: Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist, Micke Spreitz
Running Time: 2 hrs 4 mins
Rating: R
Release Date: July 9, 2010 (limited)
Plot: This is based on the novel by Stieg Larsson, and the second book in the Millenium series. It’s been about a year and the computer-hacker, Lisbeth (Rapace) is now accused of a crime and journalist Mikael (Nyqvist) attempts to help her. Plus, things are revealed about Lisbeth’s past.
Who’S It For? Make sure you read the first book or see the first movie, to fully understand this one. It deals with her involvement with Nils Bjurman and to fully feel the impact, the first movie needs to be seen.
Expectations: I’m a big fan of the Sweeden version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Sure, I’m interested to see the eventual American adaptations, but I love...
- 7/9/2010
- by Jeff Bayer
- The Scorecard Review
The Girl Who Played With Fire is the second installment in a trilogy of films adapted from the books by Stieg Larsson, proving to be one of the most entertaining and epic mysteries to hit theaters in some time. This second film is directed by Daniel Alfredson and continues the story of Lisbeth Salander, the enigmatic and smart young woman caught within a string a tragically appalling circumstances. However, unlike in the first film, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, this film is told more from the controversial reporter Mikael Blomkvist.s point-of-view, but the plot remains primarily focused on Lisbeth.s story.
If you haven.t already seen The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. then shame on you! As one of the most highly-acclaimed and widely-appealing foreign films in recent memory, seeing the first film is also crucial to fully appreciating the second, as the films create an ongoing...
If you haven.t already seen The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. then shame on you! As one of the most highly-acclaimed and widely-appealing foreign films in recent memory, seeing the first film is also crucial to fully appreciating the second, as the films create an ongoing...
- 7/9/2010
- by Travis Keune
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.