Actors: Claire Foy, Sverrir Gudnason,
LaKeith Stanfield, Sylvia Hoeks, Stephen Merchant
Rating: 8 out of 10, The latest
version of Lisbeth Salander. If you count the Swedish trilogy of films this
marks the fifth incarnation of the girl with dragon tattoo and she’s no less
compelling here with Clair Foy in the title role. I appreciated the decision to
focus almost completely on Salander this time and marginalizing the Blomquist
character because she’s where the story resides. She takes a break from
torturing abusive men long enough to steal an ultra-secret from the NSA and
then her dysfunctional family raises its head and the body count skyrockets.
There are some gaping plot holes that can be forgiven in order to keep the plot
moving at the relentless pace needed. The movie does cause some serious pause
at buying a car loaded with electronic features though.
MVP: Hoeks as the mysterious Salander
sister, haunting
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