The infamous computer hacker Lisbeth Salander teams up again with journalist Mikael Blomkvist and NSA agent Ed Needham to take down cybercriminals and Stockholm’s worst called “The Spiders”.
When the trailer was initially released, the first comment was: “The film no one asked for…”. Sony, to secure the rights for the film, acquired the rights for the fourth book, which was not written by the late Stieg Larsson. A direct sequel to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), the film bypasses two books and here’s what happened to both character and story:
Salander here is not a victim anymore but a vigilante. If there were a bat suit anywhere, you would be watching Batgirl. She knows how to fight, shoot, and race on a WRC level. She knows how to hack your phone, computer, and car from a Nokia 6110 while beating chess Grandmaster Garry Kasparov. She can find in time dozens of dildos and use them to turn an airport upside down to free an NSA agent that she doesn’t know where he is. What can I say? It makes me look my uselessness in the eye and jump out of the window.
Story-wise, it gets better… Wanting to keep a low profile, she steals a brand-new Lamborghini. She deals with a computer program that makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. All clues are placed conveniently in plain sight where they can be found by anyone, yet no one finds them except the right person at the right time (it’s called a gimmick). The villain doesn’t show any qualities to match Salander’s (superhuman) level. Other than she has suffered, we never find out anything about her capabilities other than she can put together and lead the toughest and remorseless criminals who wouldn’t hesitate to chop off your face.
Claire Foy is an extremely charismatic and diverse actress who does a brilliant job here. However, the story and character development don’t give her much to work with. If you are a fan of Lakeith Stanfield, watch Sorry to Bother You (2018). As for Fede Alvarez, I highly recommend Evil Dead (2013) and Don’t Breath (2016). Gory!
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Not my sort of film I think I will give this one a miss. Clare Got should be given much stronger roles she can handle anything.