Review of The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009) by Rachel T — 17 Jan 2012

The third and final film adaptation based upon Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy of books. And it's part 2 of the story that started with The Girl Who Played With Fire, and it brings it to a powerful and compelling conclusion to this trilogy of films, it's been an adventure following these characters, and it makes up for the slow second film.

Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) is in intensive care in hospital from bullets to the head, shoulder, hip, in the room next to her is her father, evil Russian gangster Alexander Zalachenko (Georgi Staykov) who Salander beat up.

Lawyer Annika Giannini (Annika Hallin), sister of Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist), is assigned to her case. As Giannini gathers together evidence for the case, Blomkvist investigates deeper and discovers a web of lies that goes all the way to the top of the Swedish government.

Salander is able to communicate with the outside world with a mobile phone smuggled into the hospital, and the plot deepens when Zalachenko is assassinated by Evert Gullberg (Hans Alfredson). It's a thrilling finale to the trilogy, even if it does take it's time to get to it's conclusion where people who wronged Salander get served justice.

It's a slow burner, but it pays off, although it leaves a lot out of the original book, but it works as a film.