KineticSeoul The book is probably better...Actually I am sure it's better. Because this movie was boring as hell and it was painful to sit through. It's like the quality and intensity dropped by miles. I was shocked at how boring this movie was, because of how good the first one is. This time Lisbeth and Mikael are apart and it delves more into Lisbeth's background. While other stuff is going on, like some sort of threat to an organization and stuff. First it mentions sex trafficking a couple of times, so I thought it was going to be about solving the sex trafficking case. But it goes in a poorly constructed direction...Maybe it did a poor job of following the book or something because this movie is boring. Especially for a 3 hour movie, it was painful to sit through. This is suppose to be a action thriller, but it doesn't have any memorable or cool action or thrills.3.5/10

Armand the basic problem - the high expectations. result - impression than after first part, the entire magic is off and the film is only one from many others. but all is the same. the beautiful performance of Noomi Rapace, the portrait of Blomkvist, the music. only sin - the lost of force intensity. far to be a mediocre movie, it is not the best adaptation. the cause can be the hurry. or the perception of novel. short, it has not the convincing virtues of first part. but it has same tension and same mark of Millennium series. maybe, it is not enough. but , far to represent a disappointment, it is a good film. sure, not remarkable. but nobody is perfect

Ben Larson It was not as good as the original, and that is counting the great love scene in Lisbeth's (Noomi Rapace) apartment with her girlfriend.It picks up where we left off last time, with the same characters, but it just didn't seem to have the magic of the original. Don't get me wrong. As a thriller, it keeps your interest throughout, especially when the blond German appears.Without CGI, it is a very good thriller in the vein of Three Days of the Condor, a personal favorite.We also get to see Lisbeth's back-story, which reveals itself in the process of finding out who murdered the three people she is blamed for killing.Hoping the next film returns to the class of the first.

jc-osms The second in Stiegg Larssen's celebrated trilogy was for me, just as good as "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo". The ending of "Tattoo" seemed to tie up all the loose ends and leave no room at all for a sequel, but the main characters are cleverly and skilfully brought back together in a plot involving principally the trafficking of young Easter European women linked in any instances to highly-placed civic dignitaries. As it transpires, after the brutal murder of the two young reporters who brought the case to Mikael by the gargantuan, pain-resistant henchman of the Mr Big behind the smuggling ring, Lisbeth is inexorably drawn back into proceedings as matters draw closer to home.With a less obvious detective mystery at its heart, this more elaborately plotted story gives us more background on Lisbeth and deeper characterisation with it. The relationship between Mikael and Lisbeth continues enigmatically and need they don't even meet in this story until the last ten minutes as both of their routes to the kingpin converge. As before the ensemble acting was of a high standard, particularly the two leads. The direction was pacey and exciting, while I also enjoyed the location photography around Stockholm. Again however I was slightly taken aback by the frankness of the sex-scenes but I guess it was in keeping with the adult themes on display.I'm now keenly anticipating viewing the concluding episode "The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest", in fact, these Swedish-language dramatisations are so compelling, I can see myself going back to the source novels some time in the near future.