The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2010)

The Age of Commercialism

Memorable, crazy movie

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

I thought the original The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo was great, and The Girl Who Played With Fire was OK. This, the third in the trilogy, is less good. As long as the other two, it is less intriguing, and has less substance. Drags and drifts along, with a few moments of interest. Even Noomi Rapace can't get this one across the line. She actually has very little to do in this movie, mostly silently lying in hospital or sitting in court. Michael Nyqvist does have lines, but he might as well be silent, he is so expressionless. A fairly unsatisfactory ending to what started out to be a good series, but was already running out of steam by the second movie.

The trilogy ends with this last part that I found boring, disappointing and especially too long. Why? The story looses itself in too many unnecessary details that could have been left away. Then the pace was incredibly low. I missed during the whole running time suspense and new elements of this intriguing crime thriller. This was for me nothing new and it didn't take me on a high trip. But I must again congratulate Noomi Rapace for her outstanding performance. I hope that the next announced trilogy will be at least on the same level as the first two parts. Read therefore my reviews on IMDb. My final score is for these reasons 5/10.

"The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" ends the Millennium Trilogy from Swedish television.Taking up where the second chapter left off, Lisbeth Salandar (Noomi Rapace) is in the hospital, recovering from her wounds. She's also under arrest. Her father, Alexander Zalachenko, survived and is in the same hospital. There is a move afoot to charge her with attempted murder but also to have her committed to a mental institution again.Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist) is devoting a special issue of Millennium to getting justice for Lisbeth. He soon learns that the people behind attempting to silence Lisbeth will stop at nothing to achieve their goal. Mikael and Lisbeth work separately again to clear her name and keep her from being either imprisoned or committed.Good ending to this trilogy, as it wraps up the story very nicely. Rapace's magnificent presence and total immersion into the role again dominates, with Nyqvist also excellent as Blomkvist, demonstrating his quiet determination to help Lisbeth.Despite the pervasive dark atmosphere (which the story demands) and some really major violence in the first episode, which is not my thing, I really am very glad I watched the Swedish version of this trilogy and do not plan on viewing the American version. In fact, I'm not even sure why they're making it, except that no one in Hollywood is interested in doing anything original. The Swedish "The Girl" trio will be hard to beat.

I decided to go all-out and give myself the full Millennium experience by watching the TV miniseries (9 hours in total) over the space of three nights. As a result, these reviews are of the extended, three-hour editions of each film rather than the condensed, theatrical two-hour versions.Let's just say that THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET'S NEST doesn't disappoint. It finishes off the Millennium trilogy in an intelligent, emotionally satisfying way, drawing up all the themes and mysteries of the last two films. Great direction, great plotting, great acting, great cinematography...what's not to love?