Exceptionally good.

Rating: 10/10 (8 November 2011)

This Swedish crime chiller is based on the first of a trilogy of novels from Stieg Larsson. A dishonored tabloid journalist Mikael Blomkvist(Michael Nyqist)is hired by Henrik Vanger, a wealthy industrialist and patriarch of a close-knit dysfunctional family, to find his niece, who disappeared over forty years ago while an abused teen. Mikael, found guilty of defamation, starts his investigation and efforts are compromised by a young hacker named Lisbeth Salander(Noomi Rapace). The journalist allows the rebellious hacker to join in the deep search that uncovers dark secrets about the powerful Vanger family. Mikael and Lisbeth soon have to deal with keeping themselves alive. Three graphic scenes of sexual assault, a couple of erotic sex scenes, and a fair share of violence makes this dark mystery a very satisfying and intriguing couple of hours. Miss Rapace is not the most well endowed, but is not shy in showing why she is THE GIRL with the DRAGON TATTOO. Hard not to like this one. Also in the cast: Sven-Bertil Taube, Peter Haber, Lena Endre, Bjorn Granath and Ewa Froling. Filmed entirely in Sweden, except for a final scene shot in Spain.