This is a foreign movie so it has the subtitles. Its a crime/mystery/suspenseful thriller/drama with an intricate plot. The only knock on this movie is the subtitles. I have no problem with it because I watch damn near all my movies with subtitles on anyway(a habit I picked up because some movies don't have the sound mastered/mixed loud enough). If you can read and don't have allergic reactions when doing it you'll enjoy this movie.
It starts off with a reporter by the name of Mikael Blomkvist who is having legal trouble. If memory serves me correctly he is being tried for libel from an article he did on a big shot. He gets found guilty in what he feels was a fixed trial as he was set up. Whatever the fuck homie still got jail time coming.
During this time he is being watched by an investigative reporter/hacker, Lisbeth Salander, hired by a family called the Vanger Group. Lisbeth provides all her findings in a report on Blomkvist to the group in which she determined he was clean of any wrongdoing.
A member of the Vanger Group/Family contacted Blomkvist for his services before he would be sent off to jail. He is hired to find/solve the case of disappearance of a long gone Harriet Vanger. They don't know what happened to her in the 60's and the police couldn't solve it. The person behind hiring Blomkvist was Harriet's uncle because her biological parents didn't really give a shit about her. Blomkvist is a good investigator and gets further than the police but only with the help of the hacker Lisbeth Salander who is still keeping tab on his computer.
They eventually solve what they have to. Thats a given. But the final answers to their case unravels the twisted nature of the family with surprise after surprise.
But with most good movies there is good dialogue, memorable scenes,good subplots, and good characters and a bunch of other semi-related miscellaneous shit going on giving you insight on characters, this movie has that.
All in all I liked this movie. It was a great story and was not predictable. Its like watching an intricate puzzle being put together by flying monkeys in accelerated time.
4.5/5
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