The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a riveting, edge of your seat thriller with memorable characters that leave you wanting more. It is based on a series of three books by Stieg Larsson, who sadly, died before he could see the success of his work come to its fruition. http://www.amazon.com/Stieg-Larsson/e/B001J95ACO/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1275718364&sr=1-2-ent

Lisbeth Salander, computer hacker extraodinaire, and Mikael Blomkvist, a disgraced journalist become embroiled in a decades old missing persons investigation which puts them on the trail of serial killer. Lisbeth Salander has anger issues dating back to when she was a child and at twenty-four is under guardianship of the state. When her current guardian has a stroke, she is assigned a new guardian who sees it as an opportunity to brutalize her unmercifully. While I knew she would get the upper hand, before she does, there are two very graphic scenes, that are extremely difficult to watch. She does indeed finally have her revenge and puts her anger issues to good use.

Lisbeth works for a security company and is assigned to investigate journalist Mikael Blomkvist, specifically his prosecution for libel, at the request of Henrik Vanger, an old school titan of Swedish industry. Vanger wants to hire Mikael to search for his niece, Harriett who disappeared almost forty years ago. As Mikael begins his investigation, Lisbeth hacks his computer and begins offering her expertise to help with his search. Before long they are collaborating, working in a cabin on a remote island where almost all the Vangers live. (Remote, creepy islands have certainly been a popular setting in films this year) Under no illusions about his family, Henrik tells Mikael that is his family is a nasty bunch and any one of them could be responsible for Harriet's disappearance. as Lisbeth and Mikael come closer to answers, they don't realize that danger is lurking, even after forty years.

Please don't avoid seeing this film because of the subtitles, trust me, you will not notice them after the first few minutes. You will be on the edge of your seat until the end.