The Girl Who Played with Fire

Name: The Girl Who Played with Fire
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller, Crime
Released: July 9, 2010
Duration: 129 min
Rating: 66
Cast: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace

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Music Box Films | Release Date: July 9, 2010 | R

Starring: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace

Summary: As computer hacker Lisbeth and journalist Mikael investigate a sex-trafficking ring, Lisbeth is accused of three murders, causing her to go on the run while Mikael works to clear her name.

Director: Daniel Alfredson

Genre(s): Action, Mystery, Thriller, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 129 min

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Betsy Sharkey

Though the thriller is in the hands of a different filmmaking team this time led by Swedish director Daniel Alfredson and screenwriter Jonas Frykberg, they've kept the searing intelligence and ruthless bent. Read full review

Roger Moore

Yes, it's pretty much a must to have seen the first film. Where Dragon Tattoo felt like fall, Played with Fire was shot in the Swedish summer, which suits the faster pace, ramped up violence and fresh collection of supporting players -- cops, a kickboxer, and a couple of borderline Bond villains. Read full review

Connie Ogle

The story is far from finished; the film can't help but feel like a bridge to its end. But the power of that partnership forged in "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" remains strong. Read full review

John Patterson

Stripped of Larsson's social/political minutiae and slimmed down to its thriller chassis, certain clichés become more glaring: Lisbeth's superhuman hacking skills, overfamiliar from a zillion TV procedurals; an exploitative lesbian sex scene that mightn't have pleased the feminist Larsson; the secondary villain, a blond giant incapable of feeling pain--gah!; and the too-comfy manner in which the twin narratives finally interlace. Read full review

Ty Burr

Whenever The Girl Who Played With Fire threatens to stall, Lisbeth whips out her Taser and tortures another sleazy, abusive man into vomiting forth his dirty secrets. In Sweden, I believe they call this "light entertainment.'' Read full review

Michael O'Sullivan

All too often, the second movie of a trilogy is a bridge. ("The Matrix Reloaded," anyone?) As often as not, it feels more like the first half of the last movie than a film in its own right. The Girl Who Played With Fire is no exception. Read full review

Kyle Smith

Almost without exception, the men are either sickening deviants or wise mentors while the ladies tend to be kickboxing hipsters or victims of sexual abuse (many are both). Read full review

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Lyn

Sep 4, 2010

Faithful to the book, this film offers tense, gritty thrills. It also suffers, as does the novel, from the fact that Lisbeth and Mikael don't have the direct interaction they had in "Dragon Tattoo." Very much feels like part 2 of a trilogy, but leaves me enthused for film no. 3. I love theFaithful to the book, this film offers tense, gritty thrills. It also suffers, as does the novel, from the fact that Lisbeth and Mikael don't have the direct interaction they had in "Dragon Tattoo." Very much feels like part 2 of a trilogy, but leaves me enthused for film no. 3. I love the fact that these characters have physical flaws . . . can you imagine Jennifer Aniston appearing on film with even one enlarged pore?… Expand

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iamtrent424

Dec 4, 2010

This trilogy is a really good one. I love the girl with the dragon tattoo. I think both are just great and I can't Decide which movie is better. I don't Like reading subs a=because reading subs are just like reading a book but I didn't mind reading it for this movie. I think this is one ofThis trilogy is a really good one. I love the girl with the dragon tattoo. I think both are just great and I can't Decide which movie is better. I don't Like reading subs a=because reading subs are just like reading a book but I didn't mind reading it for this movie. I think this is one of the year best film. I can't wait until the usa version is made. I hope they make it just like this one or better.… Expand

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boneshaker

Nov 2, 2010

Whereas the first installment was a clear-cut, easy to follow thriller that kept you guessing, The Girl Who Played with Fire, while entertaining, is a bit murky where the plot is involved. I'm still not entirely sure if I "get" how the beginning of the movie actually ties to the end of it.Whereas the first installment was a clear-cut, easy to follow thriller that kept you guessing, The Girl Who Played with Fire, while entertaining, is a bit murky where the plot is involved. I'm still not entirely sure if I "get" how the beginning of the movie actually ties to the end of it. Fans of the series will love it, fans of the first one will think it's alright, and people completely unfamiliar with any of the Millennium series should probably just avoid it.… Expand

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hyperion_lynx

Aug 19, 2010

Adaptasi film dari novel kedua dalam trilogi Millenium karya penulis asal Swedia, Stieg Larsson, The Girl who Played with Fire, menemui sebuah perubahan besar-besaran ketika sutradara Niels Arden Oplev, yang sukses mengarahkan The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, digantikan posisinya oleh DanielAdaptasi film dari novel kedua dalam trilogi Millenium karya penulis asal Swedia, Stieg Larsson, The Girl who Played with Fire, menemui sebuah perubahan besar-besaran ketika sutradara Niels Arden Oplev, yang sukses mengarahkan The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, digantikan posisinya oleh Daniel Alfredson. Tidak hanya dari sisi pengarahan, naskah cerita yang awalnya ditangani oleh duet Nikolaj Arcel dan Rasmus Heisterberg kini ditangani oleh seorang penulis naskah baru, Jonas Frykberg. Apakah hal ini memiliki pengaruh terhadap kualitas The Girl who Played with Fire jika dibandingkan dengan The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo? Sangat!

Perubahan yang paling dapat dirasakan adalah The Girl who Played with Fire memiliki intensitas cerita yang berjalan lebih dramatis. Kurangnya interaksi antara dua karakter utama juga menyebabkan film ini memiliki daya tarik yang kurang kuat jika dibandingkan dengan film pendahulunya. Kualitas The Girl who Played with Fire cenderung menurun? Mungkin saja. Namun tidak ada yang akan menyangkal bahwa film sekuel ini masih sama menegangkannya dengan penambahan banyak adegan action di dalam jalan ceritanya.

Jika The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo mengenalkan penontonnya pada salah satu karakter heroine paling menarik di sepanjang sejarah perfilman, Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace), dan petualangannya yang menyinggung masa lalu jurnalis Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist), kini The Girl who Played with Fire seperti memutar roda tersebut dan menempatkan Mikael untuk menyelesaikan misteri pembunuhan yang melibatkan masa lalu Lisbeth ketika sedang berada dalam masa terapi jiwanya.

Permasalahan dimulai ketika salah satu jurnalis majalah Millenium dan kekasihnya menjadi korban sebuah pembunuhan. Ini menarik perhatian Mikael karena jurnalis tersebut bersama kekasihnya sedang berusaha menyelesaikan sebuah tulisan yang akan menyingkap mengenai skandal seks beberapa petinggi polisi dengan para gadis di bawah umur. Nama Lisbeth Salander, yang baru saja kembali ke Stockholm setelah setahun berada di luar negeri, mulai disebut-sebut terlibat setelah sebuah senjata api ditemukan di apartemen sang jurnalis dengan sidik jarinya berada di senjata api tersebut.

Tuduhan kepada Lisbeth semakin menajam setelah pengawasnya, Nils Erik Bjurman (Peter Andersson), juga ditemukan tewas beberapa hari setelahnya. Semua orang, termasuk Mikael, kini berusaha menemukan tempat keberadaan Lisbeth. Lisbeth sendiri setelah mengetahui bahwa dirinya sedang berada dalam sebuah kasus yang sama sekali tidak ia lakukan, perlahan-lahan mulai mengumpulkan bukti untuk mengetahui siapa yang melakukan hal tersebut pada dirinya. Sebuah tindakan yang kemudian akan menyingkap mengenai masa lalu yang kelam dari seorang Lisbeth Salander.

Dramatisasi yang paling jelas dapat dirasakan tentu saja berasal dari sisi cerita yang lebih menggali masa lalu kelam Lisbeth Salander di sepanjang jalan cerita. Hal ini sebenarnya tidak buruk, bahkan memberikan kesempatan kepada para penonton untuk mengenal heroine ini dengan lebih baik. Hanya saja, jika mereka telah mengikuti The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo dan mengharapkan lebih banyak aksi dari duet Lisbeth dan Mikael tentu akan merasa sedikit kecewa. Apalagi di sepanjang jalan cerita, Lisbeth dan Mikael sama sekali tidak berinteraksi, kecuali satu kali lewat sebuah pesan yang dituliskan oleh Lisbeth di laptop Mikael. Hal ini seperti mengurangi kepadatan jalan cerita yang telah tercipta pada film pertama seri Millenium ini.

Sutradara Daniel Afredson juga sepertinya terjebak dengan jalur drama yang dituliskan oleh Jonas Frykberg ini dengan memberikan tone cerita yang lebih lamban. Menampilkan lebih banyak karakter yang telibat di dalam jalan cerita dengan menghadirkan jumlah adegan action yang lebih sedikit daripada sebelumnya, membuat The Girl who Played with Fire terkesan tanggung dalam tampilannya sebagai sebuah drama action yang jelas akan membuat film ini cenderung terkesan sedikit membosankan bagi beberapa orang. Walau begitu, bukan berarti kualitas film ini menurun drastis, apalagi dengan penampilan Noomi Rapace yang semakin terikat dengan karakternya, Lisbeth Salander.

Setelah memperkenalkan sisi yang misterius yang tangguh di film pertamanya, Rapace terlihat mampu untuk memperlihatkan sisi sensitivitas dirinya ketika karakter yang ia perankan harus berurusan dengan masa lalunya yang kelam dan sepertinya bukan sesuatu yang sangat diinginkan. Walau secara keseluruhan The Girl who Played with Fire menyajikan adegan action yang lebih minim, namun Rapace beberapa kali sempat terlibat dalam adegan yang mengharuskannya menggunakan kemampuan fisiknya. Dan ini ia lakukan dengan sangat baik dan semakin memperkokoh imej heroine Lisbeth Salander yang ia bawakan.

Karakter Mikael Blomkvist yang diperankan oleh aktor Michael Nyqvist, yang pada The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo tampil sama menonjolnya dengan karakter Lisbeth Salander, di film ini tampaknya harus sedikit mengalah karena harus membagi jalan cerit… Expand

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avatar16

Jan 11, 2012

Il est dommage de constater que cette suite conserve le grand dÃ©faut du prÃ©cÃ©dent, Ã savoir une mise en scÃ¨ne trop scolaire et quelque peu plate. Et mÃªme, le rÃ©sultat final donne l'impression que ceIl est dommage de constater que cette suite conserve le grand dÃ©faut du prÃ©cÃ©dent, Ã savoir une mise en scÃ¨ne trop scolaire et quelque peu plate. Et mÃªme, le rÃ©sultat final donne l'impression que ce MillÃ©nium 2 est en rÃ©alitÃ© un simple tÃ©lÃ©film, n'ayant pas eu de prise de risque question mise en scÃ¨ne, avec une ambiance qui a rÃ©gressÃ© par rapport au premier. NÃ©anmoins, ce (tÃ©lÃ©)film possÃ¨de encore bien des atouts comme son casting (Noomi Rapace et Michael Nyqvist en tÃªte), la bande son en adÃ©quation avec l'univers du film et il y a suffisamment de suspense pour que MillÃ©nium 2 tienne en haleine jusqu'au bout. Un bon polar, en somme!… Expand

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Tyranian

Apr 12, 2019

Pretty good follow up to Dragon Tattoo with a thrilling ending though still quite confronting.

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KundK

Aug 27, 2010

A major disappointment after the first installment. Slow (but not in a good way), rambling and with no real atmosphere, this plays like a mediocre (at best) miniseries lazily edited into a movie. There are trilogies with very strong middle parts (The Godfather II, Empire Strikes Back), butA major disappointment after the first installment. Slow (but not in a good way), rambling and with no real atmosphere, this plays like a mediocre (at best) miniseries lazily edited into a movie. There are trilogies with very strong middle parts (The Godfather II, Empire Strikes Back), but this is not the case here.… Expand

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