The Girl Who Played With Fire

The second story in the Millennium Trilogy takes a different tone than ‘Dragon Tattoo’. In the GWTDT we have a crazy family’s decades old ‘murder’ mystery to solve, while simultaneously we are being introduced to the main characters in the series. We also get introduced to some of the conflicts in the lives of these characters.  The Girl Who Played with Fire takes a different path; we begin to delve deeper into some of the characters personal conflicts that we only got a hint of in the first movie.

Now that Mikael’s name has been cleared and he is not in prison, we find the roles of Mikael and Lisbeth reversed.  A couple has put together a report on sex trafficing that they wanted Mikael to expose it in Millennium.  The couple is soon murdered, along with Lisbeth’s rapist guardian and all of the clues are pointing to Lisbeth being guilty. There are mysterious and extremely powerful people who want Lisbeth out of the picture and Mikael is trying desperately to clear her name.  In this film we encounter some new and interesting characters; a blond giant who feels no pain, an interesting Swedish biker gang, a boxer, a whole bunch of very secretive men and Lisbeth’s family.

Watch this movie on Netflix or get it from Redbox- turn off the lights…and your phone.  The 2.5 hours will melt away as you watch beautiful Swedish scenery and try to figure out how Lisbeth will get out of this situation.

PS. Stay tuned for a review of ‘The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest’!