Movie Information
Overall Rank: 19492
Average Rating: 2.2/4
# of Ratings: 13
Theatrical Release Date: 11/09/2018
Blu-ray/DVD Release Date: 02/05/2019
Language: English
Genre: Crime, Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Fede Alvarez
Actors: Claire Foy, Lakeith Stanfield, Sverrir Gudnason, Stephen Merchant, Sylvia Hoeks, Cameron Britton
Plot: With Millenium Magazine facing an uncertain future, journalist Mikael Blomkvist is handed a story involving Frans Balder, a computer scientist who chooses to help his Autistic son, August, despite being warned by several agencies about danger involving a hacking collective known as The Spider Society. Lisbeth Salander, a brilliant hacker with a troubled past also has connections to the society, something Blomkvist takes advantage of. Both will find themselves entangled in a web of deceit and danger involving hackers, corrupt government officials and spies. -- Chris Kavan
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2.5/4
Chris Kavan - wrote on 12/05/2019
While all the pieces are here to make a great addition to the Dragon Tattoo series... I still can't wrap my head around why they didn't stick to the original plan. Sure, David Fincher's version cost more and didn't make as much as one would expect - but it wasn't a total disaster, either. Re-casting the leads here, Claire Foy and Sverrir Gudnason take over as Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist just muddles things further. The plot is interesting, the effects are cool but I can't help but think of what may have happened instead. Fede Alvarez had even less luck than Fincher and I have a feeling this is the last of this excellent series we'll be seeing on the big screen.
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2/4
Matthew Brady - wrote on 04/30/2019
I honestly wish they let David Fincher do whatever he wants and not f**k him over. I mean, there are redeeming qualities in 'The Girl in the Spider’s Web' with the cinematography and Claire Foy doing her best as usual. At least they tried.
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2/4
Indyfreak - wrote on 04/15/2019
Convoluted mystery thriller about hacktivist Lisabeth Salander crossing paths with a ruthless group of cyber-criminals and competing government agencies. The plot is mainly a series of double-dealings and espionage concerning a MacGuffin whose importance is often explained with confounding exposition. Claire Foy (The Crown; First Man) acquits herself well enough for the part, appropriately playing it cold yet not entirely dispassionate. I will admit that I hadn't read the Millenium book series nor seen the earlier trilogy of film adaptations. Perhaps it would had helped make me less confused or more interested in what was happening.
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