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"The Girl Who Played with Fire" is a blazing cinematic experience

Published: 7/9/2010 6:16 PM

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Heroes come in all shapes and sizes, and Lisbeth Salander, the pint-size, thin-as-a-rail heroine of Stieg Larsson's cult Millennium series, proves it. The girl is so slim you may worry about her health. Her makeup is so black she looks like she's headed to a KISS concert. Her social skills? Non-existent. Yet what Salander has is smarts, and her intelligence is the driving force behind "The Girl Who Played with Fire," the intense sequel to "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" and the predecessor to "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest." Yes, Salander is the girl in the three titles, but her actions are all woman. "The Girl Who Played with Fire" begins a short while after the last film left off. Salander (played effortlessly once again by Noomi Rapace), who is now enjoying a rich and carefree life, returns to Sweden after gallivanting across the Caribbean. She hooks up with old flame Miriam Wu (Yasmine Garbi) and quietly settles back to her life in Stockholm. Across town, Salander's old flame and former partner in crime Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist) is about to publish a serious scoop at his magazine, Millennium. A new journalist, Dag Svensson (Hans Christian Thulin) is writing a piece on human trafficking, and the results are expected to be explosive. However, when Dag and his girlfriend turn up dead, along with Lisbeth's sadistic guardian, Nils Bjurman (Peter Andersson), the girl who sports the dragon tattoo mistakenly gets blamed for the bloodbath. Revealing any more of the story would ruin the intricate web of suspense and surprises for moviegoers. Yet just like Larsson novel, you can count on the film version of "The Girl Who Played with Fire" to wind up as an intense, gripping and emotional experience. While those who have yet to let themselves fall into the pages of Larsson's book may need to pay a bit more attention to keep track of the character's Swedish names, the experience will be a thrilling one for all. "The Girl Who Played with Fire" is rated R and is 129 minutes long. The film contains scenes of brutal violence, rape, nudity and language. Featured Titles: Girl With the Dragon Tattoo DVD $19.99

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