The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest [Blu-ray]Many of you out there would recall that this title is normally being associated with the bestselling book of our time that was authored by Stieg Larson millennium trilogy. However here the title is still the same but more on the digital side of things as it is now on the DVD Blu-ray format. If you have perused the book before well then lucky you because the feeling would be phenomenal as it will be more of repeat or kind alike trip down memory lane stuff, as you will still be exposed to the same old characters of Lisbeth Salander and her erstwhile journalist partner Mikael Blomkvist together with the usual suspects. Say for your capacity, you have never had the opportunity to read it before; still all is not lost no need to feel perturbed at all if you haven’t done so. To give the glimpse of what you need to expect here is how the storyline unfolds, initially the story stars Noomi Rappace who exceptionally executes the role of Lisbeth Salander who is one of the key suspects (in hacking the information systems) who secretly investigates the case of the two slain journalists who were on the verge of exposing their story in the political magazine millennium about an extensive sex trafficking operation between eastern Europe and Sweden when they were brutally murdered. In person Lisbeth the character is the the computer-hacking, Goth-loving, dark angel of revenge, played by Noomi Rapace with the same black stare and taciturn charisma that were so riveting in the first two films (
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and
The Girl Who Played with Fire, both also released in 2010). When we last saw her, Lisbeth was trying to kill her father, a Russian defector and abusive monster; in the process, the girl was seriously wounded by her half-brother, a hulking freak with a strange condition that renders him impervious to physical pain. As the new film opens, all three are still alive, and she's being taken to a hospital to recover while waiting to stand trial for attempted murder.
Meanwhile, her champion and erstwhile lover, journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist), sets about uncovering the full extent of the conspiracy responsible for (among other crimes) Lisbeth's being sent to an asylum at age 12 while her father was protected by evil forces within the government. This investigation, which puts not only Lisbeth but also Blomkvist and his colleagues in considerable danger, leads to "the Section," a thoroughly repellent bunch of aging liars, killers, thieves, and perverts with a great many secrets they'd like to keep (the oily Dr. Peter Teleborian, who was responsible for Lisbeth's "treatment" as a child, emerges as the most vile antagonist since the guardian who brutally assaulted her in the first film). Although much of the exhaustive detail about these and other matters has been eliminated by director Daniel Alfredson (who also helmed The Girl Who Played with Fire) and screenwriters Jonas Frykberg and Ulf Ryberg for the purpose of adapting the novel to the screen,
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest is still quite long (148 minutes), and less kinetic and violent than the earlier films; there are some exciting sequences, but Lisbeth, previously an unlikely but magnetic action heroine, is seen mostly on a hospital bed or in a courtroom, and much of the film is spent on procedural matters.
Many of the arm chair critics consent that the film is quite meticulous which is not one of your usual jaw-dropping films that are based on the novels, however like they say proof of the pudding is in the eating, so proof the odds the other way by watching it for yourself and eventually review it for yourself by ordering it at our online shopping site wantitall.co.za.
