Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Guyz its good movie for girls ... u have to fight ur own self. there is lots of monster in this world kicked them all

The sequel to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and second chapter in the Millennium Trilogy, The Girl Who Played with Fire does lack the brutal intensity, sinister ambiance & sustained thrills of the original and is a definite tumble down the road but thanks to another excellent input from Noomi Rapace, this sequel isn't a complete disaster.Based on Stieg Larsson's novel of the same name, The Girl Who Played with Fire continues the story of Lisbeth Salander as she finds herself accused of murdering three people & goes on the run to evade arrest. But her path once again crosses with Mikael Blomkvist, who has been looking for her and does everything he can to find her before the authorities.Directed by Daniel Alfredson, the sequel to the highly acclaimed 2009 Swedish chiller does succeed in capturing the visual style & disturbing themes of its predecessor and has a few moments to its name but for the most part, it doesn't bring anything new to the story plus only ends up doing worse with what already were the shortcomings of the first chapter.Cinematography & refined set pieces are able to recreate the visual tone of the original but the sinister vibe is definitely missing plus the story feels static at times due to the dull pace provided by its shallow editing. However, Noomi Rapace shows no loss in form and delivers yet another fabulous performance in the role of Lisbeth Salander while Michael Nyqvist as Blomkvist supports her just fine.On an overall scale, The Girl Who Played with Fire dives into the brutal backstory of Lisbeth Salander's harrowing life but it lacks the freshness, aggression & suspense of the first film, and isn't as strong a beast as expected. Nevertheless, despite its confusing plot, tedious pace & lack of a proper resolution, The Girl Who Played with Fire is a decent follow-up that will satisfy most fans of the original, if not all.

I watched the Swedish-German original version. But I liked the first part The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo / Verblendung with Daniel Craig much more than this sequel. Why? Cause the cinematography was better than in Verdammnis. I found the picture was too frozen here with lot of dark colors. Therefore I have got some very nice images from Sweden. Then sorry, I saw this solid thriller with German audio that destroyed the atmospheric dialogs from the great actors that spoke in their Swedish language. The action scenes were well executed and it was never boring. Now I am curious to see the last part Vergebung that will be still the original version. At least I will be prepared. Anyway, congratulations to the writer Stieg Larsson that created three great episodes with full of suspense and intrigues. Damn good 7/10.

I'm going with the Swedish films for this trilogy, which is also being made in the U.S. starring Rooney Mara. Haven't seen the one that's been released.I'll be honest here. "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" was hard to watch in some sections. I thought it was good, but rape and violence aren't really my thing.This trilogy was made for Swedish TV, so these films have been cut. Apparently "The Girl Who Played with Fire" has 60 minutes missing. Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) goes away for a year and then returns to Sweden. Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist) is still editor of Millennium magazine. An investigative journalist has approached them about a tell-all article on human trafficking involving women from Eastern Europe and some major buyers, and the journalist is ready to name names. Blomkvist gives the okay for the story, but the journalist and his girlfriend, who was working on another aspect of the story, are both murdered. As well, Lisbeth's awful court-appointed guardian is found dead also. Lisbeth is suspected of all three murders and has to go on the run. She and Mikael both work on trying to find out who framed her, which has to be connected to the trafficking story.The case winds up bringing some of Lisbeth's family secrets to the fore.Very well done, less gritty than the first, with a wonderful performance again by Rapace. It didn't have the hard edge to it that the first film had, possibly because of a change in director. However, well worth seeing.