Following on directly from the second film in the Millennium
trilogy, the final part of the series deals with the aftermath of the events
that took place during the previous film. Both the central protagonist Lisbeth Salander
(Noomi Rapace) and her father Zalachenko (Georgi Staykov) lie seriously injured
in hospital while journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist) tries
desperately to clear Salander’s name and discover the links between the state’s
poor treatment of her and a shady underground police organisation known as The
Section.
After the disappointment of the Girl Who Played with Fire I was glad to see a partial return to
form in this film. The poor end to that film is partially explained as this one
picks up seconds after the climax of the second. Although never reaching the
heights of The Girl with the DragonTattoo, this movie is interesting but rarely tense. The story is more
reminiscent of the original film and ties the series together nicely.
