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Plot
40 years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan. Her body was never found, yet her uncle is convinced it was murder and that the killer is a member of his own tightly knit but dysfunctional family. He employs disgraced financial journalist Mikael Blomkvist and the tattooed, bisexual computer hacker Lisbeth Salander to investigate.

When the pair link Harriet's disappearance to a number of grotesque murders from almost 40 years ago, they begin to unravel a dark and appalling family history. But the Vangers are a secretive clan, and Blomkvist and Salander are about to find out just how far they are prepared to go to protect themselves.

Verdict
At two and a half hours, it starts slowly plodding through the setup in the procedural way of many crime thrillers, but stick with it because as a whodunit and whytheydidit mystery it’s a compelling watch delivered with powerful performances from its two leads. The unlikely couple make for one of the most intriguing detective double acts in cinematic history.

Director: Niels Arden Oplev
Cast: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Sven-Bertil Taube, Peter Andersson
Released: 12 March 2010

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