Not nearly as engaging as the first.

Definately inferior to its prodecesor, "Flickan som lekte med elden" is nevertheless a solid and engrossing piece of mainstream storytelling. The second part of the saga is weaker, perhaps because the mysterey is less interesting, or because the story is more implausible (like Lisbeth's a la Uma Thurman escape) or maybe because the protagonists get practically no screen time together. Still, Alfredson is visually competant and the fine performances keep the whole thing constantly compelling.

This is the most violent of the series, a trilogy that adheres very closely to the the novels. Lisbeth Salandar should go down as one of the great characters of detective fiction. Noomi Rapace deserves high praise for her portrayal. She has a chameleon-like quality that should get her quite a variety of roles.

Same issues as Oplev's version of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo; only worse. A hodgepodge of events piled on top of each other, while characters find themselves dragged from one to the other. No one seems to have any control or charisma or an ounce of resemblance to what they were created to do. A big failure.

A step-down from the first but still thoroughly engaging.

This franchise so far hasn't done much for me at all. This one was less disgusting than its predecessor though less interesting plot wise.

Not as good as the first one, but still good. I was really impressed in Dragon Tattoo how entertaining the mystery was. We got a family tree on the wall, and were basically told that one of these people did it. That's an incredibly fun and easily digestible premise. This movie lacked the same magic. Great ending though.

It's a solider case than the first one, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, but still lurid, seamy, sleazy; and the sex-trade angle gets completely pushed aside in favor of the heroine%u2019s quest for vengeance. Along the way, there are some tense sequences involving a blond giant impervious to pain, and after two-plus hours an unsatisfactory up-in-the-air ending that requires you to grit your teeth and gird for another sequel.

I didn't like this one nearly as much as the first installment. Noomi Rapace was still great though. I just felt that the murder mystery of the first one was a much more powerful story than human trafficking. In fact this movie didn't really focus too much on the main aspect of that crime. It really just felt kind of muddy. I'm not sure if that is the script's fault or the author's fault. Still good acting all around. I liked the blonde haired Jaws character who couldn't feel pain.

CSI pulp fiction with odd graphic novel/superhero elements. Most of it is nonsense. Larsson's characters live in a non-reality based world full of ridiculous coincidences and conveniences so this is hard to take seriously. Noomi Rapace is cool, though.

I think it's the weakest of the trilogy, but it's still good. It's more of a bridge between the first and the third, but it's still an intriguing film and as usually, the character of Lisbeth is interesting enough to carry the film. It's not amazing, but it's a good solid thriller when taken as part of a trilogy. Score is not a grade.

Competent acting is about as far as I'll go with praise on this one. For those of you who don't get enough grisly sexual violence from SVU.

Well, I'm done caring about this series.

okay, it's not a masterpiece, but definitely not as bad as everyone seem to make it - Action-thriller for the masses; Stop bitchin'.

Good. The second installment to the trilogy is dwarfed by the superior plot of the first. Also, Miss Salander now returns as Bond with a similar, comically larger than life, nemesis. The direction, production and performances are fine, its just that the sequel's plot simply pales in comparison to the first movie. Recommended.

Good, but not quite as good as the first.

An interesting continuation of the character, if a less interesting plot. Still, it's not a bad way to pass the time.

Not as good as the first.

Big drop off from the first. The inclusion of so many hackneyed family connections and a villain who "is unable to feel pain (TM)" really works against it.

(spolers) After reading alot of these reviews on this movie, it really perturbed me. The first movie in the series ended the story it set out to do, introducing main characters lisbeth and blomkvist, setting you up to know who they are, what they do and how they interact with one another. the second movie focuses on lisbeths life and everything that surrounds her. I honestly can't figure out why thats a bad thing to these 'critics'.

Certainly not as strong as its predecessor, but still a very entertaining thriller. Alfredson's direction is quite pretty, but considerably less atmospheric than Oplev's. Once again however the leads are excellent and the plot, although not breaking much in the way of new ground, is very engaging. That said I have heard the novel (which I haven't read) has a far more intricate plot and much of it is lost in the movie? I've mixed feelings over the ending, which worked well until the final scene.