
Flicks, Katie Parker
It’s been 11 years since the Swedish successfully adapted the bestselling Millenium book series to the screen, and seven years since David Fincher unsuccessfully tried to bring it to Hollywood.
Full reviewGolden Globe winner Claire Foy (The Crown) is Lisbeth Salander in this reboot of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo from the director of Don't Breathe. Sverrir Gudnason (Borg vs McEnroe) co-stars as journalist Mikael Blomkvist.
Fired from the National Security Agency, Frans Balder (Stephen Merchant) recruits hacker Lisbeth Salander to steal FireWall, a computer program that can access codes for nuclear weapons worldwide. The download soon draws attention from an NSA agent who traces the activity to Stockholm. Further problems arise when Russian thugs take Lisbeth's laptop and kidnap a math whiz who can make FireWall work. Now, Lisbeth and an unlikely ally must race against time to save the boy and recover the codes to avert disaster.
LessIt’s been 11 years since the Swedish successfully adapted the bestselling Millenium book series to the screen, and seven years since David Fincher unsuccessfully tried to bring it to Hollywood.
Full reviewIt was probably inevitable that Hollywood would neuter the best elements of Stieg Larsson's "Millennium" franchise, but did the producers really need to shift it into a commonplace cross between a superhero flick and James Bond?
Full reviewHere [Foy] perfectly captures Salander's monosyllabic repression, as well as the no-nonsense physicality, trusty Taser by her side.
Full reviewThere's a slick competency on show. It's watchable enough but let down by a strange lack of interest in presenting Salander as anything but an engine to propel a plot.
Full reviewI honestly believe The Girl and the Flogged Horse would have been a more appropriate title.
Full reviewClaire Foy proves to be a perfectly respectable Lisbeth Salander, but like "Spider's Web" itself, the elaborate effort put forth hardly seems worth it.
Full reviewThere's likely enough well-executed action to pull audiences in for the ride, but not much else to make it memorable.
Full reviewIt is edgy and action-packed, and Alvarez' direction keeps the tension high through a slew of ever-more-improbable threats to Lisbeth and her allies.
Full reviewAn often effective reboot, this does everything you'd expect, but that's a real shame. Lisbeth might be a nomad, but she doesn't feel at home here.
Full reviewThe Girl in the Spider's Web is available to stream in Australia now on Google Play and Prime Video and Apple TV and Prime Video Store.
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