"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" 2011 version R
In Sweden, a head journalist frames the wrong guy in a libelous article and is forced into hiding, where he goes to an island and meets a demented family of despots and former Nazis. At the same time, a mysterious tattooed young adult Goth Punk computer hacker makes her life on the streets through crime and occasional gross favors. While the journalist gets closer to the truth about a 40 year old mystery, the disappearance of a local girl, the rogue girl is raped but gets creative revenge, and then both will meet up, as fate would intervene, so they can solve the case.
The American version of this film is excellent, and not for the faint heart, or for the squeamish. The scenes are as brutal as they are in the Swedish version, if not a bit more so. Even the love scenes are demented and do not elicit anything other than make you want to shower after seeing it. Because this is a late entry movie in 2012, Oscar may love it, but only give it 'adapted screenplay', after all, it is a direct remake of the original, using a similar script and setting.
It is based on the book of the same name, and the English translated version. The rest of the book trilogy has been down in Sweden and will shortly be made into US versions, although since the later two appeared on TV the US versions might actually be raunchier. Hard R rating for a reason. Do not under any circumstance take children to see this.
Review by Adam Browne
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