The Swedish Trilogy is based Stieg Larsson's Millennium book series. The three movies in order are: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2:28) 2009, The Girl Who Played with Fire (2:09) 2009, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2:28) 2009. The stories center around a young computer hacker, Lisbeth Salander. Lisbeth has a history of violent antisocial behavior and has been institutionalized until recently. Lisbeth encounters Mikael Blomkvist when they cross paths investigating a murder that happen forty years ago. They solve the murder mystery but without making some enemies. The second movie picks up exactly where the first movie has ended. And in each of the movies, Lisbeth has to clear her name for crimes that she hasn't committed. Each movie is graphically violent, be prepared for the rape scene in the first movie that is sickening. Two of the movies are long, each two and a half hours but the viewer is engaged the entire time.
I didn't read the books, my friend thought I might have trouble following the movie but that wasn't the case. The trilogy was a very popular book series and the movies followed suit. It is hard to believe that the American remake will be better than the original.
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