Fired from the National Security
Agency, Frans Balder 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
Director: Fede Álvarez
Cast: Claire Foy, Sverrir
Gudnason, LaKeith Stanfield, Sylvia Hoeks, Stephen Merchant
Release Date: November 9, 2018
Rated PG-13 for thematic
content, some drug and sexual references, and for language
Runtime: 1 hr. 42 min.
Genres: Crime, Drama,
Thriller
Review:
The Girl in The Spider’s
Web serves as a sort of reboot / continuation of Dragon Tattoo story with Clair
Foy taking over the main role. Claire
Foy seems like she’s miscast at first glance but she’s actually more than capable
to carry on the role from Noomi Rapace and Rooney Mara. Foy has a quiet intensity that fits the
character perfectly even if the character has been mainstreamed a bit to make
her more easily digestible to the general public. Still, Claire Foy is able to give this
iteration of Lisbeth enough of an edge to keep the spirit of the character
alive. Not fairing as well is this films
version of Mikael Blomkvist. Sverrir
Gudnason is decidedly bland as the stalwart journalist who mostly just blends
in with the background. LaKeith
Stanfield does give the film a nice boost with his strong on screen presence
even though I wish the film would have given us a bit more of him and Foy
together. Still, Fede Álvarez and his
cast deliver an interesting and engaging entry into the franchise which still
shows signs of life especially with Foy in the lead.
B
