The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Running time: 154 mins

The Vanger?s have a dark past that they want no one to know.

Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan. Her body was never found, yet her uncle is convinced it was murder and that the killer is a member of his own tightly knit but dysfunctional family. He employs disgraced financial journalist Mikael Blomkvist and the tattooed, ruthless computer hacker Lisbeth Salander to investigate. When the pair link Harriet?s disappearance to a number of grotesque murders from almost forty years ago, they begin to unravel a dark family history. But the Vangers are a secretive clan, and Blomkvist and Salander are about to find out just how far they are prepared to go to protect themselves.

Based on Stieg Larsson?s best-selling trilogy, director Niels Arden Oplev?s (We Shall Overcome, Cinequest 2007) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo engages with a suspenseful, atmospheric thriller that delivers superb visuals, fine acting and a brilliantly executed script.

? Tamee Tanoor