The Girl in the Spider's Web
2018
*½
Director: Fede Álvarez
Cast: Claire Foy, Sverrir Gudnason, LaKeith Stanfield, Sylvia Hoeks, Stephen Merchant, Vicky Krieps, Claes Bang, Christopher Convery
A guilt-ridden computer programmer hires Lisbeth Salander to hack into the NSA's servers and steal Firefall, a program which allows access to all the nuclear weapons around the world. A crime organisation known as the Spiders wants the same software for less humanitarian reasons. This unnecessary sequel to/reboot of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo turns Lisbeth Salander into a Jason Bourne-style action hero and all-around genius, who can fight men twice her size and hack into the car in front of her while driving. While Lisbeth's abilities may be laughable, the Firefall MacGuffin is just stupid beyong belief. One might say that Claire Foy as the heroine perfectly embodies the overall drabness and joylessness of this silly movie. Loosely based on a novel by David Lagercrantz, who took over the Millennium series after Stieg Larsson's death.
