Trilogy author Stieg Larsson sees the last of his three books, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, make it onto DVD. The final tale tells the story of two competing detectives who are working within a small region of Sweden. The story is a tale of elaborate conspiracies and government-backed assassinations.
The film (and book) follows on from The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and The Girl Who Played With Fire and in this story, Mikael Blomkvist continues his investigations and research into why Lisbeth Salander has been treated so poorly by the Swedish authorities. The film, The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest is a film mixed with tragedy, following the death of both the author, Steig Larsson and also the actor Peter Oscarsson who recently died in a house fire. For fans of the books and film, this can make viewing the DVD and final film a particularly emotional experience.
If you haven't seen the previous films, can you still gain from watching the latest release? Despite the complex narrative and plot, the film is fairly open to newcomers particularly since Lisbeth, the female protagonist within the film and series, is absent for large parts of the story, allowing things to concentrate on some of the other issues at play within the story.
Although edits have been made for the film version, there is still plenty for fans of the original books to enjoy. In fact, many argue that the edits made add improvements to the life and pace of the story. Since the books were quite large in size, it was only natural that a number of changes and adaptations would be made to the film in order for it to work on screen.
The film has been a major hit around the world, often more popular outside of Sweden that within. It contains the right balance of intellectualism and romance to make it suitable for a wide number of fans, whatever their taste and mood at the time. Fans of the book and original films will be happy to know that the release of the
Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest DVD is now widely available and that it is likely to be considered one of the most important and likely popular foreign language films of 2011.