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    The final film of the Millenium trilogy The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest neatly ties up the characters introduced in the first film and then explored more deeply in the second. Noomi Rapace and Michael Nyqvist return as the main characters and the action picks up right where the second film left off.

    Lisbeth (Rapace, again outstanding in this role she seems to have been born for) is recuperating in the hospital after having been shot by her estranged father Zalachenko. Handy enough, he's in the same hospital due to the damage he sustained at Lisbeth's hands. Mikael (Nyqvist) has enough info now to push ahead with the big expose on the shadow conspiracy Zalachenko inadvertently led he and Lisbeth to. But that secret society knows what's at stake and begins taking action against everyone, especially Lisbeth, who is soon back on trial for her very sanity.

    As Lisbeth's trial date and Mikael's magazine's publish date get closer and closer, more governmental forces get involved and everyone has to put everything on the line to try and win out in the end. Lisbeth's cool, headstrong determinism allows her to finally get the smirking victory and Mikael, for his part, gets to see justice done to her as well as to those responsible for harming her - his whole motivation in the first place with her.

    TGWKTHN is much more involved with the primary characters here coming to a final showdown with the forces set against them. It's a well-paced and well-done conclusion to a series exploring someone on the outside but, at the center, represents the very best parts of society in her uncompromising commitment to the truth.

    Rating: B+
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