BLU-RAY REVIEW

Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, The

Featured In Issue 165, March 2012

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(Studio/Distributor):
Music Box Fims
(Catalog Number):
MBFHE-026
(MPAA Rating):
R
(Rating Reason):
Disturbing violent content including rape, grisly images, sexual material, nudity and language
(Retail Price):
$79.95
(Disc Type):
Single Side, Single Layer (BD-25)
(Widescreen Edition):
Yes
(Full Screen Edition):
No
(Running Time In Minutes):
152
(Color Type):
Color
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Yes
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Yes
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Not Indicated
(Theatrical Year):
2009
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Yes
(Direct-To-Video Release):
No
(Disc Release Date):
12/06/11
(THX® Digitally Mastered):
No
(Director):
Niels Arden Oplev
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Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.0
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Based on Stieg Larsson's novel, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is a literary work adapted to film to become the highest-grossing Swedish film in history and Europe's highest-grossing film of 2009. 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, and her beloved uncle is convinced she was murdered and that the killer is a member of his own tightly knit but dysfunctional family. He employs disgraced investigative journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Nyqvist) and the tattooed and troubled, yet resourceful computer hacker Lisbeth Salander (Rapace) 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 and appalling 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. (Gary Reber)

Part of the four-disc "Dragon Tatoo" Trilogy Extended Edition, there are no special features on this disc, only up-front previews.