The Girl in the Spider's Web
2018 · Movie · R · 115 min · ★ 6.2 · 41% critics
After being enlisted to recover a dangerous computer program, a skilled hacker and a journalist become entangled with spies, cybercriminals, and corrupt government officials. Their search for answers draws them into a high-stakes chase with multiple factions closing in.
Based on The Girl in the Spider's Web
Also known as The Girl in the Spider's Web: A Dragon Tattoo Story
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Details
- Years
- 2018
- Release date
- 2018-10-25
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Critic score
- 41/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.2/10 (1,517 votes)
- Box office
- $35,000,000
- Budget
- $43,000,000
About
If you want a fast, tense action thriller with lots of momentum, you’ll likely enjoy The Girl in the Spider’s Web; Not for you if you dislike tech-heavy plots with implausible moments or you prefer the tighter feel of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
Pros: lots of action; good pacing; strong lead performance | Cons: weak script; implausible moments; franchise compared poorly
Themes
- hacker
- based on novel or book
- sweden
- stockholm, sweden
- sequel
- computer expert
- millennium
- computer programmer
- gifted children
- father daughter relationship
- sister sister relationship
Cast & crew
Claire Foy
as Lisbeth Salander
Sverrir Gudnason
as Mikael Blomkvist
LaKeith Stanfield
as Edwin Needham
Sylvia Hoeks
as Camilla Salander
Stephen Merchant
as Frans Balder
Christopher Convery
as August Balder
Claes Bang
as Jan Holster
Synnøve Macody Lund
as Gabriella Grane
Cameron Britton
as Plague
Vicky Krieps
as Erika Berger
Directed by Fede Álvarez