Directed by David Fincher
My rating: 1.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Starz)
Another disappointing Fincher opus that is basically an NCIS-style investigation incorporating elements of torture porn. Daniel Craig is hired by a wealthy Swedish businessman to investigate the disappearance of his sister in the 1960s. Craig moves into a cottage next to his mansion on an isolated Swedish island in the dead of winter. He digs through newspaper articles, photographs and business records in his search for the missing girl. He hires Rooney Mara, an anti-social punk/hacker, to help. Her backstory includes disgusting scenes of rape and torture, completely unnecessary to the plot. The two of them follow up more impossible clues, ultimately leading to a serial killer with a Nazi past. A tacked on ending has Mara stealing billions from the company, but being rejected by her lover. Perhaps if the film had been edited down by an hour or more, mostly of the gratuitous scenes of sex and violence, including the brutal slaying of a cat, it would have been tolerable, but as it stands it is practically unwatchable.
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