The Green Inferno [Blu-ray] [2015]

Will not play in my 5 DVD players. It’s a PAL system.

A nice nasty doom horror flick which maybe draws from Peter Jackson's King Kong, the indigenous tribespeople that is.Definitely not for the squeamish, this asks the question of what are we saving for whom, and clashes two very different cultures. Middle/Upper class 'Save the Rainforest' American twentysomethings crash in a remote part of South America and meet some of the more savage inhabitants who are more than happy to invite you for dinner.The fat guy is the first and opens the door to the nightmare his associates are completely unprepared for. Of course, there is a survivor, no spoiler there but along the way her naivety is hacked, shriveled and consumed with great effect.Difficult to feel sympathy even though the 'evil' is obvious as the arrogance and stupidity demonstrated by the outsiders makes you want them to get et, well I did anyway.As soon as the situation is obvious, this movie doesn't let up and dark humour for sick bunnies is plentiful.A curious parallel to Midsommer as it is their way, we cannot understand it because we don't live in those parts

'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' is a crime novel by the late Swedish author and journalist: Stieg Larsson. It is the first book of the so called Millennium trilogy which, when published posthumously in 2005, became a best-seller in Europe and the United StatesThe main characters are Mikael Blomkvist who is a journalist, publisher and part-owner of the Stockholm based monthly magazine: Millennium and Lisbeth Salander, a freelance surveillance agent, researcher and brilliant--but deeply disturbed--computer hacker. They team up to investigate the disappearance of a young girl in 1966 and, in so doing, uncover the dark history of one of the most powerful families in the country.The Swedish film production company Yellow Bird produced film versions of the Millennium Trilogy, all released in 2009, beginning with The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, directed by Danish filmmaker Niels Arden Oplev with Michael Nyqvist as Blomkvist and Noomi Rapace as Salander.In my opinion, 'The Girl is the Dragon Tattoo' movie is a darkly gripping adaption of the book. It successfully captures Larsson's low opinion of contemporary Swedish Society. His favourite themes are all portrayed in the film in a way that spares no one's feelings. These are violence against women, the incompetence and cowardice of investigative journalists and the moral bankruptcy of capitalism. There is also a strong emphasis of the virulent Nazism that he perceives as still festering away at the heart of the country. Larsson may have a point; it is worth bearing in mind that Swedes served under German officers in the Nordland Regiment of the notorious 5th SS Panzer division during World War 2.Recommended but be aware that there are some very nasty scenes indeed, particularly of a sexual sadistic nature.Chris Allen is a Technical Author and writer; his latest crime novel is:  Parallel Lifetimes He also has the following books available through Amazon: Reality Shaper: The Quantum Detective The Beam of Interest: Taken by Storm Hypnotic Tales 2013: Some Light Some Dark Call of the Void: The Strange Life and Times of a Confused Person: 1Parallel LifetimesReality Shaper: The Quantum DetectiveThe Beam of Interest: Taken by StormHypnotic Tales 2013: Some Light Some DarkCall of the Void: The Strange Life and Times of a Confused Person: 1

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I came to the book rather late in the day and, like many before me, was absolutely hooked, both by the plot and the characters. I was, therefore, intrigued by the film version; how faithfully would it capture the spirit of the original, how much would be changed or omitted altogether and how close would the celluloid realisations of the characters match those on the printed page? Well, the adaptation is really pretty faithful; it is a long book and, consequently, quite a long film (which does race by, however) and the only major change, as far as I can see, is the excision of the male hero's relationships with a couple of subsidiary (but important) female characters. As far as the realisation of the central characters is concerned, well, within a few minutes, I was sold (even though seeing the actress Noomi Rapace in the "flesh" in the accompanying "special feature" interview came as a bit of a surprise); this is how I will picture the characters when I read the remaining two books in the trilogy. As I have already implied, the film makes riveting viewing, even if there is an air of "made for television" about it. You can watch it in the original Swedish with English subtitles, but I chose to watch it in the dubbed version, which was not too bad, even if it was sometimes at variance with the subtitles. The acting is very good indeed. Noomi Rapace is quite mesmerising in the title role, while Michael Nydvist, although hardly a conventional leading man, is wholly convincing as the journalist Mikael Blomkvist. The supporting cast is excellent and it was good to encounter 70s heartthrob Sven Bertil Taube in a pivotal role. Undeniably exciting as the film is, it is the exploration of the dark underbelly of outwardly respectable society which gives it its edge. I await the Hollywood version with interest, but it will have its work cut out to match this one. Special Features include interviews with Noomi Rapace and the film's producer.

Having read the Stieg Larsson trilogy, and found them amongst the most gripping modern crime novels I've tried, I was interested to see this TV treatment. Often visual renditions of a story you have become attached to can jar against your own pre-formed images of the characters.In this case I was very impressed. Lisbeth Salander isn't quite as I imagined, but the gap is not a large one and proved no difficulty; she is ceertainly believable in the role. Blomkvist is very good - definitely close to Larsson's character IMHO.As usual in dramatisations, the story has been simplified to save time; but I didn't think this damaged it significantly. Blomkvist's cover story ("writing the Vanger family history") is dropped entirely, and the Wennerstrom scandal cut back very heavily, but after all these are secondary to the main story and don't impede the dramatic development. And the more brutal elements of the story, which I think were pretty important to Larsson, are not compromised upon.I'm fascinated now to see how volumes 2 and 3 would be treated by the same team!