Movies with music written by Jacob Groth
Is revenge a viable path to redemption? That's the question posed by Niels Arden Oplev's Dead Man Down, the Danish director's introduction to U.S.-funded productions. With a cast populated by serious actors (not necessarily A-list stars but men and...
U.S. Release Date: 2013-03-08
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity,Sexual Content)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Niels Arden Oplev
Cast: Colin Farrell, Noomi Rapace, Terrence Howard, ...
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, the third and final piece of the cinematic adaptation of Stieg Larsson's The Millennium Trilogy, is an entertaining thriller. That said, it's the weakest of the films, falling a length or two behind The Girl ...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-10-29
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Daniel Alfredson
Cast: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Lena Endre, ...
The Girl Who Played with Fire, the second part of Stieg Larsson's enormously popular The Millennium Trilogy, follows The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and precedes The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest. Filmed back-to-back-to-back, the three movies ...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-07-09
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Nudity, Violence, Profanity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Daniel Alfredson
Cast: Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist, Peter Andersson, ...
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo belongs to a rare genre: the literate motion picture murder mystery/thriller. (Coincidentally, I saw another good example, the Korean Mother, earlier in the week, but this one is better.) It unfolds not with the br...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-03-19
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Niels Arden Oplev
Cast: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Peter Haber, ...