1970s in film was far less successful. "The Towering Inferno" teamed Steve McQueen and Paul Newman against a fire in a San Francisco skyscraper. The film cost a whopping $14 million to produce (expensive for its time), and won Academy Awards for Cinematography, Film Editing, and Best Original Song. The same year, the epic "Earthquake" featured questionable effects (camera shake and models) to achieve a destructive 9.9 earthquake in Los Angeles. Despite this, the film was one of the most successful of its time, earning $80 million at box office. By the late 1970s, the novelty had worn off and the disasters had
The Girl Who Played with Fire (film) reviews from critics, although some noted it a step down from its predecessor. On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 69% based on 156 reviews with an average rating of 6.2/10. Roger Ebert of the "Chicago Sun-Times" gave the film three and a half out of four stars, describing the film as a step down from "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo", but only because the first film was so "fresh and unexpected". A. O. Scott of "The New York Times" praised Rapace's performance, stating, "tiny and agile, her steely rage showing now and