Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Daniel Craig) and tattooed punk hacker Lisbet Salander (Carey Mulligan are hired to investigate a forty year old missing persons case; a lady named Harriet Vanger that disappeared from a family reunion held on an island belonging to the Vanger family. Blomkvist and Salander look into the dark and mysterious family history of the Vangers and tie the disappearnce of Harriet to a number of cruel murders that date back to the same time period. And then they must find out just how far the Vangers are prepared to go to protect their history and secrets.