A team-building conference for municipal employees which turns into a nightmare when accusations of corruption begin to circulate and plague the work environment. At the same time, a mysterious figure begins murdering the participants.
In the near future, Norway is occupied by Russia on behalf of the European Union, due to the fact that the newly elected environmental friendly Norwegian government has stopped the all important oil- and gas-production in the North Sea.
《千禧年》杂志的财经记者米克尔·布隆克维斯特（丹尼尔·克雷格 Daniel Craig 饰）正被一桩报导引起的诽谤诉讼案搞得焦头烂额之际，却意外接到了瑞典顶尖家族企业范耶尔工业集团的创始人亨利·范耶尔（克里斯托弗·普卢默 Christopher Plummer 饰）的邀请。表面上米克尔要为对方写传记，实则是帮迪奇调查一桩40年前发生在家族里的悬而未决的…
