The original Swedish adaptation of the best-selling novel by Stieg Larsson. About to go to jail, having been convicted of criminal libel, journalist Mikael Blomkvist realises he has time for one more investigation before he himself starts doing time. The case he looks into involves the disappearance of a rich business magnate's niece some 40 years earlier.
As he delves into the mystery, the darker and darker it gets - and it's not difficult to see why the original Swedish title was Män som hatar kvinnor - as the violence and misogyny mounts. It's a complicated tangle of clues to unpick, but not as complicated as the character of the computer hacker Lisbeth Salander who at least one of the strands leads him to.