This English-language adaptation of the Swedish novel by Stieg Larsson follows a disgraced journalist, Mikael Blomkvist ( Daniel Craig ), as he investigates the disappearance of a wealthy patriarch s niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, punk computer hacker named Lisbeth Salander ( Rooney Mara ). As they work together in the investigation, Blomkvist and Salander uncover immense corruption beyond anything they have ever imagined.