Wright's 1940 original novel followed a poor, 20-year-old black Chicagoan, Bigger Thomas, as he takes a job as a chauffeur for the wealthy, white Dalton family. When Thomas accidentally mits an act of violence against a member of the family, he engages in an elaborate cover-up scheme that begets more crimes. Wright emphasizes throughout the novel that society has been set up to make Thomas what he bees.
上一集惨绝人寰的父子三人残杀,让丽莎贝丝·萨兰德(劳米·拉佩斯 Noomi Rapace 饰)头部中弹,几乎丧命,亚历山大·扎拉千科(Georgi Staykov 饰)惨遭斧劈,身负重伤。父女二人一同住在哥德堡的萨尔格医院,隆德曼·尼埃德曼(Micke Spreitz 饰)则持续逃亡。由于亚历山大是30年前从苏联军情局投诚瑞典的情报人员,其敏感身份让政府颇多顾忌,而丽莎贝丝背后隐藏的政治黑幕又令政客们焦虑不安。不久,亚历山大被瑞典安全局派出的刺客杀害,丽莎贝丝则面临多项谋杀罪名的指控。为了拯救丽莎贝丝,并揭露政府黑幕,千禧年杂志记者米克·布卢姆科斯特(Michael Nyqvist 饰)奔忙取证。然调查越深,危险越大…… 本片根据瑞典小说家斯蒂格·拉尔松(Stieg Larsson)的原著改编,是“千禧年三部曲”的最后一部。