影片改编自同名畅销小说，讲述启发莎士比亚最伟大的作品背后，那段不为人知的传奇爱情故事。　　威廉·莎士比亚（保罗·麦斯卡 Paul Mescal 饰）和妻子艾格尼丝（杰西·巴克利 Jessie Buckley 饰）11岁的儿子哈姆奈特染疫亡故，4年后莎士比亚以此为灵感，写出了后世传颂的《哈姆雷特》。

　　底层捕快薛不疑（刘峰超 饰）因不谙世故遭同僚排挤，憋屈十年。一桩赈灾银盗窃案他沦为替罪羊。绝境中，他受老师黄士宁（淳于珊珊 饰）搭救，与师弟李震（袁福福 饰）再度合作，然而钱外有钱官外有官，他被迫成为高官手中的“犬牙”……在这黑暗世道，他是会选择做一只听话的鹰犬，还是挣脱这巨 手成为啄天之鹰？

　　Cemal, a lonely hearse driver, has to transport the body of a young woman who has been murdered to her parents' home. During the trip, however, the body comes to life and when he sees her, Cemal falls in love with the undead woman. This is when he begins to commit murders in order to feed her, even if it means having to deal with the police's attempts to capture a serial killer.

　　A young couple gets kidnapped and treated like farm animals after stopping at a roadside diner to eat meat.