A series of gruesome murders resembling fairy tales, puzzle a hard nosed detective. Inspector wong lau ching wan arrests a seemingly disturbed man who has confessed to a brutal murder reminiscent of a children's fable. After the supposed victim turns up alive and unharmed, the perpetrator is dismissed as a crank and let free. Days later, the victim turns up dead with his stomach cut open and stuffed with rocks. Wong realizes he has let a dangerous killer go free and becomes obsessed with tracking him down whilst covering up his mistake. While wong's family life is neglected, more and more grizzly and bloody murders are committed laying reference to cinderella, the red shoes and hansel and gretel.special featuresdirector introcast interviews