2012: 冰河时期

　　李威七年前偕手下械劫金行,事败被补,复因枪伤警探罪名,被判监七年.此丑事令李次家人备受拖累,其父郁郁而终,妹阿芬误入岐途,弟阿俊则飘然远去,过其海员生涯.七年后,李威出狱,痛改前非,以驾驶的士为业,惜其弟李俊并未原谅其过失.李威偶然碰到旧街坊阿May已成为警队中的女干探.李威虽决心洗手不干,奈何其旧日手下仍然有求于他.此事令李威大为烦恼.李威后因分赃之事,跟昔日手下载伟有猛烈冲突.七年前被李威枪伤之警探泰国基亦一直怀恨在心,亟欲报一箭之仇.与此同时,李威与女探员阿May感情日增.阿May终于发现李威是已经改邪归正之悍匪.二人发生争执.阿May对李威一往情深,并坚信李威不会重蹈覆辙.李威后来遭泰国基和载伟设计陷害,其弟李俊任职之船公司被众匪打劫,李俊亦惨遭杀害.李威在阿May及众警探监视和保护之下,幸免于难,而恶人终有恶报,泰国基和载伟都死于特警乱枪之下

　　Like Fritz Lang, David Fincher or Bong Joon Ho before him, talented debut filmmaker Lado Kvataniya uses the concept of police detective vs serial killer for an excitingly stylised, macabre and haunting narrative, that ultimately revolves around the identity of an era: in this case, the late 1980s Soviet Union. With Glasnost and the end of communist rule, the West also learned of the (unsurprising) fact that there were serial killers in Russia too – the most notorious case probably that of Andrei Chikatilo, nicknamed the Rostov Ripper, or the Russian Hannibal Lecter.
　　Based on these and many other sources, Kvataniya and screenwriter Olga Gorodetskaya constructed an immersive psychological puzzle, jumping back and forth in time, to reveal ever new-possible motives for the actions of all the protagonists. It all starts in 1990, when Detective Issa Davydov is celebrating his promotion and receives a call, reporting a crime that looks precisely like the ones of the serial killer that he famously captured some years before ...

　　面貌清秀的宋志元（姜东元 饰）是来自朝鲜的谍报人员，在代号441的老间谍影子的带领下，他们闯入首尔一幢公寓，刺杀了本国叛逃人员及其一家。期间，他们遭遇韩国安全部门的追捕，一番激烈枪战过后宋志元等侥幸逃脱，但他被上级认为有叛变之心而从此弃用。另一方面，行动的失败导致韩国一方的行动队长李仁奎（宋康昊 饰）遭到革职处分，他只得开设侦探所，靠收钱追踪逃跑的越南新娘养家糊口。
　　不久，金正日和金大中实现历史性的会见，朝韩双方局势缓和。六年后，李仁奎在某个越南人工厂偶遇宋志元，他希望抓住志元及神秘的影子赚大钱，而志元也想利用仁奎洗脱自己叛变的罪名。两人别有用心住在了同一屋檐下，随着了解的加深，他们的想法渐渐发生改变……