Two hundred years after Mary Shelley's novel the brilliant but mad Doctor (Thomas Kretschmann) has sustained his creature and himself over two centuries through genetic experimentation. In present-day America Detective O…

故事开始于1955年的纽约布鲁克林区，哈里·安格尔（米基·洛克 饰）是个胡子不剃、不停抽烟的私家侦探，专门调查离婚案。一天，一个自称叫路易斯·赛佛雷（罗伯特·德尼罗 饰）的神秘外国人找到了他，要他去寻找一个叫弗沃里特的歌唱家。…