故事发生在一九八五年的香港,张有铭(李尚文 饰)是正值叛逆时期不知天高地厚的莽撞少年,某日,他跟随一群小混混劫持并且杀害了一对情侣,之后众人遭到警方的逮捕。张有铭因为尚未成年,因此并未得到判刑,而是被关进了监狱,“等候英女皇发落”。 没想到,这一等就是十年,时间就这样悄无声息的来到了一九九七年,香港回归在即,一位名叫誉玲(艾敬 饰)的女子注意到了张有铭的存在。一来二去之间,两人竟然产生了信赖和感情。在梁忠勤议员(邓树荣 饰)的支持和帮助下,誉玲开始着手替张有铭翻案,并且联手很多有着和张有铭一样遭遇的人的亲属,向政府发出联合抗议。Braemar Hill murders occurred on April 20, 1985. Five local young gangsters killed British couple in the Braemar Hill. Zhang Youming (David Lee) is one of them and "detained at Her Majesty's pleasure" for their crimes. A mainland girl Cheung Yue-ling (Jing Ai) who moves to dreadful city Hong Kong with her mother to live with her father in law tries murdering her mother after her sex affair with her father in law is found. This incident leads her to be independent from the family. Later Cheung Yue-ling visits Shek Pik Prison to interact with the writing contest champion, prisoner Zhang Youming for curiosity and respect. At the end, Cheung Yue-ling goes to find some help from local lawmaker, such as labor rights lawmaker Liang Zhongqin (Stephen Tang) to solve these young prisoners' unsettled term of imprisonment.