The story takes place during World War I, when the war between the British coalition forces and the Germans became increasingly heated. Every day, countless soldiers died with hatred. Shakespeare (Jamie Bell Jamie Bell), a 16-year-old, also took part in the war. The bruised tragedy on the battlefield cast a thick shadow on his heart. One day, Shakespeare and a group of comrades-in-arms were on a surprise mission when they were surrounded by mysterious smoke coming from nowhere. After that, a group of people came to the German trenches, but here there is no life, there are only dead and horrible corpses. What on earth is happening here? Shakespeare's company continued to move forward, strange things continued to happen, and people in the company continued to die. Shakespeare vaguely felt that what was waiting for them was the entrance to hell.