Once Upon a Time in the City of New York

Die junge New Yorker Anwältin Catherine Chandler wird brutal überfallen. Vincent, ein mysteriöser Löwenmensch, rettet sie. Er bringt sie in seine geheimnisvolle Welt: ein riesiges Labyrinth aus Schächten und Tunnels unterhalb der Stadt. (50 Min.)

Catherine Chandler comes from a rich family. She works for her father at his law firm. Her life is full of people that are nothing more than acquaintences. She feels as if everything in her life is superficial. While at yet another party she decides to just leave. As she is walking through the park she is mistaken for someone else and is pulled into a van full of thugs. They slash her face and beat her up, then they push her out of the van and leave her for dead. A shadowy figure appears and carries her to secret set of forgotten tunnels below the city. There he bandages her wounds and helps to nourish her back to health. One day when Catherine is feeling better and has regained her some of her strength she begins to take the bandages off of her face. She walks to the wall and finds something to look into and she sees what the thugs have done to her face for the first time. Then she sees finally who her rescuer was. She screams at his apperance and throws what she was looking in at him

Avocate new-yorkaise, promise à un brillant avenir, Catherine Chandler est fiancée à un séduisant homme en vue, Tom Gunther. Un soir, au sortir d'une soirée, elle se fait agresser et est laissée pour morte dans Central Park. Dans un halo de lumière, on distingue une forme qui emporte le corps inanimé et s'enfonce dans un tunnel, dans le monde «d'en-bas». Mi-homme, mi-bête, Vincent soignera Catherine jusqu'à son rétablissement. Et un amour idéal, mais impossible, naîtra entre la «Belle» et la «Bête».

La abogada Catherine Chandler es atacada por matones, y un amable hombre-bestia llamado Vincent la lleva a su mundo subterráneo, emplazado bajo Manhattan. Poco después, Catherine se une a la oficina del fiscal de distrito y, al complicarse un caso en el que está trabajando, vuelve a encontrarse con su amigo subterráneo