Struggling single father Jerry indoctrinates his son Joe into the sovereign citizen movement, teaching him that laws are mere illusions and freedom is something you take. But, as Jerry’s ideology consumes them, they are set on a collision course with a police chief who has spent his life upholding the rules that Jerry has spent his tearing down.
Acting
Offerman's unsettling warmth masks monstrous delusion.
Direction
Swegal makes ideology feel physically suffocating.
Director
Christian Swegal
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film draws from actual 2010 West Memphis police killings by sovereign citizens Joe and Jerry Kane — names the film deliberately keeps.
Offerman initially passed; it took Tremblay already being cast as Joe to convince him the father-son dynamic could work.
No ratings yet
Reactions from the web
This movie was criminally under promoted and underrated. One of the most tragically realistic yet subtle movies I’ve ever seen.
@kriskafka
Very good movie.
@MAADMAAC 1
❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊🥰🥰🥰🥰
@JulietaDelgado-i1m 2
Sign in to join the discussion — comments are spoiler-gated to your watch progress.
Discussion starters
US
