

Pushed to his breaking point, a master welder in a small town at the foot of the Rocky Mountains quietly fortifies a bulldozer with 30 tons of concrete and steel and seeks to destroy those he believes have wronged him.
Direction
Paul Solet treats this like a heist film, methodical and inevitable
Editing
Weaves home video, news footage, and eerie reenactments seamlessly
Sound
The Killdozer's engine becomes a character, rumbling with dread

Director
Paul Solet
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Killdozer became an unlikely folk hero online, with memes celebrating Heemeyer as a working-class avenger—this doc explicitly complicates that narrative.
Heemeyer's homemade tank took 18 months to build in his muffler shop; he used concrete because it was cheap and would deflect bullets. The final machine was impervious to small arms, explosives, and even a .50 cal round.