Basedonrealevents,thestoryfollowsafatherandson(OffermanandTremblay)whoidentifyasSovereignCitizens,agroupofanti-governmentextremists,astheyventureacrossthecountryandfindthemselvesinastandoffwithachiefofpolice(DennisQuaid)thatsetsoffanintensemanhuntwithtragicconsequences.