法医宋慈上任通古县县令,然上任当天便遇到前来盗取绝命诗案卷宗之人,三年前的一场冤案就此浮出水面,召文阁内数名书生又因绝命诗接连惨死,一时间“绝命诗索命”谣言四起,这一切到底隐藏着何种阴谋,真相终将浮出水面,只是隐藏在真相背后的冤屈,妻离子散的家庭,又该如何重聚……。Based on real events, the story follows a father and son (Offerman and Tremblay) who identify as Sovereign Citizens, a group of anti-government extremists, as they venture across the country and find themselves in a standoff with a chief of police (Dennis Quaid) that sets off an intense manhunt with tragic consequences.。