In 2010, Joseph Dahr, a middle aged ex-soldier attempts to rescue his wife and son who are abducted from his eastern DR Congo village by Joseph Kony's LRA, all he has is a rusty rifle he can use and an old friend he can trust. Dahr believes Rosa and Joe Junior would not have been abducted had he taken them to Kinshasa as Rosa had begged him to. He would hence, not forgive himself unless he brings them home by any means. He summarizes his mission in a dialogue with Hussein thus, "I am not an idiot. I know the dangers in what I am about to do, but it is the only way I can live with myself." He relies upon Hussein, a US spy, to arm him with intels on the LRA. Hussein on his own has what he believes is a perfect plan to finish Kony but believes his superiors in Langley would not buy it or didn't care enough about his mission. He decides teaming up with Dahr is the only way he could conclude his task and go home. Along the road of gathering intelligence and weapons for his big showdown with the LRA, Dahr meets and inspires other men who equally have personal reasons to take a fight to the LRA. Consequently, the burden of leading an army of distraught men while keeping his eyes on the goal now has to be added to his many troubles.