Fact-based drama following the violence that erupted in Seattle in 1999 as thousands of people came to the city to demonstrate outside the World Trade Organisation conference. While the protests began peacefully, they ultimately descended into a riot. The ensuing chaos is depicted from the points of view of demonstrators, police, officials and the city's residents. With Charlize Theron, Woody Harrelson and Ray Liotta.

Thousands of activists arrive in Seattle, Washington in masses to protest the WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999 (World Trade Organization). Although it began as a peaceful protest with a goal of stopping the WTO talks, it escalated into a full-scale riot and eventually, a State of Emergency that pitted protesters against the Seattle Police Department and the National Guard.