The plot follows Crystal (Betty Gilpin), a stoic ex-military survivor mistakenly targeted, as she systematically eliminates the hunters including Athena (Hilary Swank). The narrative explicitly mocks performative wokeness among the elites—they virtue-signal with phrases like 'I would never blame the victim' while committing murder—while equally caricaturing the hunted conservatives as bigoted podcasters, big-game hunters, and conspiracy spreaders.

This balanced approach keeps progressive messaging from dominating, treating both extremes as targets of ridicule rather than elevating one side. Creator statements from Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse frame the story as an attack on extremism and performative virtue-signaling wherever it appears, with no established characters race- or gender-swapped and no diversity mandates imposed on the original premise. Pre-release conservative backlash misread the film as a one-sided assault on the right, yet the finished work delivers equal-opportunity satire that avoids forcing any ideological agenda into the core entertainment. The result is a low-woke-score title that prioritizes story and character over messaging.