A harrowing psychological thriller about an abandoned boy lured to America and into the shadows of a dangerous father figure. Inspired by true events, and from the point of view of the two killers, the film investigates the notorious and horrific Washington sniper attacks that shocked the world and documents the mechanisms that lead its subjects to embrace physical violence. Choosing their victims at random, they held the nation's capital in fear as the duo's sniper attacks took the lives of innocent men, women, and children, until their capture by police. The Washington Snipers paints a riveting portrait of 21st-century America and a haunting depiction of two cold-blooded killers that will endure long after they are dead.