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Sovereign

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Inspired by real events, SOVEREIGN is a tense and provocative true crime thriller about a father and his teenage son -- Jerry and Joseph Kane (Nick Offerman and Jacob Tremblay) -- who follow the Sovereign Citizen belief system, a deeply anti-establishment worldview rooted in distrust of government authority. As the pair travel across the country delivering self-taught legal seminars and pushing back against systems they believe have failed them, their journey brings them into conflict with Police Chief Jim Bouchart (Dennis Quaid), setting off a tragic chain of events that forces a reckoning with power, principle, and the limits of freedom.

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Christian Swegal

Director

Dennis Quaid

Actor

Nick Offerman

Actor

Jacob Tremblay

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Thomas Mann

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Martha Plimpton

Actor

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Richard Whittaker Austin Chronicle It's in the utterly brilliant casting of Nick Offerman as this shattered and dangerous man that the film finds its catastrophic equilibrium. Jun 23, 2025 Full Review Rocco T. Thompson Slant Magazine Christian Swegal’s feature-length directorial debut is like staring into a national wound. Rated: 3/4 Jun 13, 2025 Full Review David Ehrlich IndieWire John and Adam Bouchart’s story might resonate with that of Jerry and Joe Kane’s, and it would certainly justify a movie all its own, but what it adds to the Kanes’ tragedy isn’t worth the extent to which it robs this portrayal of their pain. Rated: C+ Jun 10, 2025 Full Review Christian Toto HollywoodInToto.com Indie thriller follows anti-government radical grooming confused son. Et tu, Ron Swanson? Rated: 3/4 Jun 24, 2025 Full Review Murjani Rawls Substream Magazine At “Sovereign’s” end, people have been failed at the altar of many things beyond their control. However, there are clear-cut reasons why this is the case, and the film elects to keep them ambiguous. It undercuts the unsettling imagery at its conclusion Jun 11, 2025 Full Review Giovanni Lago Next Best Picture The intentionality behind many of Swegal's creative decisions leads to a film that, while moving in the moment, may be lost on others. It's a solid drama that only reminds people how much worse everything is now. Rated: 6/10 Jun 11, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Inspired by real events, SOVEREIGN is a tense and provocative true crime thriller about a father and his teenage son -- Jerry and Joseph Kane (Nick Offerman and Jacob Tremblay) -- who follow the Sovereign Citizen belief system, a deeply anti-establishment worldview rooted in distrust of government authority. As the pair travel across the country delivering self-taught legal seminars and pushing back against systems they believe have failed them, their journey brings them into conflict with Police Chief Jim Bouchart (Dennis Quaid), setting off a tragic chain of events that forces a reckoning with power, principle, and the limits of freedom.
Director
Christian Swegal
Producer
Nick Moceri
Screenwriter
Christian Swegal
Distributor
Briarcliff Entertainment
Production Co
All Night Diner
Genre
Action, Crime, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 11, 2025, Limited
Runtime
1h 40m