The film stars Christopher Minie, Daisy Victoria Vandy, Dagbeh Tweh, Barry Chernoh, Mohammed Sesay and Joseph Duo.

The teenage rebel Johnny Mad Dog leads the small group of younger boys commanded by the older General Never Die, who feeds them cocaine.

[2] The film follows the group's march towards the capital Monrovia in a gritty realistic manner as they move through a series of towns and villages, where they terrify and often execute the population.

The soldiers are depicted as almost feral, committing acts of pillage and rape, with scant regard for even their own lives.

[4] The actors were mostly aged 10 to 15, including Christopher Minie, Daisy Victoria Vandy, Dagbeh Tweh, Barry Chernoh, Mohammed Sesay, and Joseph Duo.