Based on the incredible true story of the Norwegian World War II resistance fighter, Max Manus, who despite being one of the most wanted men by the Gestapo in Norway, planned and executed some of the most daring and effective sabotage attacks during the war. Furious when Norway falls to the Germans, and that his country's leaders allow a puppet government to be installed, Max organizes a resistance group know as the "Oslo Gang". Their urban guerrilla war against the Nazis helped free their country, and establish Max as a living legend.