Brothers Brad and Caleb Baker embark on an outdoor bonding trip with their distant, somewhat unpredictable father Elliot. When they become stranded by a winter storm, the boys begin to suspect that it is their supposed protector who poses a larger threat than the elements.
At a family barbeque in suburban Melbourne, a man slaps another guest's unruly and disobedient child. Tensions run high in the family when the boy's mother presses assault charges.