After moving to the US, filmmaker and first-time mom Louise is in the midst of searching for a daycare when, just a couple of hours away, one of the deadliest ever school shootings unfolds. In an elementary school in the sleepy town of Uvalde, Texas, a teenager kills 21 people, including 19 young children.
The Bad Guy examines life in a society that has entered a vicious cycle of excessive security measures due to a dangerous mix of fear and access to guns: a society that defends itself against international threats with the most powerful weapons, but collectively fails to protect the very young from its own citizens within its own borders.