Sang-hwan became a cop in order to help the downtrodden, but he doesn’t get much respect. All that changes when he meets the Seven Masters.

The citizens of Gwangju lead a relatively peaceful life, until one day the military takes over the city, accusing the residents of conspiracy and claiming that they are communist sympathisers preparing a revolution against the current government. Seeing as the soldiers beat defenceless people, mainly students, to death, the citizens are in for retaliation and form a militia.