Invariably, the men I questioned about Evans defended him, insisting that he's not urging men to
become tyrannical leaders at home — that his point is for men to become responsible, loving and compassionate fathers and husbands.
Most of the film takes place in the group's self - imposed exile in the mountains, where a training program
becomes twisted by the megalomania of its
leaders and their
tyrannical cult - like domination.