Hundreds of films on great explorers an explorations already exist. Men who do impossible journeys by defying death and nature. However, the film also aims to address exactly that; the legacy of exploration, the lack of indigenous and female representation and the male explorer phenomena and persona. Especially as the expedition all of a sudden find itself in the middle of history. What are the moral and ethical codecs around an expedition in the shadow of a raging war?  

The film shows the three men as multifaceted characters. Charismatic and full of wild stories of combatting bears and helicopter-crashes in the Antarctic, but also dare to show and deal with their vulnerabilities, failures and life lessons too. And how their non-conventional lifestyles have had consequences for especially family and close relationships.

The expedition represent a longing for an era that is hasty disappearing labelled harmful and outdated. And a revolt against what they consider societal persecution and cancel-culture.

DefenderX is a tale of today as well as the inherent human yearning to explore untouched corners and the need to go beyond the mundane of everyday life. A raw, vulnerable and crazy film full of humour, self-irony and absurdity as the impossible journey unfolds.