Based on the true-life story of the 19th Century Australian 'Armoured Bandit.' When their mother is unfairly persecuted by police, Ned Kelly (Jagger) and his brother Dan earn money for her defence by selling homemade liquor. But what begins as a simple moonshine operation escalates into a series of armed robberies, desperate pursuits and deadly confrontations. Soon, Ned finds himself revered throughout the country as a larger-than-life sagebrush hero... even as the colonial British law closes in and prepares for an all-out war.