The film is an absurdist story that follows two daring and imaginative political activists – Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno, also known as The Yes Men – as they infiltrate the world of big business and pull off outrageous pranks that highlight how corporate greed is destroying the planet. Posing as the alter-egos of  Exxon, Dow Chemical, Halliburton and the H.U.D (Housing and Urban Development), they expose the people profiting from Hurricane Katrina, the faces behind the environmental disaster in Bhopal, and other shocking events. Having nerves of steel they give fake corporate interviews as DOW executives, announcing setting up a $12 billion fund for the victims of the 1984 Bhopal disaster that killed 1.773 people. The BBC fell for this prank and aired the interview. This caused DOW’s stock to plummet.