通过几位当事人的视角，旁白叙述中动画与资料影像拼接还原出令人揪心的案发经过，它用这种方式使观众能更自然地了解与代入这个发生于50年前的枪击案，其专注于几位当事人关键抉择的悬念塑造，与之后插入的真人采访录像，以及有意忽略凶手的叙事策略，表明影片重点是关于几位普通人的伟大抉择与伤痛回忆。Nearly fifty years ago, a gunman rode the elevator to the twenty-seventh floor of the University of Texas Tower and opened fire. TOWER, an animated and action-packed documentary, shares the untold story of that day - when the worst in one man brought out the best in so many others.