RFK Must Die: The Assassination of Bobby Kennedy follows a string of clues to determine what really happened on the evening of June 4^th, 1968, at the Ambassador Hotel. It begins with the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy and explores the traditionally accepted view of what happened that night. From there, director Shane O’ Sullivan brings the viewer on his own journey, clue after clue, tracing the potential problems in the initial handling of the investigation, and considering the plausibility of prominent conspiracy theories.

Unlike director Robert Stone’s examination of the JFK assassination, Oswald’s Ghost, O’Sullivan seems more inclined to believe the alternative explanations. The film is biased towards the notion that there is something amiss in the traditional accounts of the senator’s death, but O’Sullivan never properly explores the possibility that there was only one gunman, if even for the sake of testing his own theories or to merely present the notion for the audience. Most prominently omitted is any examination of the actual trial and what the LAPD and FBI found that lead to the conviction of Sirhan Sirhan. The trial and investigation is mentioned, but primarily in terms of what wasn’t found at the time.