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When a struggling reporter unknowingly steals a CIA hitman’s phone, he must save the next person on the hit list to expose a government cover up.
As Nir Shelter said. ?Why must the reporter do the hit man's job? ?Why doesn't the reporter just let the hit man solve his problem by killing the target who threatens to expose him?
As Nir Shelter said. ?Why must the reporter do the hit man’s job? ?Why doesn’t the reporter just let the hit man solve his problem by killing the target who threatens to expose him?
See lessAn overly curious high-school boy, has to reveal the killer of a flawless homicide, with his newfound psychic power, before the murderer, who also possess such power, finds him first and kills him along with his family, in a run and chase in both sub-concious and physical world.
Good suggestion by DPG. I think combing psychic powers as a subject matter with a thriller genre is great - it sounds interesting. However, you need to integrate the psychic powers elements into the fabric of the story. DPG's rework is a good place to start, but I believe can be improved on. No offeRead more
Good suggestion by DPG.
I think combing psychic powers as a subject matter with a thriller genre is great – it sounds interesting. However, you need to integrate the psychic powers elements into the fabric of the story. DPG’s rework is a good place to start, but I believe can be improved on.
No offense DPG, lots of respect for you and you know it!
How about him having murderous urges himself. He uses his psychic powers to find the best victim for his first kill, but discovers someone else is like him. Then once in the other student’s twisted mind he sees how bad it is, and undergoes a fundamental change as a person – he now feels the need to protect people from the killer and goes after him. This gives you a mid act 2 reversal combined with a powerful inner journey to overcome a major character flaw.
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See lessAfter a psychic sociopath witnesses visions of a brutal murder in a fellow high school student’s mind, he feels compelled to protect the intended victims by stopping the killer.
When a simulation algorithm predicts that in order to prevent a deadly attack his daughter must die, an assassin must betray his employers to save her.
Is the idea that he finds a way around the lesser of two evils dilemma? Otherwise, like DPG said - it seems bad either way.Should he succeed in saving her and the other people, he proves the software is unreliable and renders the premise pointless not forgetting that the ending becomes an easy cop-oRead more
Is the idea that he finds a way around the lesser of two evils dilemma? Otherwise, like DPG said – it seems bad either way.
Should he succeed in saving her and the other people, he proves the software is unreliable and renders the premise pointless not forgetting that the ending becomes an easy cop-out. However, if the opposite is true, the plausibility of a father entrusting a piece of software, no matter how well developed, with his daughter’s life is doubtful.
In addition, seeing as he is an assassin himself, you would have to work extra hard to make his character palatable to help the audience empathize with him – much like Jean Reno’s character in Leon.
Ultimately, the concept comes across as heavily contrived in an attempt to create a life and death situation, I think the concept has some fundamental problems at its core. I’m not sure how these could be resolved.
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