After brutal injuries from a notorious torturer leave a man with no memory, his only hope of regaining his identity is to help the FBI hunt his captor?s, before they can finish the job.

Loglines ARE tough- that's why a site like this is important, helpful- and popular. The way I do it is I write everything that the story is about in a long sentence, then either delete words that are extraneous, or find shorter and more colorful ways to say certain phrases in less words. For example, "a friendly but lonely guy who lost all of his memory" would be a " jovial sap with amnesia"; four words replacing eleven in, what I think, is a more colorful and concise way.

The idea is that if he was being tortured he must know something important, so they help him to get his memory. And the only person who knows his identity are the people responsible, so he decides to try and help. It's in their best interest to work together. But I just can't see anyway of including that in the logline.

Thanks Sharkeatingman, good stuff. Have you seen the latest Jason Statham action flick Safe? It's about the Triads who like things old fashioned, they don't like computers because they leave a trail. So they import a genius young girl from China with a photographic memory to run their books. Sounds similar to yours.

As for the mans description or his profession. He doesn't have any at all. He'd completely a blank slate. Which is a risky thing to attempt in a script. Any time he lacks drive or direction the story is driven by the super determined young female FBI agent who's helping him.

As for the notorious part. Yea, it wasn't how I wanted it. It needs to more of a mythical torturer. Someone with a legend like Kaiser Soze. Something to hook in the audience.

And the genre is Psychological Thriller.

As with all loglines, I'm having real trouble knowing what info to leave in and what to cut. My next attempt I hope to have it more concise.