Best Action/Adventure Screenplays

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ALTA CALIFORNIA

His tribe slaughtered by Spanish forces, and his unbaptized mother condemned to Hell by the padres, Paco Palido, a young mixed-blood Californian now seeks a home, a place he belongs in a radically evolving world.

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Splashdown

A mysterious space capsule adrift in the Pacific Ocean pulls a disillusioned Air Force pilot into battle against a shadowy paramilitary force hell bent on utilizing the astronauts' otherworldly cargo to enslave humanity. Script Excerpt

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The Coventry Deception

After a crisis thrusts him into the presidency, Robert Gorley confronts the challenges of leadership as he deals with a power struggle, an assassination attempt, and a ruthless terrorist plot to launch multiple attacks on US soil. Script Excerpt

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FULL CONTACT

FULL CONTACT is a high-octane, adrenaline rush Action Thriller about a fearsome Super Bowl-obsessed linebacker who struggles to defeat an unhinged locker room psychopath out to destroy everything and everyone he cherishes in his life. ========================================= * Multi-award winning screenplay in the vein of 'Cape Fear' meets 'Any Given Sunday' available upon request once the Writer's Strike ends.

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The World Turned Upside Down

A suicidal backpacker, on a wilderness pilgrimage triggered by a devastating family tragedy, rescues a seriously injured plane crash passenger, a woman on a clandestine mission; and together they brave the elements and battle the anti-government militia who crashed the plane and are about to terrorize an entire state. Script Excerpt

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Cesar & Max

Between getting into trouble at school and his disconnected relationship with his mother, Cesar, a Mexican American teenager feels out of place in this world. After getting expelled from school thanks to his delinquent, privileged best friend, Max, the two take off on a wild trip to Mexico in search of Cesar's father who he has never met.

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A Long Way Home

An orphaned dragon raised by a duck must rediscover her true origins when a treacherous army threatens the only home she’s ever known. Script Excerpt

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JENNA'S GONE

An untried deputy and a hunting guide find their lifelong friendship turning lethal as they track after the kidnappers of the waitress they both love, each suspecting the other of a role in her disappearance. Script Excerpt

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CURIOUS BUDDIES

It's not your mother's buddy movie. It's a combo meal. It’s a little bit of Lethal Weapon, Die Hard, The Social with a side of Taken. Experienced FBI Agent hires and befriends an internet entrepreneur to help rescue a six year old girl taken hostage in a fall out shelter by a ruthless psychopath. Winner LA film fest Best scene 2017. Winner Willdsoud 1 page screenplay 2016

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THE TORTOISE AND THE HEIR

It is a mismatched battle between unlimited high tech and resources available to Charlene, the power behind the throne of a large corporation, and Stram, a lone wolf San Francisco private investigator using tried and true low tech methods as they race to the final heir, and chase across California, with Stram straining to keep the last heir safe. Script Excerpt

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Jesse James vs. Jack the Ripper

After faking his own death, Jesse James comes out of hiding to track down the killer of his mistress-- the notorious Jack the Ripper. Can Jesse avoid the law for long enough to exact his revenge on Jack?

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Colter's Run

Based on a true story, John Colter becomes a legend during the early days of the American frontier due to his adventures in the Yellowstone region and encounters with dangers that lead to an arduous eleven-day, two-hundred mile flight across the wilderness in which he has only his wits to survive.

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Project Eradicate

Five thieves pull off a daring jewelry store heist and escape through the sewer where they cross paths with a researcher and police officer documenting the disappearance of city workers. A horrific terror hunts them as they search for a way out of the maze of tunnels. Script Excerpt

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A LITTLE FAVOR

A washed-out fighter pilot, now a wild west show fast-draw gunfighter, is asked to do a little favor: use his quick reflexes to fly to the sun, reach in and pluck out 2 off-course, discarded doomsday bombs before 7 next Wednesday evening when they’ll explode, nudging the sun, causing major global warming. Script Excerpt

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Between The Flames

Wildfires are the least of her worries, when a college athlete lands a job on a Hotshot Crew in the 80's where she meets her best friend plus two love interests who want her for very different agendas during an intense drought year.

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The Gate

Two crusty bait and tackle guys fall through a black hole, landing in Pleistocene America armed only with fishing poles and a boat. Script Excerpt

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Money

A poor man, haunted by ghosts of war and without health insurance, struggles to raise money for the medical bills of a critically ill daughter. But a chance meeting with a soldier from his past turned holdup man gives the family hope when the man offers cash in exchange for refuge from the gang he stole from, unintentionally putting them all in the gang’s crosshairs. Script Excerpt

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THE FAT LADY SINGS

When a small time private investigator gets a chance at the big time taking on a prominent politician’s wife’s case; neither realizes they are in way over their heads, the political party has been shadowing her, and will do anything to protect her husband, a presumed future presidential candidate. Script Excerpt

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Comanche Carl

An officer in the Dublin Garda avenges his son’s murder at the hands of a drug dealer with two legendary tomahawks once used by his great grandfather, a fierce Comanche warrior, then lays his badge on the dealer’s body and walks off into the night to become the underworld’s most feared assassin against their own. Script Excerpt

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The Odyssey of John Buchanan

When a Scottish soldier loses his father in the Battle of Culloden, he rushes home only to see his wife and mother slain by British soldiers. John Buchanan is captured and must not only escape his captors but fight against his eventual banishment to the British Colonies and escape his life as an indentured servant on a tobacco plantation in Maryland. Script Excerpt

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SEA-GEN

Searching for her estranged sister, FBI Agent November Knight reluctantly joins an Elite Team, A.R.M.S., (Advanced Research in Marine Science), to prevent one of their rogue members from creating a new race of underwater breathing humans, called Manphibians, only to discover that she becomes the catalyst. Script Excerpt

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BLUECOATS

A team of U.S. Marshals on the hunt for a fugitive on the Hopi Reservation stumble upon a top-secret government/military cover-up - the existence of the mythical extraterrestrial Ant People.

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Hapless Fu

A happy-go-lucky Asian cop in LA loses his confidence, self-respect, job and girl after an embarrassing incident ruins him. Now this fool is mankind's only hope to stop World War III! Script Excerpt

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FINAL STATUS

When a Mossad agent discovers he has assassinated a Palestinian politician falsely accused of terrorist ties, he risks his job, marriage and ultimately his life to help the man's family. QUARTERFINALIST, NICHOLL FELLOWSHIPS WINNER, AMERICAN SCREENWRITERS ASSOCIATION

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Ayden: The Exceptional

A brilliant young geneticist who believes superhumans exist in our modern society makes the ultimate discovery after he is led to a man with exceptional abilities. Script Excerpt

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T&T Power

A tenacious female detective used to working alone teams up with a wise-cracking out of shape meter maid to track down a kidnapped child held for ransom. Script Excerpt

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Euthanized

A grieving animal control officer becomes an unlikely social media hero when she embarks on a vigilante crusade against animal abusers, but her violent actions trap her between friends on the police force and the leader of a citywide dogfighting ring. Script Excerpt

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TOXIC TIDE

A young nurse and her fellow Florida refugees attempt a daring escape from an environmental disaster brought on by greed and political corruption.

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Driftwood

A retired detective begins receiving mysterious driftwood messages from a deranged serial killer, This turn into a search, for a madman serial killer with a knife. It’s gets complicated when he falls romantically for his new partner Script Excerpt

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Shadow of Despair

A Chicago homicide detective specializing in behavioral psychology and analytics, pursues a serial killer who extracts body parts from his victims. Script Excerpt

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Bonnie and Hyde

A young hairdresser and her ex-G.I. boyfriend pull off a wild armored truck heist and take it on the lam South of the Border. Script Excerpt

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Tin Gods

Set in the near future, two robots, the Monitor and the Merrimack, train for an arena battle to decide who will control the United States during the second civil war, only to develop awareness and question why they must fight at all as they clash in the largest attended, biggest pay-per-view event in history. Script Excerpt

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Stone Woman

A honeymooner in Belize becomes a reluctant adventurer when an anti-American police chief frames her husband for murder, and the only one on her side is the silent ghost of an ancient Mayan woman.

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DESCENDANCY

Amidst a hostile takeover attempt, a billionaire enlists the aid of a noted genealogist to map his Nigerian ancestry, but when the trail leads to a remote African village, his attempts to help the locals pit him and his estranged son against corrupt security contractors, both abroad and at home. Script Excerpt

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Corporate Policy

Greedy executives of a large corporation implement an illegal downsizing process, and they would've gotten away with it but they didn’t count on a desperate employee whose courage and family loyalty proves much stronger than any of their corporate policies.

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THE MIRACLE MAN

A soldier absorbs psychic powers during a mission gone awry and becomes the tool of a shady governmental organization.

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LAND OF SNOWS: Adventures of An American Tulku in Tibet

Framed for murder in Tibet, a troubled American thief flees from the Chinese Army, discovers secrets to his past life as a Tibetan monk. "Although sometimes horrific, this movie celebrates the connectedness and continuity of life." 'Land of Snows' was formerly called 'Ascension.'

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RED BANDANA

A repo man on the run from a Mexican drug gang sets up his twin brother to take the hit for him, only to have a change of heart and try to save his life - The Talented Mr Ripley meets The Usual Suspects in No Country for Old Men in this gritty and fast-paced suspense thriller.

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GODFORSAKEN: A STORY OF THREE MARYS

Based on real characters, after the death of Jesus of Nazareth, the three women named Mary in his life struggle to spread his message, but are pulled into a violent period of upheaval and political intrigue where they stand together against an empire. Script Excerpt

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The Phantom Train

A double-homicide leads a strong female FBI agent and Mossad to the location of one of Hitler’s hidden Phantom Gold trains while modern-day Nazis attempt to get there first.

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Tar Pits

Forced to take sides in a centuries-old intergalactic war, a veteran soldier and her scientist ex-wife bond with giant alien warriors in a final battle that will decide the fate of humanity.

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WHITE DEVIL OF SHANGHAI

Romantic war adventure set against the backdrop of World War II China. Two mismatched fugitives of war, a jaded American newsman and a strong-willed Jewish refugee girl, escape Japanese-occupied Shanghai to reach Free China. They evolve into unlikely heroes among the Chinese, one as a mercenary destroying lives, the other as a Red Cross miracle worker saving lives. Their stormy relationship ultimately brings them together to save Shanghai's Jewish refugees from Nazi extermination. Script Excerpt

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SHADOW WAR

Logline: Just when a battle-weary, suspended Navy SEAL revives his family fishing business, he spots Russian spetsnaz troops disguised as fishermen blowing up an oil rig, and fights to prevent a hit on their next target--the Trans-Alaskan pipeline. ______________________________________ Synopsis: On the verge of losing his family because of prolonged overseas duty, a Navy SEAL about to make captain is suspended for disobeying orders to kill terrorists disguised as fishermen caught sabotaging a UAE gas pipeline in the Persian Gulf. When the disgraced SEAL returns home to Alaska to resume the family fishing business during his suspension, he again encounters terrorists posing as fishermen, but discovers they are Russian spetsnaz forces on a covert mission to destroy the Alaskan transcontinental pipeline. After he warns his family and government officials, they accuse him of having PTSD, and the suspended SEAL learns that to win back his family, save innocent lives and prevent an economic death sentence to the U.S., he must sacrifice his Navy career and disobey orders again by engaging the enemy in a tactical fight to the death on Alaska’s frigid waters.

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WAR STREET - chapter one

The story based upon the street racer vs gangster who named Daniel He is a corrupt and powerful businessman, and he operates a criminal operation under the guise of a legitimate Maddy who works as an undercover spy and breaks down the drug industry and UNDERBOSS. Scene 1: Introducing Maddy (hero) an drag racer with lee (villian)both start with an rev with countdown of ready steady&go . Scene2: both trashes through the smoke with storm speed after 500metre. Scene3:there is a lead between lee with Speed of 120km/hr past Madd comes over an smiling face by lee. Scene4:now he makes a stomp with an divider between the road and slows down. Scene5: Maddy gets an chance winks his right eye and past over lee . Scene6: An rain water in the road slippery of tyres got maddy takes an curve with an drift and goes well. Scene7: behind lee closing maddy.now Maddy used his nitrous oxide (N2o) and he gone with God speed and finishes the race by crossing the line. Scene8:lee were stunned and Lee's (N2o)not worked because of the stomp he were hit on the divider. Scene9: After the race Maddy wins cash reward of 20,000 bet amount Scene10:lee told Maddy one day I'll screw you and your car Scene11:cops were tracked street racer's and chasing all over the street. Scene12:Maddy suddenly seen an female racer 'Ria' who were standing. Maddy picks her up in his car and pass away from the street before the Cops arrived. Scene13: Maddy has drop that female racer in her jump house (car garage) with an smile she left away. Scene14:'Morning' at Maddy house at time 8:00 am Maddy sister Kiara wake him up Scene15:maddy's mother Reena cooks food for his daughter Kiara Reena were scolding Maddy for no job she advised to go for an permanent job. Scene 16: Maddy gets an coffee and read newspaper he noticed that an delivery boy work had an vacant as an driver Scene 17: showing the company of Daniel (main villain) the office named Star distributors. Scene 18: An Black coat and black boots with an elegant formal look & holding an cigarette in his hand reveal his face with long hair. Scene 19: side villian Das & Vicky supplying the goods in the van illegally Scene 20:Hero brother Raven doesn't even know about the illegal activities.but he working for past 15 days he thinks we doing some flour grams supply. Scene 21: Maddy visits the star distributors company for delivery agent boy. He meets Vicky for the job and he accepted him for the vacancy as driver &Maddy joined Scene 22: Vicky holds an bunch of key's &gave it to Maddy to drive up the van to the respective area(gudown) and keep the product safe in the garages. Scene 23:In between the Daniel notice Maddy and sent das to spy on him whether he supplies the product in the areas without any interruption. Scene 24:Maddy backs to the garage and picks up his brother Raven and goes home. Scene 25: Next morning at time 4:15am Raven wakes up soon and goes to work. Scene 26:And then Raven receives an phone call from an cop named Russell (His uncle) .He told that do you know whom you working for and what you distributing. Scene 27: Raven told that I am just supplying flour powders.And he asked his uncle how did you know that I am working as a delivery boy

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Naypollo

A scientist kidnapped by the N.S.A. for his expertise in cryonics becomes the pawn of the planet’s Destroyer spoken of in Biblical prophecy. Script Excerpt

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THE KALAMA AWAKENING

On a spiritual quest, a young woman ends up in a cult nightmare of betrayal and manipulation, from which she must escape to avoid becoming an Guru's sex slave.

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The Aegis Conspiracy

The CIA gets caught in its own trap when a hacker takes over the Navy's Aegis defense system. The goal of the agent that hacked in is to start a nuclear war between the US and Russia if the CIA doesn't pay a ransom.

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Terror On The Run

How do you wipe out a terrorist organization while also inspiring Arab Sultans in the Mid-East to join Western nations in a global war against international terrorism? Our heroes do it.

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The Long War

A hoodlum, who tasted “payback” at the hands of two high school classmates he had terrorized, spends the next thirty years looking for the two and his own retribution. Script Excerpt

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Mirrored

Twin sisters take it on the lam after a heist from the mob with two enforcers in pursuit in a wild 24 hour ride filled with robbery, murder and deception.

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Lil B-Easy

After a Voodoo Priest cast a spell on ventriloquist doll, Lil B-Easy, he comes to life and grows with his human big brother, pulling pranks and causing mischief along the way. Script Excerpt

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Dooda and Rayford, The Alabaster Boys

Two bumbling brothers from the deep Alabaster, Alabama backwoods win a sightseeing weekend in New York City and unknowingly get caught up in a police investigation involving two jewel thieves and the Detectives trying to apprehend them.

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Funky Auction

Fired man can’t pay his bills, accepts an offer to participate in the auction, doesn't suspecting, this is an offer from a gang

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THE ELEVEN SUSPECTS

A Ex-con must team up with her closet family to retrieve a crucial evidence to clear her name from a murder frame up planned by her manipulative ex husband.

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Use Of Force

When an "on the spectrum" youth becomes a problematic rookie cop he vows to crush a delusional gang leader in a desperate fight to prevent the inevitable.

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Gods Of Bell

When a telephone worker invades the public's privacy by using the telephone lines to find the man who killed his wife, he inadvertently becomes a pawn in a twisted tale of espionage and intrigue.

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Eriksson

The Viking Leif Eriksson, who, to prove himself to his legendary father Erik the Red, embarks on a dangerous voyage to find new lands and inadvertently discovers America. Script Excerpt

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Space Brats

While on a mission to colonize newly-discovered Planet Vistal, five astronaut children set out to rescue their abducted parents from an evil, alien civilization. In the process, these NASA "brats" reign havoc and wreak mayhem in the galaxies.

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Five Passages to Heaven

A straight shooter finds himself in the middle of an international conspiracy . The protagonist must reach down to sources of great integrity and wisdom to deal with this potentially catastrophic world event, while resisting his own personal demoms.

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Helix

An assassinated Russian Ambassador, a rogue CIA agent and an out of control biological warfare program throw a counter intelligence agent into a race against time to stop a new, and far deadlier, biological confrontation with Russia.

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LAST FLAG ON OAK ISLAND

When a museum curator and his female assistant translate clues in an American Revolution-era journal to a British payroll buried on Oak Island, they must go undercover to unearth the treasure before two rival treasure hunters discover it. Wealth of the century or the island's deft insult? (From the novel Last Assault on Oak Island by Jenn Rekka.)

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THE HIDDEN WORLD

A holiday was exactly what Chris and his family needed. A chance to relax and spend quality time with each other. They couldn't wait to stay in one of the cozy cabins and go hiking in the forest. But this was no ordinary holiday destination, this place had secrets and they were secrets that were not of this world. Script Excerpt

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Louis A. Runs-Along

STEALING SOBRIETY Louis has been sober for many years until he hops on a bus for a much-needed vacation where he meets a woman who steals his heart, and eventually his sobriety.

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Beneath the Earth

When seismic activity awakens an army of acid-spewing spiders from the abandoned Kola Superdeep Borehole, American scientists and soldiers must confront the creatures' unrelenting terror, only to discover a deadly secret lab and a monstrous queen lurking below the Earth's surface.

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Forgotten Plans

Years after the death of Osama bin Laden, a thumb drive lists future terrorists attacks in the United States to avenge his death. As our intelligence agencies seek to identify the possible targets, the bombers strike. Their final target, the underwater BART tube linking SF to Oakland, CA.

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The Prisoner of Zenda

When the King is drugged on the eve of his coronation, his aides persuade his look-alike cousin to impersonate him at the ceremony. The King is kidnapped, and the imposter must continue the charade as they attempt to find and rescue the King. Doing the right thing, no matter what the cost.

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the false truths of friendship

When a young Lydia an antisocial teen gives her friend Linus a gift, 10 years later that gift turns their a life of chaos. Linus gets kidnapped by a group of evil sadistic hit men, their leader HIM won't stop until he finds her. Lydia must find Linus, and save his life.

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SQUADRE

Sicily, 1859, a giant mountain man (Carlo Sovrumano) leads 5000 fierce fighters alongside Giuseppe Garibaldi in the brutal fight for Italian freedom at Palermo.

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The Arrangement

While reporting on a rock star's sudden death, a reporter discovers that "Fame" has an escape clause.

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Ayden: Rise of the Divine Beings

After the mythical oval, the Heart of Saros detects Ayden 'The Exceptional,' who was hidden among humans as a child by his mother, four divine beings with superhuman abilities from the planet Memnon are ordered to earth by their Lord to execute the vigilante crime fighter. Script Excerpt

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Howlingween 5: Trip Along

Fate has dealt another terrible hand to the Forran family. Only wishing to enjoy a road trip across America, the family encounters a human-like wolf, the brainchild of a disturbed seven-year-old boy. Script Excerpt

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Super Days

Ezio Filg, a 14 years old kid, with heavy family problems, is kidnapped in a stormy day by while trying to escape from school in a panic attack, by a mysterious bird like figure. He wakes up in an abandoned lodge, where is located a glass case containing a futuristic armour with wings on the back. Ezio is greeted by a strange man, who can anticipate everything he is going to say or even think. That's because the guy is actually Ezio itself, coming back from the future, in order to change the flow of events in his favour. In the meanwhile, a group of his classmates (Antonio. Veronica, Mattia, Vincenzo and Alice), accidentally find a hidden facility under their school, which hides the deep secrets of one of their teachers. They are gonne use what they found, in order to search for Ezio.

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BADLANDS

In a dystopian future there is no oil and a young warrior and his robot sidekick battle an evil czar for control of the new energy.

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The Final Assassination

A family of retired assassins move into a small town to live a normal life, but find their peace threatened by the local gangster family, forcing them to choose between living like cowards, or going back to their old ways, one last time. Script Excerpt

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The FORTUNATE ONE

After assassins wipe out his family, a gambling addict cop wins the lottery playing numbers from a fortune cookie and uses his newly won millions to become an eccentric vigilante, guided by fortune cookie wisdom.

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SLAVE PATROL

A runaway slave must evade an evil posse of undead bloodsuckers and rescue his family from the plantation master, a powerful vampire out for revenge.

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The MOTORMAN

A desperate group of late-night commuters, stranded in a subway tunnel, are systematically terrorized by an evil entity that knows their darkest secrets.

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TRANSYLVANIA AIR FLIGHT 1313

A cop transporting a thief back to Europe gets more than he bargained for when, once airborne and under a full moon, the prisoner changes into a werewolf, beginning a horrifying rampage at 30,000 feet.

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God's Work

An elite unit of Roman Catholic exorcists take on their most challenging target yet, the perfectly possessed president of the United States.

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Smith Corona Blues

A terminally ill Seattle cop is teamed up with a brash young Scotland Yard inspector to probe the murder of an eccentric writer.

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OUT of BODY

When brutal thieves storm his bank and knock him unconscious, a timid bank manager awakens to discover he's having an out-of-body experience and must use his unique vantage point and newfound powers to thwart the heist and free hostages. Script Excerpt

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SCARRED!

FROM DARKNESS A LEGEND IS BORN.

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Accelerated Dragons

When a homeless former chess champion is recruited to tutor a wealthy businessman, he gets a new lease on life, but after assassins target his new employer, he becomes embroiled in an overseas espionage mission. Script Excerpt

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SEANCE

A psychic is forced to use his unique skills to locate drug money, but when a slain kingpin's evil spirit possesses him, he must channel this vengeful entity to save his family and his soul. Script Excerpt

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MAUSOLEUM

In a plague-ravaged future, a scrappy duo of grave diggers battles an elite team of tomb raiders for entrance into a fortified crypt, but once trapped inside, they must face off against a sinister threat from beyond. Script Excerpt

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The Amara Chronicles

Two people embark on a journey of self-discovery, and encounter a terrible threat in the unlikeliest of places. Script Excerpt

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The March of the 18th

In 1864 the Veteran Reserve Corps was formed to allow disabled Union army men to continue to perform their duty for God and Country. This is the story of six invalid soldiers of the 18th Regiment and their 25 mile march into history, as they battled the elements, their own disabilities & self-doubt, and a band of vicious, scavenging marauders. Script Excerpt

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OVERPASS

When a cement truck driver avoids slamming into a Lexus, only to lose his own life, he haunts the Lexus driver and teaches him a powerful life lesson in the process. Script Excerpt

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I'll Sleep When I'm Dead

Detective Owen Murphy is on a mission to clear his name on a murder he didn't commit. But he must do it before he falls asleep... because the next time he does might just be the last time. Script Excerpt

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Eyes of Fury

A go-it-alone animal rights activist hot on the trail of tiger poachers must back up the lead of his multi-talented female partner when their pursuit of the animal trafficking reveals a far darker trade that threatens them both. Inspired by the medieval romance, Erec and Enide. [Received a 'Consider' rating from the reader for the TSL Free Contest.] Script Excerpt

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Angel of the doomed.

In the near future the government has moved away from the duty to protect citizen’s rights. The government allows duels to the death, but corruption and contract fights put ordinary people on the line between life and death. One day a man appeared he combined his skills of fencing with advanced technology and sacrificing his life he decided to save those who were condemned to death. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "The rules allowed to fight on any weapon, except for firearms and other striking at a distance". "Men fought men, women fought women. 16-years-olds were allowed to fight. The weight and training of the fighters were not regulated". "Any place was allowed for the duel. But most of the fights took place in special dueling halls, popularly known as “Meat shop”. Weapons were brought with them, rented from the state". "Dishonest people began to hire strong, prepared guys in advance, who at the right time “suffered” from the action of the “ordered” person. This was followed by a challenge to a duel". "The “sufferers” were professional fighters and a regular person didn’t have a chance to survive a duel with such opponents". "Over time, the custom duels has passed all reasonable limits." (The presented project is a TV series. EPISODES: 8)

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TAKEN AWAY

Two 16 year-olds, one a foul-mouthed cutter, the other a church boy, become unlikely allies when they are snatched from separate states and brought to a remote hideaway by an inexperienced kidnapper and his mother who's fresh out of prison and terminal. Script Excerpt

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PEEP

When two teen boys peeping in a beautiful neighbor’s bathroom window witness her murder, they are torn by how to deal with this shocking crime, and the choices they make bring their own well-being into jeopardy. Script Excerpt

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Last Train Home

During the last, fleeting beats of his pulse, a man seemingly put to death in Florida’s electric chair in 1999 is sent on a journey across time to confront himself as a rebellious teen and change the course of his dire destiny. Script Excerpt

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Twisted Fate

A new variant of "mad cow" brain disease strikes the U.S. --- turning victims gradually into psychopaths. As science races to identify the infected and stop the pandemic, a young woman tries to rescue her lover, held hostage in a lab testing radical treatments. Adapted from my novel published in December 2022 by the Champagne Book Group and showcased online in The Write Launch: https://thewritelaunch.com/2019/09/twisted-fate/ recently showcased Script Excerpt

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Counterchance

An FBI agent goes to any length to save his family. Script Excerpt

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Splendid Isolation

A girl lost in the Alaskan wilderness meets her banished pet tiger — now fully grown. Together they survive many challenges — except, perhaps, one another. Script Excerpt

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IMPERVOS ONE

Brillliant young engineer struggles to extract a family from the subterranean luxury bunker of an eccentric billionaire, who has unwittingly set loose a 300-million-year-old life form that will destroy civilization if it escapes. Script Excerpt

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A MAN AGAINST THE CITY

As a man drives with his pregnant wife through the night, they fall into an uncovered pothole, resulting in her falling and losing her baby. Later the man discovers a city-wide corruption that turns him into an avenger. Script Excerpt

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TYPHOON

Adaptation of Joseph Conrad's novella of an eccentric steamship captain, his ambitious first mate, their motley crew and 200 Chinese passengers caught in the typhoon of the century, set in the South China Seas of 1901. A morality tale of family separation, racism and survival to the extreme during a perilous sea journey as terrifying as "A Perfect Storm", evolving into an epic struggle of hearts and minds that defines the best and worst in men. Script Excerpt

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Mother Seacole

British soldiers are transported from Jamaica to fight in the Crimean War. From her own resources, a Scottish-Jamaican lady provides home comforts and medical assistance to her boys in Crimea and becomes a British heroine. Script Excerpt

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KICKER

Karate Kid meets West Side Story. An interracial teen romance is caught between two gangs of skateboarders and BMX racers in a park turf war. An Indonesian kickboxer and the white sister of the skateboard leader fall in love against her brother’s wishes. When the turf war turns violent, he has to rescue her brother from a dangerous drug ring. A martial-arts action drama of teen love, rage and betrayal. Script Excerpt

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Redwood Tomb

A married, ambitious young assistant D.A. in Santa Cruz falls for a beautiful bohemian artist, unaware that she is also involved with a charismatic killer. Neo noir based on a true crime in 1982. Adapted from my short story published in UK crime magazine, Close to the Bone and in Half Hour to Kill: https://halfhourtokill.com/home/saturday-night-off-by-linda-boroff. Script Excerpt

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NARCOVILLE

"The Dirty Dozen" meets "Black Hawk Down" in Mexico. Seven post-stressed war vets are hired by Mexican businessmen and a billionaire mercenary contractor to rescue a Sierra Madre town overrun by warring drug cartels. High-tech merc warfare, twisted heroism and ironic plot twists climax in a battle that inspires the locals to take up arms against the cartels, giving birth to a new Mexican revolution. Script Excerpt

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Aviana

In 30 million years birds have become the uber species, living in fortified villages amid a landscape teeming with rat-predators, giant insects, intelligent reptiles and other terrifying life forms. Young soldier, WAGAR, loves LANITRA, the ruler’s daughter. Enemy raptor prince THOTOR is a secret lover of Lanitra’s sister BARI. When Bari betrays the village to Thotor, the inhabitants are banished to the wilderness. Script Excerpt

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The First Sign

Over 2,000 years ago, wine servants witnessed the first miracle. What if some of the miracle wine survived today; what powers would it hold? A young present day archaeologist, Caleb Overstar’s, is on a quest to be the first to discover the mystical wine; achieving the power, riches and fame that follows.

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SWIM FOR YOUR LIVES

A dysfunctional father and daughter vacationing in Bali, conflicted over a pending divorce, are sole survivors of a plane crash at sea and try to swim to the nearest coast, fighting both natural and human elements of danger. Alternate version for a different location: British Columbia, Canada. Script Excerpt

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SKYHANGER

Action thriller set in a European ski resort. An American cat burglar with a recent fear of heights pulls off one last rooftop heist and steals a mysterious package. Crossing the Alps to deliver them to a mysterious banker, he's stalked by a clever female assassin. He evades her, using an innocent ski instructor and her students as a ruse, and boards a cable car. The assassin boards with them, when the lift is derailed in mid-air -- a skyhanger with unexpected twists. Script Excerpt

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LOST AT SEA

High-seas survival adventure in a lifeboat, based on a true story and a controversial naval murder trial. As a disabled cruise ship is evacuated, one of its lifeboats is hopelessly lost at sea -- in the path of an oncoming storm. A junior officer, acting as captain, faces a moral dilemma when he realizes there are too many people in the boat to survive the storm: he must play God and decide who goes overboard to die, in order to save the majority of passengers. Script Excerpt

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WILD CARGO

Updated take on "Key Largo", character-driven underdog actioner for a male star. A maverick ex-convict drifter and habitual thief, alienated from society and prone to violence, bonds with the pacifist woman owner of a Louisiana monkey sanctuary. When animal smugglers invade her wildlife preserve, the ex-con is forced into a confrontation that finally redeems his lost humanity. Script Excerpt

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D.E.T.E.C.T.I.V.E.S

Two rival detectives join to solve a case whereby ten San Francisco detectives are being murdered by the Chinese Mafia. Little do they know, they're also on the hit list until... "And Then There Were None."

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