Submission Samples from the Action Genre

Title: 3rd Wave

Logline: A government agent gets assigned to apprehend a former college buddy who's involved in computer warfare and has set up a deadly game the agent must complete to keep a disaster from happening.

Synopsis: When Bruce and Andrew, college chums and old nemesis, resume a long-standing game of computer chicken, but this time for real stakes, 3rd Wave is set in motion. Bruce has staged his own death to throw off the authorities but lets Andrew, an FBI agent who's used to the desk and not the field, in on the prank. Things get complicated when Jennifer, Bruce's wife and whom Andrew always had eyes for, joins the fray. Some Cuban thugs who Bruce sold out to are also in the mix, as they are after the secret password that is the key to causing havoc and are willing to kill anyone in their path to get it. That includes Andrew and Jennifer who team up to find Bruce, retrieve the password and disable the computer bug. Stock thriller ensues over many European cities.

Title: The Enemies Walk Free

Logline: Harry and John have an assignment to steal some documents, which provide important evidence in the defense of a person, who is accused of genocide by Hague prosecutors.

Synopsis: The action begins when among the stolen documents, they find a folder with numbers. The folder is actually bank account numbers for war profiteers from the war in the former Yugoslavia. Without knowing what they have, they are surprised by the fact that everyone who hears about the folder wants to possess it. Harry and John becomes a target for a lot of interested groups and individuals, including the European secret services and the mafia, which are ready to take whatever they want, no matter the cost.

Title: The Rough

Logline: A retired full-term U.S. President, unpopular for having started an overseas war, is hunted and stalked on the grounds of his plush Texas ranch.

Synopsis: Set primarily at ex President Gene Valor Hedge's rural ranch estate, the script begins with two assassination attempts, each one getting closer to ending his life. After the second attempt, wherein the President's agents kill a would-be assassin on ranch grounds, Hedges decides to bury the body without reporting it. His reason is to stop any further attempts inspired by media scrutiny. In the wake of this cover-up an old trusted ranch-hand is murdered, and it is highly suspected that one of Hedge's own Secret Service agents is responsible - and that he, the former President himself, might be next. By the time the actual killer is revealed, former President Hedges - who had never been in a war himself but sent other men to fight - must escape the wrath of this man whose job it'd been to protect his life and who will now stop at nothing to end it.

Title: East Of Egypt

Logline: Logline: Caught up in the CIA's secret drug wars in Asia two ex-CIA agents become drug lords who struggle to survive a turf war with the Hong Kong triads.

Synopsis: East Of Egypt begins with an explosive combat scene where CIA agent Bill Murphy is rescued by Special Operations Assassin Captain David Anderson. A trust is forged and the two become involved in the CIA's secret war funded by heroin produced in the Golden Triangle. After leaving the CIA the two become drug lords who use contacts in Laos, Burma, Thailand and Hong Kong to make millions in the heroin trade. The story spins in a new direction when a turf war is begun by Hong Kong's triad societies, leading to a violent conclusion. Historical accuracy and graphic military encounters keep the excitement action packed and moving in every sequence.

Title: Assassination

Logline: When diagnosed with a terminal illness, a hard-working man is forced to make a decision: die and leave his family with insurmountable bills or perform an assassination for the government.

Synopsis: I'd like to bring to your attention a hot action screenplay entitled Assassination - the story of a hard-working man who finds himself in an impossible situation. While going for a routine company physical, Charlie Kisner, a former US Army marksman, learns that he has inoperable cancer and will be dead in months. Unsure of how to provide for his wife and two young children, he is approached by the NSA to perform an assassination of a "threat to national security" - kill one man and his family will be secure forever. With seemingly no other option, Charlie accepts. The story is filled with twists and turns that have Charlie shocked at the identity of his target and who is behind the conspiracy. If you would like to read Assassination, I'd be happy to send you a copy of the script (either as a PDF or a hard copy) at your request. Thank you for your time and consideration.

Title: A TIME FOR DYING

Logline: Friday, November 22, 1963: that was the day, hours earlier, when Dallas Detective Harry Radic's partner informed him of a plot to kill President Kennedy.

Synopsis: The Zapruder film of the president being shot became famous. But Harry Radic did not become famous - at least not for a long time and that was when, unlike the martyred president, he came back from the dead. Or so it seemed. That unforgettable 22nd was a warm sunny day in Dallas. Forecasters had predicted cooler weather but the weather got hot. For Harry, too hot. Before Kennedy's plane landed, Harry Radic had it made: he was a tough, rugged Dallas detective with a beautiful wife, two wonderful kids and a nice comfortable home in the suburbs. Yes, Harry had it made until President Kennedy came to town and got shot. Then Harry's happy-go-lucky world was turned upside down! A Time for Dying is Canadian playwright John Yeo's take on how it could have happened. It is a "what if?" scenario, an exciting 140 page (28,000 word) script about how a plot to kill President Kennedy went awry. Rod Drown is pleased to act as Agent for John. You can read Jo

Title: Fail-Safe

Logline: A young spy, along with a group of operatives, must put his genius mind to the test in order to rescue a kidnapped biochemist and his daughter and prevent the release of a deadly virus in a week.

Synopsis: Michael, a young twenty-two year old agent working for the IFSTF(Intelligence Fail-Safe Task Force) is given another dangerous mission to complete. When a biochemist and his daughter are kidnapped, he and his team of misfits are assigned the job of rescuing them. But he's hesitant to take the mission, citing a lack of information as a serious barriet to completing the job. They rescue the biochemist and learns that his daughter is still missing, not to mention that the kidnappers are global terrorist plotting to release a fatal virus--one created by the biochemist accidentally. The mission becomes impossibly dangerous when Michael is kidnapped by the terrorist. Now he must rescue the daughter as well as find a way to rescue himself all before the quickly approaching release date of the virus.

Title: AMERICAN PIRATES

Logline: The past finally catches up with three guys living the high life down in the Florida Keys.

Synopsis: This Action - Big Screen Flic of Three Modern Day Pirates takes you on a roller coaster ride from Connecticut down to the Keys - and was written with the possibility of a sequel. These guys live on the "edge" and are spoiled on adrenaline and prey on unsuspecting yachters. Two FBI agents from the North make their way down South to investigate these pirating villains as the possible previous US bank robbery suspects.

Title: uniasone

Logline: A Bio-Defense Federal Agent is assigned to solve the mystery of a gaseous cloud advancing on the Earth. He finds himself facing an unraveling plot suggesting the end of the world.

Synopsis: Year 2067. The world is recovering from the ravages of WWIII. Bio-Defense Federal Agent, JOSH TENNANT, is investigating radioactive samples for THE CENTER, with the help of ION, his highly advanced personal assistant device. When strange atmospheric conditions develop over Middle East, Sector 9. Meanwhile, terrorists launch a massive bio-nuclear attack against Earth when they inadvertently download a mysterious virus that initiates the attack. The team is briefed by the PRESIDENT and recruited to get to the bottom of what is going on and determine the nature/purpose of a mysterious cloud mass advancing on Earth from deep space. In space, the terrorist's hubs are swamped by the advancing cloud, which is now giving off a gaseous light. The light engulfs and disables the hubs and their advancing missiles are frozen in space and time. They also meet Q, a deaf, mute girl who seems somehow linked to the gaseous light. The Earth inhabitants must choose a new way to live... or else.

Title: Domestic Threat

Logline: After a series of callous attacks, a new chief of police struggles to protect his cozy community against a barbaric sleeper cell, in spite of the greedy and narrowminded town administration.

Synopsis: The story begins with the local drunk being poisoned by a faceless killer in the town park. When the victim's distorted body is discovered, newly appointed Police Chief Howie Winter suspects the worst. Unfortunately the narrowminded mayor refuses to put out an adequate warning due to the fact that it may cancel the upcoming town fair or close the campus of the local college - both important sources of the town's revenue. As the victims pile up Winter finds himself on a collision course with a mercilous and brutal sleeper cell.