Submission Samples from the Action Genre

Title: "Revenge & Redemption"

Logline: Mexican-American heart surgeon's life is suddenly and tragically shattered during a Cancun vacation after punching out a drunken Mexican official who gropes his wife.

Synopsis: Genius heart surgeon, attending an AMA conference in Cancun, punches out a drunken government official trying to grope his wife who has ties to a notorious drug cartel. The surgeon is sent to a brutal jungle prison. His family disappears. He escapes not because of U.S. intervention but is broken out by a rival rebel and cartel leader whose dying son desperately needs the surgeon's skills. The leader is a former Mexican general whose anti-cartel command was betrayed by corrupt government insiders, ambushed, and forced to flee to the jungles of Chiapas. The surgeon saves his son's life, and the rebel leader helps him find his family but a rescue attempt turns tragic and they are murdered. The devastated surgeon vows revenge and gets it, aided by the rebel leader and a mercenary assassin. Afterward, with nothing to go home to, he decides to join the rebels and use his medical skills for the poor in the area only to find his world once again suddenly shattered.

Title: Barca

Logline: One man's childhood oath to destroy the Roman Republic results in a death toll unsurpassed in the history of the empire, sealing the fate of his family, his country, and himself.

Synopsis: Hannibal Barca, a Carthaginian general, swore an oath as a child to finish the campaign started by his father and destroy what he could not, the might of Rome. Hannibal takes us, with an army of hired mercenaries and war elephants, over tribe infest lands, across raging waters, and through mountain peaks. The obstacles are vast, the resources are few, but Hannibal becomes the greatest foe that Rome will ever face, and his life is consumed by his duty, his dedication, and his family's fate to obliterate all that Rome stands for. He wins major battles on Italian soil for sixteen undefeated years, driving Rome to the brink of collapse, until the great antagonist-Scipio-cuts a devastating swath of destruction from the shores of Spain to the heart of Africa. Hannibal is recalled from Italy and the collision between these two military giants boils over onto the field of Zama where victory decides the fate of the Western World! WGAW# 1247736

Title: The Watchers

Logline: Jonathon develops a microchip to help save the animal kingdom from extinction. With the world in chaos, he must now stop the anti-christ from using it to destroy the earth.

Synopsis: JONATHON CHRISTI, President of Beast Watchers, Inc, has developed a microchip tracking system that will prevent the animal kingdom from extinction. The U.S. is losing the war on terrorism and the U.N. appoints a peace minister to lead a task force to help. Meteors begin raining down on earth causing immense damage. Tidal waves pound coast lines and volcanoes erupt worldwide with increasing velocity leveling countries and killing entire populations. Some say Christ has returned to select his chosen ones and that the disasters that have come upon the earth are from the book of revelations. The peace minister appoints himself world leader and wants to inject the microchip into the remaining population as a tracking device. While being hunted by Major Van Johnson, the peace minister's security chief, Jonathon discovers the truth and must tell the world that the peace minister is actually the anti-christ and the microchip he created is the mark of the beast from bible prophecies.

Title: First and Second Assignments (screenplay)

Logline: FIRST AND SECOND ASSIGNMENTS It's a journey through elusive world of criminals by a hit man using guts, tact and ruthlessness in tension filled escapades to rid society of them.

Synopsis: Ike the hit man in high paced actions rids society of her criminal scum. In the first assignment he is hired by Mafia don Nicholai to eliminate his uncle don Marino. Marino also hires him to kill Nicholai. He ends up killing both and wiping out their entire organizations. In the second assignment he is kidnapped by a clandestine organization that planned to control and dominate the world. They wanted to utilize his expertise, but he takes out all the members from don Callisto to top government officials and high ranking military officers from various countries. Their final encounter took place in the north pole. The government hat trained him before and they sanctioned all his assignments.

Title: The Terrorist

Logline: Deke Slater, a senior Midshipman about to flunk out at the U.S. Naval Academy,is given a last chance, but his ship is hijacked by terrorists who plan to explode a dirty bomb in Washinton, D.C.

Synopsis: Deke Slater,23 year-old senior Midshipman at the U.S. Naval Academy, is about to flunk out. He is the veteran of two Marine combat tours in Iraq, but a poor student. He is given a last chance by commanding a YP cruise. Deke's best friend, Juan Perez is his XO. As soon as they are underway, a near collision causes the ship's officer to relieve Deke of command. Deke decides he will resign from the Academy at the end of the cruise. Meanwhile, Ali Al-Mukhtar, number one terrorist operative for Osama bin Laden, has just launched a plot to detonate a dirty bomb in Washington. Mukhtar and team hijack Deke's boat, kill the officer, and take the Mids prisoner. Deke gets word to the Academy. President of the U.S. gives the Navy 1 hour to rescue the Mids. A SEAL team, Deke and Juan take back the boat and kill the terrorists. But the Secretary of Defense has already ordered the attack. The ship is sunk, but the good guys survive, Washington is saved, Deke and Juan are heroes.

Title: The 4 DEVILS

Logline: The world is shocked when four men with amazing powers launch an all out war on the world's militaries. They are The 4 DEVILS and they will not rest until the world is demilitarized.

Synopsis: Is world peace possible? The 4 DEVILS believe so, and that is why they volunteered to have their mind and body enhanced with a treatment known as: Direct EVolution Involving Life-like Simulations. The DEVILS treatment was created by a rouge scientist who plans on demilitarizing the world, so that man-kind is no longer plagued by its "necessary evil". The 4 DEVILS are young enough to be in college, yet they are facing off against the world's military machine. Will the treatment allow them to overcome their adversaries? Will they be mature enough to handle the situation? And what dark secret does the Secretary of Defense have in store for them? The 4 DEVILS mixes fast-paced action that incorporates an all-too-real apocalyptic theme. The film world needs a unique super-hero that appeals to a universal audience. The 4 DEVILS will create not only a new era in super-hero based films, but a genre all to its own. The world does not need heroes... It needs saviors. WGA #: 1082680

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: FISSION

Logline: A new generation of weapons of mass destruction will be created unless a CIA agent can retrieve stolen classified documents.

Synopsis: FISSION asks the question: What if stolen classified documents fall into the wrong hands? It is about powerful people, betrayal, love, and clandestine operations. TONY SAMUELS, a CIA agent, haunted by the death of his partner, embarks on a high stakes job to honor him; he must destroy stolen classified documents that can create a WMD capable of annulation of half of the world. He is tortured, betrayed by lovers, colleagues and friends. But he never forgets that he must stop the impending genocide. After tremendous struggles, setbacks and dead ends he finds and destroys the stolen papers. The mixture of action, intrigue, betrayal, humor and sensuality will appeal to a wide audience.

Title: The Spirit of Chi

Logline: As a world famous kung fu master and one of Bruce Lee's teachers, Master Gin Foon Mark realizes his true inner power after releasing anger and pride when he remembers his Buddhist roots.

Synopsis: The True story of Master Gin Foon Mark begins in the temples of pre-communist China where he learns kung fu, chi gong and spiritual healing techniques at an early age. During WWII, at age 16, he serves as a body guard to his uncle the general, armed only with needles in his sleeves. After the war, Gin Foon escapes to New York City where he fights his way to the top of the martial arts community, even teaching the young Chinese to fight the Italian gangs. After he badly injures a challenger with his dim mak (chi/ energy) abilities, Gin Foon's master takes him on a journey through the underdog history of Southern Praying Mantis Kung Fu. Then Gin Foon realizes the greater importance of helping rather than hurting others as his training excels into the art of shin kung (spirit work). Exciting, touching, mystical, and true!

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.