Submission Samples from the Action Genre

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: The Blacklist

Logline: A ragtag bunch of criminal has-beens and wanna-bees band together to take on Philadelphia's most notorious thief.

Synopsis: Art thieves, Austin Black and Nick Elling thought that they were ready for prime time. But their first solo score ended in debacle and a lengthy prison sentence. When they learn that they were set up by their former boss - a strong-armed tactician known as The Ghost - they piece together a group of blacklisted crooks to attempt the unthinkable: highjack The Ghost's big score.

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: 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: Shoe Room

Logline: Two young men in financial straits commit a crime and then must face imprisonment and death.

Synopsis: One young man who has a very good family in his father and mother and love each other very much. The young man's name is Patrick his father and him are very close. His father dies unexpected and shatters Patrick and his mother's heart. They struggle to make ends meet so Patrick's mother tells him she has talked to her sister in New York who is also having financial troubles and her and her son Sean are moving to California to live with them. The two boy's look for work but can't find any so Sean tells Patrick he will show him how to make money. They get into trouble with the law and wind up in prison. In prison they have to fight or be killed so they fight. Many bad things happen to them in prison but they get out. Sean winds up back in prison and gets killed. Patrick has a plan to have justice done and get even with the warden.

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: Master of the 7 Disciples of Bruce Lee

Logline: A vengeful Martial Arts master whose older brother was beaten by Bruce on the set of Enter the Dragon, sets out to destroy the 7 men associated with him on the 40 year anniversary of the movie.

Synopsis: Jackie Chan, John Saxon, Jim Kelly, and four other legends train Maxine Castro, a sixteen year old student to get to the title match of the LONG BEACH INTERNATIONALS against a rival student named Lance Arrington during the 40 year anniversary tour of Enter the Dragon, while being stalked by vengeful Chonglin Chen, the younger brother of a background actor who was embarrassed and beaten by Bruce Lee on the set, and died in shame. I studied writing at L.A. City College, and I'm a published novelist of 3 books, and 8 screenplays. I would like to submit this screenplay for your consideration, and can be contacted as listed below. Thank you. M. Anthony Phillips 9105 glen garden drive st. louis, mo. 63136 314-867-4543 314-378-7095 bushido954@hotmail.com

Title: Enduring Freedom

Logline: Marine officer, Jack Williams, is sent to free US soldiers from a ruthlessTaliban prison. He falls in love with a beautiful rebel trying to free hersister from the Taliban and together they fight.

Synopsis: Marine officer, JACK WILLIAMS,is sent to Afghanistan to free his fellow soldiers from a Taliban prison. Travelling through the Afghan mountains, he meets, MINA, a beautiful and intelligent rebel who is fighting to rescue her captive sister from the Taliban. The two are suddenly caught in the crossfire of a bloody Taliban raid and escape to pursue their missions together. A local villager guides Jack and Mina to the Taliban command base in Pashmool. Jack explodes the weapons warehouse to cause a massive distraction. While the Taliban guards run to the explosion, Jack and Mina rush to free the prisoners from the black holes called prison. Jack frees his soldiers while Mina finally frees her beloved sister and the three rush out to make their escape. A Taliban guard returns to the prison just in time to see the three running from the prison. He takes aim and fires one last fatal shot as the three friends run for their lives and for freedom.

Title: Freedom Lost

Logline: After an unexpected and devastating attack on America, two experienced veterans are given the task of locating the enemy's military headquarters hidden on a Caribbean Island.

Synopsis: This is a suspenseful story full of chaos and adventure. America as we know it has been utterly and viciously destroyed. The unknown attacker's weapons are terror driven rumors of a plague, bio and chemical bombs, nuclear sabotage, and an undefeatable army of ordinary Americans who have been brainwashed to perform certain acts of war when activated. Brownie, 40, black and serious minded, and his friend, good-time Charley, 40 and white, dodge roving bands of looters and murderous foreign solders as they travel across devastated Florida on horseback, the only transportation available. They are hoping to find Susie, Charlie's fiancee in Miami, but they are too late. Then they race against the clock to a Caribbean Island before the bloodthirsty invaders activates Phase Two, which will assure the enemy's victory. Other than FREEDOM LOST, I've written several other spec scripts of different genres, and I'm the author of the LagOOnieville action adventure novel series.

Title: THE JINN

Logline: A four man Seal Team in the Hindu Kush mountains takes a runaway child bride under their wing, only to be threatened by a murderous Jinn(Genie).

Synopsis: LT. JOHN TIERNAY is a killer by training. He leads a four man Seal Team active in the mountains outside Kandahar, where they find a beaten runaway child bride. The choice to help this girl, KHADIGA, alone in the world, without protectors, leads Tiernay and his men into a terrifying Arabian Nights fantasy, where a powerful Jinn threatens to kill them all. As they are picked off, one by one, Tiernay comes to realize the creature cannot be killed directly. Instead, he must kill Khadiga's husband, who is the Jinn's master, and set the beast free. This is a great risk, but Khadiga tells him that Jinns, though all powerful, are fundamentally stupid. Tiernay must somehow trick it, talk it back into the bottle from where it came, if they are to have any chance of surviving. WGA #1450998