"Critical Mass"
(dark thriller, police procedural, medical thriller, atomic thriller,
ironic)
Read the full SCREENPLAY (Critical Mass) TAG LINE:The Human Antibody, serial killer with
a twist. SYNOPSIS:
Hiller, the detective hunting Boyd,
suffers from fatigue and a strange feeling of detachment. A bizarre coincidence pushes the action
into crisis mode: A shootout
between mercenaries results in a small atomic bomb being hastily
stashed at the house where Boyd is staying. Finding the bomb convinces Boyd of his
true mission as destroyer/martyr. He
is now primed to destroy It turns out Boyd's horrible compulsion
and despair is caused by an allergy to a factory chemical emitted on
Fridays. Hiller's problem,
too, is an allergy. A standoff at the factory: Boyd's thumb
is pressed on a detonator switch designed to go off when he lets go. Boyd dies when Hiller's careful
marksmanship shatters the bomb apart into useless but radioactive
pieces. The factory is
sealed up tight for 900 years of quarantine: a monumental reminder. STATUS: Fourth draft
COMMENTS:
Original screenplay by Stephen Arthur.
Copyright SXA. Rewrite for
MTA/Persik Productions, [Stephen X. Arthur, www.sxa-portfolio.com
Vancouver
[HOME] "The
Catalyst" (topical science
fiction, psychological thriller, ironic drama)
TAG LINE:
A man confronted with his younger
clones embarks on a crusade to change their characters while on the lam
from a sinister eugenics organization. SYNOPSIS:
Thirty years ago the first successful
clones of a man were made from the cells of a young geneticist named
Claman. They were born from
the wombs of women who were sterile and wanted to bear children by any
means necessary. They never
knew the nature of the real "father."
Follow-up studies were conducted as the children grew up.
Behind all this, someone wanted to prove something crucial about
human personality: that we are fated, as tight as a straightjacket, to
the program of our genes. The story begins with Claman's personal
reaction to the behavior of his younger clones as he monitors them in
their adulthood. He sees
them becoming like him and is unexpectedly filled with loathing as they
start to mirror his own faults and life mistakes.
He sets out on a mission to change
them, to stop them from becoming like him.
This sets into play a Fugitive-style series of events... STATUS: Treatment
COMMENTS:
Story by Stephen Arthur. Copyright SXA. Series pilot or
feature. Based on short script, "Take Two," copyright SXA. Ahead of its time when
written, topical now. [Stephen X. Arthur, www.sxa-portfolio.com
Vancouver
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