SCARRED SABRES, by Del Gist
Actioner set in New Orleans. Two disabled ex-mercenary buddies reunite after ten
years to rescue one’s runaway teen daughter caught in a drug conflict
between a riverboat gambling queen and the Mexican Mafia. Both vets are skilled fighting
machines, except for one drawback:
one has a dead arm, the other is in a wheelchair.
RAPSODY, by Mark Cohen
High-tech
action thriller. The death of
a friend leads a pair of teenagers to uncover subliminal messages in a
music program that has the ability to radically change people’s behavior,
with alarming results.
JUNGLELAND, by Robert Martorana
Urban crime actioner. A recent murder parolee returns to his Brooklyn ‘hood
and clashes with a violent street gang hired by a ruthless land developer
trying to force out the old residents. Scriptapalooza 2003, third runner-up award.
SPORE, by Richard Bailey
Medical actioner. Doctors investigating a deadly disease encounter a
drug-cartel lord who reveals a secret that could change human history. But their efforts to curb an
epidemic are hampered by DEA/CIA agents trying to destroy the cartel.
BROKEN CITY, by Shawn McKenna
SWIM FOR YOUR LIVES, by Graham Flashner
Sea
survival actioner. A
dysfunctional father and daughter, 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.
WALLACE’S CASTLE, by Matthew Ivicic
Teenage
Die Hard-type thriller.
Terrorists seize control of a high school. When their ransom demands are not met, senior Alex
Wallace’s girlfriend is the first chosen to be executed. Alex must risk his life and race
against a ticking clock to save the girl he loves.
CROSSING LIVE, by John Theodosiou
A
TV-network helicopter captures a bank-robbery getaway and a cross-country
car chase. To the chagrin of
the desperate lone robber, ratings soar as his family, co-workers and the
whole country witness the unfolding drama, broadcast live in a growing
media frenzy.
FARGO, by Terry Southern
Wildlife
actioner, inspired by Key Largo. A maverick ex-convict drifter bonds with the pacifist
woman owner of a Florida monkey sanctuary. When animal smugglers invade her preserve, the ex-con is
forced into a confrontation that finally redeems his lost humanity.
SKYHANGER, by Anthony Polar
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.
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