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![]() A man reassesses his plan to avenge a violent crime against his family after a stranger crosses his path who is set to mete out his own final brand of justice. ► Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller (Rated R) ► 104-page feature screenplay ► 4-page synopsis ► $25+ million budget ► © 2012-2021 "Siddim" (where Sodom and Gomorrah were located) has influences as diverse as "Shane" and "The Virgin Spring", but mainly it's my response to "Taken". That's why I write some of my stories: As a reaction to what was missing or good about other films. I enjoyed "Taken", but I'm amazed how stupid the bad guys can be in these movies - they hurt somebody's kid or spouse, and that somebody turns out to be an ex-CIA or ex-Green Beret. You'd think the villains would do their research first! So, in my story, Sam Toomes is a plain, city tax auditor. He has no secret past as an FBI-operative or war-time demolitions experience in the Gulf War. He and his family merely live the middle-class dream, until it is devastated by the reckless act of a drug lord's son. When the corrupt local police do not act, Sam prepares to wreak justice. But he is untrained for such a task, and restrained by his civility. Then Sam crosses paths with a stranger in town, one with his own interest in and special talents to deal with the gangsters. As events hurtle toward a cataclysmic yet strangely moral conclusion, should Sam intervene, or stand by? Or should he help the stranger - and lose his soul? A noirish, sequel- or cable series-spawning, violent anti-violence "revenge flick with a difference". Note: The unusual assassin in "Judgement at Siddim" is in the vein of John Wick, Alejandro (Sicario), Robert McCall (Equalizer), or even Jason Bourne, with one major exception: While my major supporting character is not wholly unlikable or without a moral code, he remains in the employ of the system as opposed to those now outside it or retired or betrayed by it, etc. Major Characters/Casting Possibilities: ► Sam Toomes, 35 years: Joseph Gordon-Levitt ► Rebecca, 35: Emily Blunt ► Daughter Karen, 16, and son Tommy, 7 ► Bernard Augustus Sammler, 45 ► Luca Milanovich, 19 ► Suzana, 20 Accolades: Finalist (International Screenwriting Competition 2022) Semi-finalist (LA Crime and Horror Film Festival 2022) |
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