RedRoad

Penpusher · 100 points

200 points to Logliner

2 loglines
7 reviews

A mob enforcer who lives by the strict code that failure equals death, meets his match when $3 million of mob funds is stolen by a desperate young man determined to make a difference with his life by ensuring the dirty money serves a charitable cause.

May 5, 2020
Present day: After his mother is accidentally killed during a father-son quarrel, a young martial artist must find his long-lost uncle – to explain his mother’s dying words, while he is relentlessly pursued by his father, a martial arts master who has vowed to kill him.

February 22, 2020

on A man blackmails a young woman he’ll inform the shelter and care program about her ongoing drug habit, leaving her homeless, unless she becomes his mistress.

I don't think the stakes are high enough to keep her compliant on a long term basis. Plus, as his mistress she would have many opportunities to kill him. In 'Blue Velvet', a deranged extortionist (Dennis Hopper) kidnaps a child…
on Present day: After his mother is accidentally killed during a father-son quarrel, a young martial artist must find his long-lost uncle – to explain his mother’s dying words, while he is relentlessly pursued by his father, a martial arts master who has vowed to kill him.

After his mother is accidentally killed during a father-son quarrel, a heartbroken young martial artist flees the family home, seeking his long-lost uncle for protection? and fighting off fearsome street warriors sent by his father, a martial arts master who…
on Present day: After his mother is accidentally killed during a father-son quarrel, a young martial artist must find his long-lost uncle – to explain his mother’s dying words, while he is relentlessly pursued by his father, a martial arts master who has vowed to kill him.

After his mother is accidentally killed during a father-son quarrel, a young martial artist must find his long-lost uncle to fulfill his mother's dying wish, while being relentlessly pursued by his father, a master of martial arts who has vowed…
on Present day: After his mother is accidentally killed during a father-son quarrel, a young martial artist must find his long-lost uncle – to explain his mother’s dying words, while he is relentlessly pursued by his father, a martial arts master who has vowed to kill him.

After his mother is accidentally killed during a father-son quarrel, a young martial artist wracked by grief and guilt must find his long-lost uncle to explain his mother's dying words, while being relentlessly pursued by his father, a martial arts…
on When an overprotected teenager? falls in love with an older rock-climber with trust problems, she convinces him to help her climb the dangerous “Watcher Crack” – but halfway up the wall they witness a murder and find themselves the target of a homicidal maniac desperate to cover his tracks.

In my view, a logline is a condensed plot. So, it helps to have a basic idea of your plot or story and then identify core elements i.e inciting incident, conflict, etc. for your logline. If you try and start…
on An airline crew smuggling a $2 million diamond on board begins to get murdered one by one. [Title: Fight or Flight}

This could? be a mixed genre crime thriller with horror as the second genre. Something comes on to the plane with the diamonds. Could be a curse, a demon guardian, an alien,etc.
on A computer hacker uses a computer that turns back time so that he stop a young woman turned cyborg from invading his town.

Is the race against time not made redundant? by the ability to manipulate time?