Young cop takes part in harassing an informant which become kidnapping. He must get out of this without getting the hostage or himself killed by his physco partner keen to cover up the mistake.
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Grammatical errors make this hard to follow. Harassing is a relatively minor offense, so to say that leads to a kidnapping is vague.
If the young cop is the one to root for, how? an that work if he is an accomplice to the other psycho partner?
Hard to figure how this progresses logically. Anything further?
Young cop is partnered with cop whose partner was killed. Drug Unit.
They pick up an informant to rough up for info about partner’s death.
Young cop keen to be team player.
It goes wrong and old cop hurts guy and then takes him with them.
It’s now kidnapping. Old cop was on the edge, has tipped over the edge and wants to kill the hostage.
Young cop has to try and get out of this as well as prevent the murder.
A lot else happens. That’s the big beats.
You’ve described act 1 in the explanation, but it isn’t clear what the rest of the film will be about. After the MC (young cop) formulates his goal (save the guy’s life), he needs to take action to do it – what is that action? Will he have the older cop arrested, killed or locked up in a loony bin?
I suggest rethinking this concept and redrafting the logline so it starts with the threat to the guy’s life as the inciting incident.
For example:
After his corrupt partner threatens to kill a suspect in their custody, a newbie cop must [fill the gap ‘good action’] to save his life.
This rogue brutality may have worked a decade or 2 ago, but modern-day police agencies have tons of safeguards in place such as gps, escorting protocols, supervisions and not to mention how much more compensated officers are now — they won’t jeopardize pensions for no reason. Sure there are exceptions. Just a little mention.
Nir has a pretty good template to use. I’d try to ramp up the danger a bit.
Usually, the person being kidnapped should be the active figure who must get themselves out of the mess.
What foxtrot25 and Nir Shelter said.
And in the US it’s becoming SOP that cops must also use? body cameras, turn them on every time they confront a suspect.? Or have a damn good alibi to account for the gap in their camera log.? But maybe it’s different in urban Australia, assuming that’s where the story is set.
It is plausible that a rookie officer may face an ethical and legal dilemma;? that’s a rite (or wrong) of passage in police work. I know; I’ve been there, faced that.?
But? I suggest that the objective goal needs a stronger focus that “get out of this”.
Also,? what does “kidnap” mean in the context of the story?? What’s the time frame.? PO’s have latitude to hold suspects in their custody for hours if they have “probable cause”.? So what is the difference between that and kidnapping in this story?
Yes Nir has made a good suggestion.
Police kill people all the time. Hence constant protests in the USA. Earlier this year an Aussie woman in America called the Police for help and was gunned down by the cops, oops, forgot to put my camera on….
Australia is perhaps the safest place on earth. I have worked in Law Enforcement, I know there is corruption in all organisations. It’s naive to think otherwise.