A sci-fi comedy. After decades of increasing levels of doom and gloom (think every apocalyptic premise you can think of combined), the apathetic earth population decides to commit planetary suicide via nuclear self-annihilation. A “terrorist” group opposes the decision. The film follows an ex-zombie-hunter who is hired to take out the terrorist group to ensure humanity’s self-destruction and liberation from the unrelenting suffering of existence.
I’m struggling with the wording of this logline. The premise is strange enough that it may not be intuitively understood. I want it to be clearly ironic — the heroes are not the terrorists trying to “save the world.” The heroes are the ones working on behalf of the majority, the ones attempting to ensure a nuclear holocaust.
“When humanity decides the only way to save the planet is through total human extinction, a crack anti-terrorist organization is tasked with stopping an insurgent group dead set on stoping their plan to save the earth.”
I get this in a “The Dead Don’t Die” dark humor kind of way and DIG IT. Your right this is a fun one, I workshopped your elements then tried to add humor; I am sure DPG will tell me if I got it right or not 😉 (big fan brother!)
Added focus to the vastness of Humanity, leaning towards:
“Being done with post-apocoliptia NATO seeks the help of an ex-zombie hunter to kill the “terrorists” standing in the way of nuclear self-annihilation”
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