When a simulation algorithm predicts that in order to prevent a deadly attack his daughter must die, an assassin must betray his employers to save her.

Is the idea that he finds a way around the lesser of two evils dilemma? Otherwise, like DPG said - it seems bad either way.

Should he succeed in saving her and the other people, he proves the software is unreliable and renders the premise pointless not forgetting that the ending becomes an easy cop-out. However, if the opposite is true, the plausibility of a father entrusting a piece of software, no matter how well developed, with his daughter's life is doubtful.

In addition, seeing as he is an assassin himself, you would have to work extra hard to make his character palatable to help the audience empathize with him - much like Jean Reno's character in Leon.

Ultimately, the concept comes across as heavily contrived in an attempt to create a life and death situation, I think the concept has some fundamental problems at its core. I'm not sure how these could be resolved.

I, for one, am not able to get a clear picture of the concept motivating the story.

As the logline is currently written, I glimpse a situation where the protagonist becomes trapped between the horns of a dilemma, ?where he's damned-if-he-does, and damned-if-he-doesn't. He can save his daughter -- and then many innocent people will die in some (unspecified) ?attack. ?Or he can let his daughter die -- and save the lives of many innocent people. ?But he can't do both.

A true dilemma is always a good thing in drama, but I'm not sure that is what this story intends to explore.

I, for one, am not able to get a clear picture of the concept motivating the story.

As the logline is currently written, I glimpse a situation where the protagonist becomes trapped between the horns of a dilemma, ?where he's damned-if-he-does, and damned-if-he-doesn't. He can save his daughter -- and then many innocent people will die in some (unspecified) ?attack. ?Or he can let his daughter die -- and save the lives of many innocent people. ?But he can't do both.

A true dilemma is always a good thing in drama, but I'm not sure that is what this story intends to explore.