1. Posted: March 24, 2018In:

    When a corporate party is interrupted by overdosed terrorists, a party member races against the clock to save the others and the building before going blind and losing the building in an explosion that could wipe out half the city and the tracks of the terrorists.

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    He's been beaten "within an inch of his life" --- but he's still able to "race against the clock" to save everyone else -- and the building, no less?And meanwhile the antagonist goes unidentified, gets away?

    He’s been beaten “within an inch of his life” — but he’s still able to “race against the clock” to save everyone else — and the building, no less?

    And meanwhile the antagonist goes unidentified, gets away?

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  2. Posted: March 22, 2018In:

    When a low life trickster loses his partner, he must perform the great con with a once legendary con artist to escape the dangerous ganster he stole money from.

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    "The Sting'? (1973), I presume.? So:After a mobster has his mentor executed, a small time grifter teams up with a seasoned pro to get revenge with the ultimate con. (24 words)It's true that the mobster is seeking to kill the small time grifter? a complication to amp up the suspense.? But the protagoRead more

    “The Sting’? (1973), I presume.? So:

    After a mobster has his mentor executed, a small time grifter teams up with a seasoned pro to get revenge with the ultimate con.
    (24 words)

    It’s true that the mobster is seeking to kill the small time grifter? a complication to amp up the suspense.? But the protagonist’s stated objective goal is to get revenge with a? big score, a “long con”.? ? How the money con is played out also cons the mobster into thinking the two grifters have killed each other.? ?Which, within the time frame of the film, solves the dramatic problem of the mobster seeking to have the protagonist killed.

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  3. Posted: March 23, 2018In:

    When a military-trained biologist’s husband unexpectedly returns alive from a secret mission, she must go on a quest to a mysterious lighthouse to save his life – and the world.

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    I just don't see the logical, causal connection between his return and her need to go to the lighthouse, how the former triggers the need to do the latter.However, what if she's told he's MIA -- missing in action --- on a secret mission, then her objective goal is to find him, or find out what happeRead more

    I just don’t see the logical, causal connection between his return and her need to go to the lighthouse, how the former triggers the need to do the latter.

    However, what if she’s told he’s MIA — missing in action — on a secret mission, then her objective goal is to find him, or find out what happened to him.? She has more personal and urgent stakes in going on a quest… that leads to the lighthouse.

    fwiw

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