Loglines I’m experimenting with…

1.? An ex-con sets out to kill the paedophile who molested him as a child only to fall for the man’s protective sister. – DPG’s one.

2. An ex-con sets out to kill a reformed paedophile whom he believes is responsible for the disappearances of several children.

– edging towards thriller territory here. This one is very weak.

3. An ex-con sets out to kill the reformed paedophile who he believes murdered his child, only to fall for the man’s protective sister.

– I like this one the most just because the goal is very specific and I think the conflict pops.

4. An ex-con, defending a reformed paedophile from an angry mob ? begins to doubt the man?s innocence. -? mikepedley’s idea.

I’m going to try it out from the drama/romance angle. Though – wanting to kill this man is certainly still part of the plot.

I.I – Ex con finds out there’s a reformed paedophile next door.

pp1 – Ex con prepares to kill this man/steadily falling for his sister.

mp – Ex con defends this man from violent locals. (a reversal, twist.)

pp2 – Ex con discovers a vicious rumour about this man (which turns out to be a lie). He breaks up with the sister. He goes back to his violent ways and ends up jail. (in another reversal, he violently defends the reformed paedophile from friends and coworkers out to kill him.)

As this happens, locals set out to “get rid of the monster”. The sister, is still, the only one standing by him – though, it is increasingly hard at this point.

crisis climax – Ex con (back on their team), sister and reformed paedophile are trapped in a house – under siege by locals.

The ex-con puts a gun to the paedophile’s head (who at this point is a self-destructive, self-hating man – who actually wants to die). It’s here the ex-con finally reveals why he was so desperate to kill him in act 1 and reveals his past.

(In my outline the opening hook is still the ex-con as a child left alone in the house with the “family friend”. We’ll see.)

The finale should be not unlike “Straw Dogs” (1971) and “Of Mice and Men” ha. But it doesn’t actually end like either.

Themes: Morality and civilisation’s dark side.?

Okay. Cheers everyone.