Screenwriting : Action/Thriller contest -- who submitted? by Pat Alexander

Fugitive Cougar, best described as "Top Gun meets Slow Horses played like Animal House" and was partially inspired by being offered a Navy officer's commission despite getting the lowest acceptable biographical inventory scores on the aptitude test.

I submitted "Ghost Mamba." ---- An assassin hunted by a lethal vigilante discovers her former black ops agency is deploying new-generation super soldiers, and so she must reassemble her team to survive and stop their creators.

This is draft 13 after 2 years (of this and other scripts) and my hair is now grayer but heart happier.

All the best to those submitting. May your hair be less grayed than mine.

I submitted Running the Asylum. A cop, with a heart condition and death wish, must fight his way through an asylum overrun by its criminally insane inmates to get to his daughter’s killer. This script won the Emerging Screenwriters Suspense Competition 2023. This is the latest draft.

POPPY WAR is my action/thriller set in 1971 Saigon, when former special forces Hawk Frazier returns as a nosy reporter investigating the heroin epidemic killing U.S. troops as the war winds down. But things get complicated when he falls for an ambitious CIA recruit ordered to stop him. Narcotics from the Golden Triangle and Afghanistan on the streets of America never disappeared, and POPPY WAR takes a deep look at one reason why, despite best efforts of the few who try to make it stop. It’s a sobering study of a treacherous blight but with moments of lightness in the vein of Air America, while honoring the memory of the victims and the heroes who decide to do the right thing, regardless of consequences.

submitted Recapture/Nexus

I’ve been told it reads like an action/thriller so i figured why not?

In a galaxy scarred by war, a family finds itself at the center of desperate battle to keep the peace when a rogue general attempts insurrection, bent on escalation.

I’m honored and blessed to be in this competition. Judging from what others have submitted, I have some great competition and love the creativity others are bringing to the table.

My screenplay, THE RIFLE BROTHERS, can be described as LETHAL WEAPON meets THE WRESTLER. Logline: in the year 1992, two former wrestlers turned bounty hunters muscle their way through the underbelly of small town America to catch the killer of the slain daughter of an infamous televangelist… if you like 80’s and 90’s action this is your jam. I’ve dubbed this as the lost Tony Scott and Shane Black film. let’s have some fun, writers

I submitted Dirty Business - A pair of loft cleaners discover a stolen antique Roman bust, whilst on a job in an old derelict house and soon realize that their big payday comes with a life-or-death tradeoff, in the form of a suicidal hit woman who will stop at nothing to hunt them down.It’s a dark action comedy channeled with the spirit of Bukowski and Plath into a story about work, friendship, ten ounce sangers and the meaning of life

Greetings, everyone, and best wishes for your submitted work. It has been enjoyable reading all about these amazing stories!

I submitted TRAFFICK JAM. A cunning nurse is lured into a trap by a human trafficker masquerading as a doctor. She must use her street smarts and medical expertise to outmaneuver her captor and dismantle his criminal operation from within.

What would happen if a human trafficker abducted a female John Wick?

Traffick Jam tells an essential story with relevant themes and excellent entertainment value, balancing danger and excitement. It is inspired by events reported in over ten human trafficking court cases. This fictional story’s power comes from its ability to engage an audience about the active sex slavery around us. A story that highlights a strong woman’s ability to bring down a trafficking operation is essential today because it raises awareness about this serious issue. Jam’s story humanizes this issue, making it more relatable and encouraging empathy and support for victims and survivors.

So many great entries!!

I submitted "The Book of Jon: A Blade of Saints & Angels". It's a mix of Children of Men and City of Angels with the guns of John Wick.

Here's the logline:In a dystopian city, an angel-turned-human and a former special ops soldier must stop an ancient evil from replacing humanity’s bloodline with that of the Nephilim - a hybrid race of fallen angels and human giant warriors, before humankind is lost forever.

Leonardo Ramirez I love me some Nephilim! Well done, Leonardo. It looks and sounds compelling!

Haha! Love it Geoff Hall! Thanks my friend!

I submitted a script called CodeName Kraken in the thriller genre. The Logline is: A NASA scientist is recruited by the CIA to weaponize an asteroid, forcing it toward a Russian state.

I don’t know how most writers come up with story ideas, but my motivation for this screenplay was a combination of terrifying world events, asteroid strike in Russia, invasion of Ukraine, Putin discusses space-based nuclear weapons.

CodeName Kraken will hopefully provide a wake-up call for western allies. The nuclear age were are in now is not the cold-war version of your parents. I’ve had a few people tell me the premise of CodeName Kraken is too far fetched. I have to smile at their naïveté. Believe me, we have the technology today to make this story happen.

I created a pitch deck for the script but had trouble coming up with comps. Maybe there isn’t any.

The Rifle Brothers sounds right up my alley, a Tony Scott/Shane Black baby, love it.

My entry is more of a Horror/Western/Action blend. Not sure where it fits, but it does have a bunch of action!

Logline: On the edge of the American frontier, a distraught wife must rely on a posse of misfits to discover the truth about her missing husband and the dark spirits holding him accountable for past injustices.

Some great concepts in this bunch!

I would produce every movie in this thread Pat Alexander.

Hey fellow creators, sounds like a lot of great submissions! I submitted N-W-G (New World Gangsters). A gangsters turned crime fighters action romp in the vain of "The Fast and The Furious" classic muscle car cruising gangsters meets the investigative crime spoiler in "Shaft", when a gang leader and his crew find themselves indoctrinated into the N-W-G fold and saddled with the unexpected power for him to seek retribution and exact revenge on those he feels are responsible for the crack epidemic that claimed his parents' lives in a drive-by shooting when he was a preteen, as they climb the ladder to eventually identify who sits at the top of the cocaine pipeline that's destroying their community and shut it down once and for all.

Best of luck folks!

Hello fellow writers -- I submitted my feature horror/thriller THE ORDER OF THE WHITE OAK. The script was inspired and based on some real life stories of my hometown.

Logline: A couple unwittingly moves into a town occupied by a dangerous secret cult, when the man discovers its members are the same people that traumatized him as a child. With life and sanity at stake, he takes revenge.

Lots of great ideas here, good luck to everyone!

I submitted HOTSPOT: When the supervolcano beneath idyllic Yellowstone threatens life on Earth, a scientist chasing redemption for her father’s reputation—and her own—must lead a group of unlikely heroes, following clues from the past, to save humanity from a catastrophic eruption.

Think TREMORS meets 2012!

How could you submit if you can't find it? I click on above poster and it takes me to nothing!

Jed Power The poster above is an image, not a hyperlink to anything. Also this post was to see who submitted after the contest closed, last Monday

Roberto Nylund - I would watch it! Love a good popcorn film! Best of luck!

I might have entered if i'd known about it!

what do you get out of this if you win ???

Below is a link to the contest page for the now closed 4th Annual Action/Thriller contest that Pat is referring to. Good ways to keep in the loop about contests are to make sure you're subscribed to the update emails, keep an eye out in the lounges (Pat often posts about each stage of the contest and deadlines), check in on the Stage 32 blog page to see the new Contest launch announcement on the 2nd Monday of every month, and regularly check in on the Contest page under "Script Services" in the top toolbar.

https://www.stage32.com/happy-writers/contests/4th-Annual-Action-Thrille...

congrats to all the quarterfinalists! good luck the next round!

Congratulations to all who submitted, win or lose, it's such an accomplishment to complete a screenplay that you feel proud of! Best of luck in the following rounds to all who advanced!

Congratulations quarterfinalist! Best of luck going forward!

Congrats to all who submitted.

Hydra, how to turn a hero into a Hit Man, Hunter Hunted :) can't express my gratitude to be a quarter finalist and to be a part of this amazing talented community.

hey all, just wondering where I can find the accolades or graphics to share on social media. thanks a lot

congrats everyone who made the finals! We all know this is an exciting time to to be writing! The wins for spec/unique stories have been bigger than ever! So stand up and be recognized!