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THE DESIGNATED KILLERS

THE DESIGNATED KILLERS
By Kamil Murat Usun

GENRE: Other, Crime
LOGLINE:

A shitty replica of Raskalnikov meets a fish called Wanda. Rookie crime trio plan to kill a pawnbroker. One of them is designated as killer in turn. When pawnbroker is dead, trio need to find the murderer because their designated killer was faint by drug.

 

 

SYNOPSIS:

Bruce is an office boy. He conceives of himself as being an extraordinary smart young man and the employees in the office as idiots but they like him because he covers their mistakes. Bruce’s father calls him frequently to come back to take over his shop in the country but Bruce refuses.

Bruce meets O’Brien, a door to door seller living next to Bruce’s flat. It is real surprise for Bruce when O’Brien comes with Diana to Bruce’s flat. A beautiful girl once they noticed on the street. They talk about courage. Diana thinks that courage is real when it is against evil people and gives a name of an evil man, Lucas. He is a moneylender and famous with exploiting teenagers.

They make a plan called “designated killer” to kill Lucas, which gives equal opportunity to all candidate killers by turn. They buy an axe and agree to kill him when his stepdaughter is not at house. Diana and Bruce visit Lucas and they decide that he deserves to be killed and the money which Lucas keeps at his flat will be bonus for them. O’Brien and Bruce notice that they can not kill anybody but the plan is good to bind both with Diana.

Bruce as a designated killer gets some drugs for extra courage before action, but he faints. When he opens his eyes doesn’t remember anything. In front of the apartment, he cannot find his car and walks to the bar. He is shocked when watching news about murder of Lucas, the pawnbroker and his stepdaughter by an axe. Back to his flat he finds a notice on his door, an invitation to police station.

Bruce goes to police station. He learns that he was invited for a credit claim not for murder suspect and feels relaxed. During his stay he hears about Lucas and he comments on murderers and human psychology to Detective Steve.

At night Bruce hears that police interrogated Diana because her name like his name is in Lucas’ personal computer files. Bruce decides to go to police station before they call him. Detective Steve interrogates him and tells that they found his car left in front of the Lucas’ building. Bruce tells that the car was broken when they visited Lucas and left there.

When Bruce goes to get his car, he cannot stop himself and goes into the building, examines the crime scene but feels bad and apartment caretaker (Alex) helps him get in Bruce’s car and also drives his car to his apartment.

Trio meets in O’Brien’s flat and Bruce notices that Diana puts distance because of brutal murder of Lucas. O’Brien tells that they don’t want Lucas’ bloody money.

Bruce notices Alex hanging around his flat. Next day Alex comes to his flat and says “I know you did it! You are the killer, I saw the axe on your car seat” and leaves.

Trio notices his stress and decide to send him for a vacation. Bruce feels better during vacation but later Diana calls him and says “Alex tried to blackmail us and we killed him and now his relatives watch my flat, O’Brien left me alone with Alex’s body, need your help”. They make a plan to transfer the corpse from Diana’s flat and to run away after couple days. Bruce comes to flat with a delivery truck, takes away the corpse and buries him in a far land.

A few days later Bruce comes to his flat to pick his stuff and sees a notice on the door, an invitation again, tears the paper but when he comes to his car, meets to a uniform cop and he takes him to police station.

Police talks about a last minute eyewitness for Lucas case but Detective Steve has no hurry to confront Bruce to eyewitness behind the gray door. When the door opens, Alex comes in and Bruce gets confused and Alex says “He is the axe killer”. Bruce goes insane when he sees Alex alive. Steve takes out an axe from drawer and asks, “Is this the axe you saw?”

Bruce was out of control, so close to lose his mind and confesses the murder. Detective Steve laughs and tells the story behind, “O’Brien got into deep gambling debt and needed Lucas’ money. By Diana’s help, he found you as volunteer killer but when they notice that you cannot do it and then they used Mike, another how do you call? Another designated killer. You already know Mike, don’t you? The man you buried in far land taken from Diana’s flat. You thought that it was Alex, ha ha ha, no it was Mike’s body Alex is here, you see, ha ha ha! Anyway, here is the story, when Mike killed Lucas, they noticed you took over the crime and they kept quiet. Soon after Mike requested more Lucas’ money and got killed during quarrel. O’Brien and Diana confessed everything”. He adds that Bruce can go but must not leave the city.

Bruce spends 6 months in the jail for being an accessory not an accomplice. Bruce goes to his country and takes over his father’s shop and he looks happy with country life.

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