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USE OF FORCE
By Jim Vaglica

GENRE: Thriller, Drama
LOGLINE:

When a problem youth becomes a problematic rookie cop he vows to crush a
delusional gang leader in a desperate fight to prevent the inevitable.

SYNOPSIS:

Script Reviewed by Austin Film Festival: "This is a really interesting and

exciting script with a fascinating lead character."

Reviewed by Shore

Scripts Feature Competition. Received 8 out of 10 on Hook, Pacing,

Characterization, Format, Style & Dialogue.

In a fictitious city near

Boston, two-year-old Bobby Miller laughs watching "The Three Stooges" on TV,

snuggled next to his mother, dead from an overdose.

As he gets older he

becomes Distant, strange and possibly "on the spectrum." Never able to connect

with anyone at a series of foster homes. His only companions are the characters

in his beloved movies and his speech soon becomes a series of movie lines. He

grows up highly intelligent, physical and fearless but unable to empathize or

feel like others do.

With some skepticism expressed by the higher-ups,

he gets hired as a police officer. He meets Sean O'Reilly in the police academy

and the two misfits become fast friends, expressing a dream to open a bar

together.

Unable to comprehend social norms, Miller soon faces

termination. To redeem himself, he vows to crush a vicious gang that's been

plaguing the city, known as The Sovereignty.

The gang consists of drug

dealers and thieves led by Cesar, an eccentric sociopath who insists he has

royal blood.

Miller scores a series of victories over the gang until

Cesar makes it personal and decides to fight back.

After a

questionable shooting of a gang member, Miller finds himself back on the

chopping block. Not helping matters is his best friend, Sean, is in a troubled

marriage and Sean's wife, Megan, becomes strangely drawn to Miller. She craves

the attention from Miller that she doesn't get at home and Miller reluctantly

gives in with tragic results, leading to the deaths of Sean and Megan.

Cesar turns up the violence volume threatening Miller's fellow

officers.

Everyone Miller has grown to care about is now dead or in

danger. His career is over and he's overcome by the guilt that he may be

responsible for it all. With nothing left to lose, he decides on a final

solution.

A showdown between Miller and Cesar's Sovereignty becomes an

epic battle scene. Dying from his injuries, Miller decides it's only fitting to

force his peers to finish him off.

His surviving friends conceive a

fitting tribute to the fallen pair: opening a bar in memory of Miller and

O'Reilly.

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