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DISTANT REPLAY

DISTANT REPLAY
By P. K. Silverson

GENRE: Film-noir
LOGLINE:

An irresistible beauty lures a seedy beach bum into repeating the spectacular crime he got away with twenty years ago.

SYNOPSIS:

Hindsight is never 20/20 and Hell's got nothing on a woman scorned in the fury department.

It’s 2005 and SCOTT FRIEDMAN is about to learn these truths in the hardest way possible. After twenty years of living in a tropical paradise, Scott and his pal, JEFF SLATER, appear to have it all. But Scott experiences a primal excitement he hasn't felt in decades when the sensual MAGGI reels him in at his favorite watering hole.

Maggi knows the secret behind the millions that made Scott's idyllic lifestyle possible. Her revelations include information Jeff has kept hidden for decades. Worst of all, Jeff owes the local crime boss, DOC JUAREZ, a staggering debt. At Maggi's suggestion, Scott and Jeff are forced into replaying the smash-and-grab heist they pulled off in 1985 to make the pay off...or die trying.

Meanwhile, Police Detective HENRY BALLISTER is waiting for the release of JOANNA CLARIDGE from the state penitentiary, where she's served her full sentence as an accomplice in the race track robbery. Joanna has steadfastly maintained her innocence. But Ballister still isn't convinced until Joanna spots Scott after his arrival back in town and reports her sighting back to the detective.

As techno-dinosaurs, Jeff and Scott have little hope of succeeding in the brave new world of computerized security... yet their repeat attempt almost works. Unfortunately for them, Joanna's tip has Ballister right on top of things. Jeff is gunned down in a shoot-out during the get-away. Scott, on the other hand, nearly eludes Ballister...until he’s mysteriously overpowered.

But the robbery has already worked out the way it was supposed to: Jeff, Scott and Ballister were all patsies this time around. As it turns out, Maggi met Joanna in prison, where they became friends and lovers. Using both the Internet and Maggi as her surrogate and courier, Joanna set the new job up to get revenge on the men who left her to take the fall.

In the end, Joanna and Maggi sail off with the loot while the man who once tried to kill Joanna lies dead on the pavement and the man who broke her heart twenty years ago is on his way to the chair.

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