CHOOSING SIDES
Tori Roy
GENRE: Action Drama
TIME: Post 9/11
PLACE: Los Angeles
LOGLINE:
A reformed ex-IRA with a chip on his shoulder and a young girl struggling to make sense of her mother's mysterious death years ago fall prey to terrorists demanding primitive justice based on a truth that will destroy the American peoples’ trust in their own government.
CONCEPT:
When a hostage situation unfolds LIVE on television the demands of the terrorists is simple – the truth. What is not known is that one of these hostages was chosen because her secret could unravel the fabric of the American peoples’ trust in their own government. Each of the terrorists and hostages are not what they seem. They each hold dark and horrifying secrets which are slowly revealed - the truth is exposed and results are explosive. When the lines between what is right and what needs to be done gets blurred, choosing sides becomes crucial for survival. We begin to question the strangely similar patterns followed by good and evil in the world - in this twisted tale of CONSCIENCE, RETRIBUTION and LOVE – forces that are larger than life itself.
Synopsis:
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