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ANGEL STREET
Angel Street
By Mike Colonna and the LaQuinta Writers
Logline: It doesn’t pay to fail when you owe a debt to the Mafia.
Genre: Drama - Suspense - Comedy
St. Peter’s Bar The bar was dark except for the multiple twisting neon signs. “Coors,” “Corona” and “Closed” all buzzed to create a surreal, mystic glow. A long counter ran the width with 20 bar stools lined up waiting for patrons. The polished mirror reflected colorful glass bottles. Blue gins, golden bourbons and clear vodkas lined the shelves. Polished black granite counters sparkled with the neon’s reflections and clear well-shined glasses stood in formation. In the corner a curled-up ball of a man began to move. His leg straightened and his hand crept up to his head as a loud moan escaped from his lips.
Disheveled and confused he unfolded and sat up slowly, grabbing at a chair with one hand and his head with the other.
JAMES BRANIGAN
“What the...”.
He said, wincing. Slowly turning, he took in his surroundings.
“Where the hell...?
TAKE DOWN
TAKE DOWN
Creators Mike Colonna Robert Steward
Pat Stewart
714-747-5670
A
veteran CIA agent has gone missing. It
transpires that he is being kept in a remote cave in the Middle East where he
is chained to a wall while awaiting a very unpleasant prospect: he's to star in a snuff movie that will
feature him being skinned alive, among other tortures. This has been arranged by his nemesis, Badr,
a wealthy man with many faces and a hand in a good number of illicit
enterprises. His heart is not pure, which is to be seen.
Through
a stroke of ingenuity the manacled agent, Dink Getty, escapes the cave and is
making his way down a mined mountain
trail when he hears a great tumult ahead and, closer, he sees that an Arabic
woman is about to be the victim in a public stoning. Very close now, a blood-hungry local is about
to brain the woman, Zahra, with a rock when Dink steps forward and shoots the
man in the head. He manages to take the
woman back up the trail but several members of the mob are in pursuit. All are armed, while Dink is in possession of
a pistol that now has but three bullets remaining in it.
Eventually,
utilizing a good number of unorthodox ploys, he eliminates the pursuers but he
has been badly cut up in the process and the rescued woman (a recent rape
victim) has also sustained numerous injuries.
Utilizing a phone stolen in his escape from the cave, Dink makes a
Mayday call to his old partner, Carson Barrett, in the hope that he can arrange
a helicopter evacuation from this remote location. The chopper arrives but since there's no
place to land it a rope ladder is lowered for Dink and Zarah, but Dink isn't
strong enough to ascend the ladder; but a man he doesn't recognize is able to
get him aboard. That man is Carson.
However,
a disoriented Dink is unable to recognize Carson, primarily because his
appearance has been altered—his longtime partner now looks many years younger
than previously. It will transpire that
a secretive and mysterious substance
that has come from Armenian caverns is responsible for this
transformation. This product, aurak, is
but one example of a great horde of treasure that has been stored here ages
ago. Later, Carson will show Dink a
number of shocking sights within these vaults, which are soon to host several
astounding events. But in order for
these to happen an archaic riddle must first be solved:
“Through the
open door, the whore and her spore
The only way back, through a portal black
Down through a crack, and to an ancient stack
To suffer
no lack, and avoid an attack
Destroy the hidden tomb, shrouded
in gloom”
Finding
a solution doesn't come easily but eventually the riddle is solved, largely
through the intuition of a young girl, an Armenian savant. Also an unlikely contributor is Carson's
mother, Violet, once a noted scholar, but who until recently languished in the
depths of Alzheimer's disease and was at death's door in Colorado. But then she underwent a pair of airplane
trips and before long began to be dosed with aurak, resulting in an amazing
recovery of intellect.
Barrett
himself had also been forced to go dark, due to a pair of bent American agents
stationed in Dubai and involved in a massive counterfeit money operation, an
operation intended to bring the world into an electronic monetary system. Carson has found sanctuary in Armenia quite
near historic Mount Ararat and has integrated himself into a group, the
Armenian Christian Society, that has been tasked by government to administer
the complex of deep and mysterious caverns in this area, which are associated
with the time of the landing of Noah's Ark in this locale.
Dink
will eventually learn that the race of hybrid beings that had once dwelt here,
and were responsible for mining and storing the treasures within the caverns
were the biblical giants, the Nephilim, a rebellious and blood-thirsty order of
fallen angels who had resided here many years until the flood of Genesis. In fact, these cannibalistic pagans were the
target of the flood. As punishment, the
Creator drowned them all, along with corrupted mankind--with the exception
of just eight people. However,
the genetic code of one of these eight carried Nephilim DNA, which
resulted in the reappearance of this race throughout the Middle East and was a
great menace to the land and people of Israel.
Early
in this saga ex-Marine Grady Barrett, a young college basketball coach and
family man, is content with the status quo, but other forces have different
ideas in mind for him and he soon faces charges of murder and immoral/lewd
conduct. An alternative to a prison
sentence is an offer instead of a life in the Arabian Gulf where he will be
coaching a touring U.S. military hoop team while living in Dubai and, as
needed, take part in covert activities.
He will be immediately immersed in an attempt to rescue his lovely wife,
Madison, kidnapped in a case with a bizarre twist of a one-in-a-million chances
of double jeopardy.
Grady has no idea that he and his family are
essentially bait. Because nefarious parties want to eliminate Carson,
who has mistakenly been sent a report that he was never meant to see. Grady, his dad, and old friend Dink will all
be utilized in confronting espionage, murders, counterfeiting schemes, and
hostage rescue. Confronted with several layers of problems, Grady and allies
are tasked with taking them each down.
These allies include American Special Forces, Israeli Skunk spray, a
precocious 7-year-old daughter, Emma, who owns a thought-provoking Doodle Board
that she's named Syncranatic, and an
Afghanistan-trained military dog with no ears.
Which would be the fearless and loyal Uncle Sam.
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Stringer/Bond
GENRE: Action-Drama
LOGLINE: Nick Stringer, an ex-SAS Agent turned Formula One race car owner, dodges a ruthless drug cartel, and eludes a Scotland Yard “sting” while smuggling cocaine in the tires of his race cars.
SUMMARY: “It was pure, unadulterated bullshit!” Getting caught, smuggling cocaine in the tires of Formula One cars. Nick Stringer, a charmer, and ex-SAS covert operator, stumbles onto the dark side. Stringer was a decorated soldier in the first gulf war. He and two other coalition special operatives hid under the Saudi Desert sending real time information to the Florida war room. The Desert Storm “rats” caught the Iraqi Army sneaking out of Kuwait. Air and land forces finished them off. The “Highway of Death”, made world headlines.
After the war, Stringer continued his passion for formula one racing. . He became a hero after rescuing his pal, Ricardo Baltoni, from sure death, during the Long Beach Grand Prix. Stringer and Brigitta, his soul mate, lived the dream his yacht Arrows in Monaco Harbor.
Needing money, he smuggled cocaine from Bolivia in his race cars. A handsome ladies man, Stringer knew all the right people. Drug profits were not enough to keep his Arrow’s team afloat. Stringer moonlighted as a high paid mercenary for MI-5, the CIA, and the Mossad. He killed insurgents in South Africa, escorted Gitmo detainees to “Black Sites,” he broke up a suicide bomb factory New York City, and blew up a shipment of uranium headed from France to Iran.
After months of surveillance Scotland Yard had Stringer by the short hairs. They tracked him from his yacht in Monaco to his flat in London. Customs documented his bank withdrawals and deposits. He was charged with selling and distributing cocaine to London’s elite.
He escaped during a botched Scotland Yard sting. Customs wanted him in prison the cartel wanted him dead. After a daring high speed chase, Stringer made it out alive. The Secret Service and Bolivians eventually cornered him New York. Like Houdini, he disappeared to live another day.
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St. Tony's Summary
St. Tonys
GENRE: SCI-FI/ADVENTURE
LOGLINE: A Jesuit priest assigns his autistic students to use computer science during Christmas for a trip back in time for the birth of Jesus.
SUMMARY: Father Hanson, a computer genius, works with his autistic students in a secret laboratory at St. Anthony High School in Wisconsin. Father Hanson discovers a way to go back to the time of Christ. He teaches these special students how time travel works. Break-trough hypotheses and formula’s turn back the clock thousands of years.
Three students volunteer to travel back to the birth of Jesus. Father Hanson creates an elaborate invention called the “Boomerang.” It’s designed to transport the volunteers back to the past within seconds. In Israel they meet young ancient’s. The ancient’s hide the volunteers from Roman patrols searching for a baby named Jesus.
The ancient’s lead Hanson’s students to a stable where they see three men dressed like kings. They see Mary and Joseph huddled over a baby in a manger. A bright star streams a light down on the stable. The two teens are in awe. Their friend has been taken by a Roman patrol. The ancient’s observe the arrest. Time is running out. One of the ancient’s distracts the two Roman guards, the St. Anthony student escapes into a side alley. An ancient then leads him to the stable where his two friends are waiting. Now reunited, Father Hanson types in the correct codes that return the travelers back to the present.
Christmas will never be the same.
Tuesday, December 20, 2016
Stringer Summary
GENRE: Action-Drama
LOGLINE: Nick Stringer, an ex-SAS Agent turned Formula One race car owner, dodges a ruthless drug cartel, and eludes a Scotland Yard “sting” while smuggling cocaine in the tires of his race cars.
SUMMARY: “It was pure, unadulterated bullshit!” Getting caught, smuggling cocaine in the tires of Formula One cars. Nick Stringer, a charmer, and ex-SAS covert operator, stumbles onto the dark side. Stringer was a decorated soldier in the first gulf war. He and two other coalition special operatives hid under the Saudi Desert sending real time information to the Florida war room. The Desert Storm “rats” caught the Iraqi Army sneaking out of Kuwait. Air and land forces finished them off. The “Highway of Death”, made world headlines.
After the war, Stringer continued his passion for formula one racing. . He became a hero after rescuing his pal, Ricardo Baltoni, from sure death, during the Long Beach Grand Prix. Stringer and Brigitta, his soul mate, lived the dream his yacht Arrows in Monaco Harbor.
Needing money, he smuggled cocaine from Bolivia in his race cars. A handsome ladies man, Stringer knew all the right people. Drug profits were not enough to keep his Arrow’s team afloat. Stringer moonlighted as a high paid mercenary for MI-5, the CIA, and the Mossad. He killed insurgents in South Africa, escorted Gitmo detainees to “Black Sites,” he broke up a suicide bomb factory New York City, and blew up a shipment of uranium headed from France to Iran.
After months of surveillance Scotland Yard had Stringer by the short hairs. They tracked him from his yacht in Monaco to his flat in London. Customs documented his bank withdrawals and deposits. He was charged with selling and distributing cocaine to London’s elite.
He escaped during a botched Scotland Yard sting. Customs wanted him in prison the cartel wanted him dead. After a daring high speed chase, Stringer made it out alive. The Secret Service and Bolivians eventually cornered him New York. Like Houdini, he disappeared to live another day.
Fort Red Bull Summary
GENRE: Action-Drama
LOGLINE: A young billionaire creates a private air force that becomes a CIA target.
SUMMARY: A convoy of former team of Navy Seals, Delta Force, and Black Ops, would escort an American CIA officer through a busy Baghdad market place on their way to the U.S. Green Zone. The convoy comes to a screeching halt when large crowds block their path. A group of militants are standing next to a truck loaded with rockets and grenade launchers.
Colonel Brad Barrett, the leader of the Special Ops team, is furious with the CIA officer, Allan Markus. Markus was clearly responsible for choosing the route that ultimately made world headlines.
Barrett’s security company is blamed for the event and is discharged from doing business with the American government. Barrett receives twenty five million dollars, “golden parachute” from the Senate Armed Services Committee. Barrett has a running feud with the CIA knowing he was framed by Allan Markus the CIA director.
Flash forward, Barrett’s severance package from the US government becomes seed money for his next endeavor, a private air force. His creates a private airforce. He armor plates “crop dusters” into lethal bombers. Small nations looking for an inexpensive way to thwart insurgencies line up to purchase Barrett’s Dusters.
Markus, now Chief CIA Director, wants to put Barrett out of business. Plane manufacturers bribe Markus. Barrett needs to go away. Barrett around the world selling planes to foreign governments. Markus makes Barrett enemy number one!.