A teenager with supernatural powers must stop and find a ruthless drug dealer, who recruits teens for his own use.
BRIEF SYNOPSIS
KANE (17), a Native American teen, works for a special operative unit call Oblivion. He has special powers to create fire.
Working under the supervision of MAX, the team is after a notorious drug dealer named DOMINIC DEMICHAELS, who sells a drug called HMA to teenage kids. The drugs have the ability to give teenagers superpower, but everyone who takes the drug does not survive.
Kane and the agents need to stop DeMichaels. He targets teen and they are referred to as his WMD’s. He plans to open a juvenile camp. The agents also plan to seek out and recruit prospective teens and train them as agents to fight against evil. Demichaels kills the parents of his prospect.
Kane attends a party where the drug is being distributed by MARKO DEMICHAELS, the grandson of Dominic. The party is raided by a dark figure that injects teens with the drugs, including FISCAL and Kane’s girlfriend CHRISTINE. Kane realizes that Dominic is the man responsible for killing his parents and that he may be targeting Kane’s professor, MARVIN WHITE. Kane was brought up in a reformatory school. His special skills were mentored by Professor Marvin White. When White is killed, Kane knows that Dominic DeMichaels is involved. Max orders the team to go after Demichaels’ warehouse and nightclubs. …show more content…
Dominic Demichaels is planning to use a device that can inject the drug in mass numbers.
Kane recruits Fiscal on the team and they go after Demichaels and Marko. After a battle, Demichaels and Marko are stopped, but they have plans to come back.
STORY COMMENTS
THE CATALYST is an action movie with a supernatural twist. The script presents as an original sci-fi, action-adventure film with a very intriguing concept. The idea of a drug that gives teenagers superpowers feels like a solid premise for a film, as well as a possible TV series. One can definitely see the merit in the idea.
Moreover, the idea that there’s a special ops team, made-up of these teens, to battle the malevolent teens is a smart story choice. The story can attract the teen target audience.
At the core is a classic good vs. evil story. THE CATALYST explores the old question, “If you had powers, would you use them for good or bad?” It’s a theme explored in many movies and TV shows. It’s a solid theme.
While the concept is truly appealing, the structure hinders the story, as the script would benefit from more focus. The script tries to accomplish too many things: a drug used as a biological weapon, supernatural powers, killing teens, professor White, Kane’s revenge, romance between Kane and Christine, Dominic’s plans, killing parents to create orphans, and the buddy relationship/recruitment of Fiscal. When too many subplots are presented, the viewer becomes confused and lost. In addition, when too many ideas are presented, the structure feels disjointed and fragment. One isn’t always clear about what direction the story is taking. The script would benefit from staying focused on the core conflict: Kane stopping Dominic. From a structure standpoint, the opening introduces the idea of the drug HMA. The idea of teens having what appears to be a normal party, only to be raided and attacked definitely can make for a powerful opening. The problem is that the opening is 15 pages long. Trim the party, cut some of the dialogue, get to the raid and attack as soon as possible. Turn an ordinary teen party into hell. Also, act one is where the fans expect to see the characters get their powers and struggle to understand them. What’s not clear is how Kane obtained his powers. Also, it feels awkward that everyone seems to easily accept that idea that the drugs give you superpowers. Christine doesn’t even seem concerned or startled when Kane reveals his powers. Moreover, by the end of the first act the audience clearly needs to understand exactly what Kane has been ordered to do. It’s actually confusing. One understands what Hannah has been asked to do, but not really Kane. Granted they want to stop Dominic, but what is the plan of action? There’s a scene that
BRIEF SYNOPSIS
KANE (17), a Native American teen, works for a special operative unit call Oblivion. He has special powers to create fire.
Working under the supervision of MAX, the team is after a notorious drug dealer named DOMINIC DEMICHAELS, who sells a drug called HMA to teenage kids. The drugs have the ability to give teenagers superpower, but everyone who takes the drug does not survive.
Kane and the agents need to stop DeMichaels. He targets teen and they are referred to as his WMD’s. He plans to open a juvenile camp. The agents also plan to seek out and recruit prospective teens and train them as agents to fight against evil. Demichaels kills the parents of his prospect.
Kane attends a party where the drug is being distributed by MARKO DEMICHAELS, the grandson of Dominic. The party is raided by a dark figure that injects teens with the drugs, including FISCAL and Kane’s girlfriend CHRISTINE. Kane realizes that Dominic is the man responsible for killing his parents and that he may be targeting Kane’s professor, MARVIN WHITE. Kane was brought up in a reformatory school. His special skills were mentored by Professor Marvin White. When White is killed, Kane knows that Dominic DeMichaels is involved. Max orders the team to go after Demichaels’ warehouse and nightclubs. …show more content…
Dominic Demichaels is planning to use a device that can inject the drug in mass numbers.
Kane recruits Fiscal on the team and they go after Demichaels and Marko. After a battle, Demichaels and Marko are stopped, but they have plans to come back.
STORY COMMENTS
THE CATALYST is an action movie with a supernatural twist. The script presents as an original sci-fi, action-adventure film with a very intriguing concept. The idea of a drug that gives teenagers superpowers feels like a solid premise for a film, as well as a possible TV series. One can definitely see the merit in the idea.
Moreover, the idea that there’s a special ops team, made-up of these teens, to battle the malevolent teens is a smart story choice. The story can attract the teen target audience.
At the core is a classic good vs. evil story. THE CATALYST explores the old question, “If you had powers, would you use them for good or bad?” It’s a theme explored in many movies and TV shows. It’s a solid theme.
While the concept is truly appealing, the structure hinders the story, as the script would benefit from more focus. The script tries to accomplish too many things: a drug used as a biological weapon, supernatural powers, killing teens, professor White, Kane’s revenge, romance between Kane and Christine, Dominic’s plans, killing parents to create orphans, and the buddy relationship/recruitment of Fiscal. When too many subplots are presented, the viewer becomes confused and lost. In addition, when too many ideas are presented, the structure feels disjointed and fragment. One isn’t always clear about what direction the story is taking. The script would benefit from staying focused on the core conflict: Kane stopping Dominic. From a structure standpoint, the opening introduces the idea of the drug HMA. The idea of teens having what appears to be a normal party, only to be raided and attacked definitely can make for a powerful opening. The problem is that the opening is 15 pages long. Trim the party, cut some of the dialogue, get to the raid and attack as soon as possible. Turn an ordinary teen party into hell. Also, act one is where the fans expect to see the characters get their powers and struggle to understand them. What’s not clear is how Kane obtained his powers. Also, it feels awkward that everyone seems to easily accept that idea that the drugs give you superpowers. Christine doesn’t even seem concerned or startled when Kane reveals his powers. Moreover, by the end of the first act the audience clearly needs to understand exactly what Kane has been ordered to do. It’s actually confusing. One understands what Hannah has been asked to do, but not really Kane. Granted they want to stop Dominic, but what is the plan of action? There’s a scene that