Sunday, January 31, 2010

"Dade County"

Tagline – “What If The World’s Most Dangerous Terrorist Was Held On American Soil…And Escaped?”

“25 words or less” summary – The world’s most dangerous terrorist escapes military custody and plots to bomb Miami’s American Airlines Arena while evading capture by a victim’s vengeful boyfriend

Full summary:
In an age when Guantanamo has closed and terrorists have moved to American soil to face trial, the world’s most dangerous terrorist, Viper, escapes custody in northern Florida as he’s being transferred to federal court.

Vixen, his sultry girlfriend, helps Viper get to Miami where he meets up with Mr. Mohammed, a mysterious financier, who offers to smuggle him out of the country on an Algerian cargo ship. This offer of course comes in exchange for Viper committing one last terrorist act for Mohammed – detonating a dirty bomb during Game 6 of the NBA Finals between the Miami Heat and Los Angeles Lakers at the American Airlines Arena.

Meanwhile, Diesel, an ex-bouncer of a club that Viper used to manage and the vengeful boyfriend of a pregnant woman who died in a terrorist act, hears that Viper escaped and promises to get revenge by finding and killing him. Diesel partners up with his friend, Magnum, and goes on a pursuit through Miami to find Viper before he strikes again.

Diesel’s first run-in with Viper takes place at a popular strip club in downtown Miami. Viper and Diesel engage in a gunfight inside but Viper manages to escape and then he leads Diesel on an adrenaline-pumping car chase through the streets of downtown Miami and South Beach until he's able to make his getaway.

To get the inside track on Viper, Diesel decides to kidnap Mr. Mohammed right from his house and force him to give up any information he has on Viper. He uses an unusual tactic of persuasion to force Mohammed to come clean and admit that Viper is going to blow up the American Airlines Arena and escape on an Algerian cargo ship. Both Diesel and Magnum race back to land in an effort to find and stop Viper before it's too late.

Back on land, Diesel spots Viper driving on a highway and the chase is on again. Things takes a turn for the surreal when the chase spans both on and off the highway and includes everything from a jackknifed 18-wheeler carrying large slabs of beef, the interruption of a pick-up basketball game, a car race around a horse track, Siberian tigers running loose on I-95, the apprehension of Tony Stewart’s #20 stockcar and the destruction of a Hummer limousine.

Yet again Viper manages to escape. Once away from Diesel, Viper plants the dirty bomb in the American Airlines Arena then boards the cargo ship that will take him out of the country. Diesel and Magnum go to the arena and embark on a desperate search for the bomb before it detonates. Remarkably, they find it and take it with them to the Port of Miami to apprehend Viper. With the cargo ship having already left the dock, the two commandeer a yacht and catch up to it. Diesel climbs aboard the ship and finds Viper for a final, explosive showdown in an effort to save Miami and bring him to justice.
Dade County Screenplay

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