"Bad Decisions"

Tagline – “You’re Never Too Old For Spring Break!”

“25 words or less” – Four friends decide to relive their youth one more time before turning 40 by planning a trip of debauchery to New Orleans during spring break

Full Summary:
Jimmy Chastain is in his late-thirties and just got divorced. Bummed out by his situation in life, Jimmy just wants to mope around the house and hide from the rest of the world for the foreseeable future.

Jimmy’s three best friends led by Bobby, a divorcee playboy pushing 40 years old, and Danny, a kindhearted, honest family man also pushing 40, and the younger Max, a perpetually single man who cares more partying non-stop than finding a decent woman, come up with a brilliant idea to get Jimmy out of his funk. Over lunch, they devise a plan to have one more “hoorah” before they get too old and decide to take a weekend trip to a popular Spring Break destination. To them it’s crucial to take the trip before they all turn 40 years old, because after that point “it would just be too weird to continue going on Spring Break and hanging out with girls that are young enough to be our daughters.”

The idea was relatively simple, but the execution proves to be much more difficult. Deciding on the perfect Spring Break trip isn’t easy – they debate the merits of places like Miami, South Padre Island, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Las Vegas, and even a cruise – but each destination presents their own issues. Stumped, Bobby stumbles across a Mardi Gras drink promotion at the diner and it finally dawns on him – New Orleans!

Although it initially takes some cajoling to get Jimmy to agree to go to New Orleans for Spring Break, he relents and reluctantly decides to travel with his three best friends. This reluctance magically goes away once they land at the airport as all four quickly embrace the debauchery that is “The Big Easy.”

The guys direct the airport taxi driver to bring them to the “middle of the action” and once they arrive on Bourbon Street it takes them less than an hour to make the first in a series of bad decisions fueled by drugs and alcohol.

Day long partying throughout the more popular drinking spots of New Orleans leads to co-ed sex parties which, in turn, lead to the group of friends looking to score more dope on their first night out. Unfortunately for them, their drug deal with a local gang goes terribly wrong and their bad situation escalates very quickly.

The friends find themselves not only having to hide from the dealers looking for revenge but also from a corrupt cop who is on the gang’s payroll and looking to dispense his own brand of justice on the guys as well.

Heart-pounding action through the streets of New Orleans is sprinkled with some light-hearted moments as the guys try desperately to escape the Crescent City in one piece. They have the brains to do it but do they have the street smarts and wherewithal to find their way safely back to New York City?
Bad Decisions Screenplay