Cybopath
02-11-2007, 02:04 PM
I wanna do it, Oh dear why? That's right I want to make a movie based on an early 90s side scrolling beat'em up video game that probably most peopel have forgotten by now.
My promise if I ever got the chance to make this.
I will stick to the basic plot only expanding it.
I will not change characters or leave them in the background.
I will stick to the style of the source.
Also I'd approach this in a similar way to Tarantino by that I mean look at Kill Bill & Death Proof. Tarantino has a love and extensive knowledge of 70s Exploitation movies and he sticks to that style yet cranks it up a notch he homages it without really making fun. Now me (No Tarantino) I have a love and extensive knowledge of 80s & 90s Action movies (Clearly the influence of SOR).
Ones that would influence me for this would be, "Death Wish", "Robocop", "Cobra", "The Exterminator", "Commando", "Mad Max", "The Crow", "Lethal Weapon", "Marked For Death", "Showdown in Little Tokyo", "Double Impact" and probs a lot more.
I'd like to create the late 80s version of the late 90s, a retro future, where people still dress like it's the early 90s and talk that way, theirs lots of big 80s cars driving about.
anyway here's the first few pages of my SOR script I started last year.
STREETS
OF
RAGE
By
Steve Ward
1st Draft
02/10/2006
EXT. CITY - NIGHT.
TRACK ACROSS the city, huge dark building buildings against a dark blue sky.
TITLES
We end our TRACK through the city in a rundown industrial area. An abandoned building stands, covered in graffiti featuring a purple dragon.
INT. ABANDONED BUILDING - ROOM#2 - NIGHT.
Loud rock plays from a ghetto blaster. Twenty or so punks hang around, real bad dudes. Dressed in ripped denim and leather, chains hang from them, most have Mohican style haircuts and all off them have at least some purple clothing. They play with their guns and knifes, sip back on alcohol and snort various other substances. This is their territory, the room is lit by make shift flame torches, the walls are covered in graffiti again featuring the purple dragon design.
INT. ABANDONED BUILDING - ROOM#2 - NIGHT.
In another room a group of them are busy putting drugs into packets. We can just hear the music from the other room through the walls.
PUNK#1.
This shipment has to be ready for tonight!
PUNK#2.
It will be! Calm down.
PUNK#1.
I wish we never agreed to work with this X guy it's too much like having a real job.
From behind them a door smashes open, Three heavily armed cops run in. They are wearing full body armor and helmets.
INT. ABANDONED BUILDING - ROOM#1 - NIGHT.
The gang are startled by more cops smashing into their den. The Punks naturally aren't too pleased to have a bunch of the boys in blue over.
MOHICAN PUNK.
Screw you cop!
The MOHICAN PUNK says grabbing his half naked, DRUGGED GIRLFRIEND and using her as a human shield. The cop on the other side of this is, AXEL STONE.
AXEL.
Look no one needs to get hurt here.
MOHICAN PUNK grabs the girls throat she chokes. He then pulls out a gun.AXEL fires spraying bits of what little brains MOHICAN PUNK had across the wall. The DRUGGED GIRLFRIEND falls forward. AXEL catches her. She mumbles...
DRUGGED GIRLFRIEND.
That bastard, that bastard!
AXEL.
Are you OK?
She slides her hand into the back pocket of her torn denim shorts.
DRUGGED GIRLFRIEND.
Like he said.
She says pulling a knife from her pocket.
DRUGGED GIRLFRIEND.
Screw you cop!
She tries to stab AXEL in the face he's quick enough to grab her hand and twist it round her back. She drops the knife in pain. AXEL pushes her to the floor.
INT. STAIRCASE - NIGHT.
Three cops make there way up a dark stairway. They signal silently. From out of nowhere a shotgun blast is fired, it just misses COP#1 but the second blast gets him in the chest. He falls down. The other two cops grab him. COP#2 lifts up his visor.
COP#2.
Lucky it hit your Armor.
COP#1.
Funny I don't feel so lucky.
BANG! COP#2 is shot in the face. From the top of the stairway a shotgun holding man ducks back over the landing. There is only one cop left now...BLAZE FIELDING. She tilts up the blood stained visor of her helmet and pulls the Wounded cop down stairs out of harms way. As she pulls two shot gun blasts just miss her. She takes out her radio.
BLAZE.
One cop dead, one cop down send reinforcements!
EXT. ABANDONED BUILDING - NIGHT.
Outside the building the punks are being forced into Police vans. ADAM HUNTER is on his radio he replies to BLAZE.
ADAM.
Blaze! We'll get men up their right away..hold on.
INT. STAIRCASE - NIGHT.
BLAZE helps the wounded man onto his feet and they descend the stairs. From above we hear voices.
VOICE#1
Go get that cop bitch!
She hears thundering foot steps of a group.
COP#1
Just go Blaze! no point both us dieing
BLAZE.
No, I can't.
COP#1
Look you're a tough gal and all but you can't hall my 300 pound ass down those stairs.
The footsteps get closer. BLAZE leans to look up to the stairs above. She fires her handgun at the only part of a man she can see, his shoulder. Another man quickly leans over to return fire, he misses but is shot twice in the head by BLAZE. He falls over the landing and plummets down the center of the staircase. The other men open fire. BLAZE tries to help the wounded COP#1 down the stairs but he pushes her down, she rolls down another set of stairs. COP#1 grabs his gun and fires back from where he is laying on the floor. He is ventilated by bullets in front of BLAZE's eyes, he goes limp. BLAZE aims the gun, ready for one of them to pop his head out. She sees a shadow of the men, one gets into her line of sight and she fires. they fire back she rolls to the other side of the stairs. The men quickly run down and round the stair corner but are met by half a dozen more cops. The punks are blown away. BLAZE turns to ADAM.
BLAZE.
You took your time.
ADAM.
The lift was broken.
CUT TO:
EXT. POLICE STATION - DAY.
The cop cars parked aren't in great condition. A car pulls up that has plate steel bolted to the top with bullet holes.
INT. CHIEF OF POLICE'S OFFICE - DAY.
A Piece of paper is thrown back on a desk, The CHIEF OF POLICE chomps on a cigar. He shakes his head (no). AXEL and ADAM sit in front of him.
CHIEF OF POLICE.
No, no I've told you the city won't pay for it, it's unnecessary.
ADAM.
What do you mean unnecessary?
AXEL.
This city doesn't even have a S.W.A.T unit, crime is increasing each day.
CHIEF OF POLICE
That's just over blown media nonsense.
AXEL.
We're out in it every day sir, we know whats nonsense. A lot of the guys are having to turn a blind eye to what seem like mediocre crimes because we haven't enough man power.
CHIEF OF POLICE.
well you give me these officers names and I'll have them suspended.
ADAM.
How would that help?"
AXEL.
yea the point is we're understaffed and under trained"
CHIEF OF POLICE.
look when you came to me 6 months ago I said I'd see what I could do but the city will not pay for a special task force, the mayor himself turned it down there's just no need the crime is no worse than any other big city.
ADAM.
It's funny how the people who live in the big houses on the nice secure streets far away from the slums and crime are the ones who tell us how safe the streets are.
AXEL.
We don't need money to start the unit up, we can do it with the facilities we have here.
CHIEF OF POLICE.
That would be illegal if it wasn't sanctioned.
AXEL
Then sanction it, you are the Chief of police.
CHIEF OF POLICE.
I can't do that.
AXEL.
Can't, or won't.........are you on the take too?
The CHIEF furious rises from his chair.
CHIEF OF POLICE
I've had enough of this! Get out of here now before I suspend you.
ADAM looks like he has something to say, but holds it to himself. He and AXEL rise and leave the room.
My promise if I ever got the chance to make this.
I will stick to the basic plot only expanding it.
I will not change characters or leave them in the background.
I will stick to the style of the source.
Also I'd approach this in a similar way to Tarantino by that I mean look at Kill Bill & Death Proof. Tarantino has a love and extensive knowledge of 70s Exploitation movies and he sticks to that style yet cranks it up a notch he homages it without really making fun. Now me (No Tarantino) I have a love and extensive knowledge of 80s & 90s Action movies (Clearly the influence of SOR).
Ones that would influence me for this would be, "Death Wish", "Robocop", "Cobra", "The Exterminator", "Commando", "Mad Max", "The Crow", "Lethal Weapon", "Marked For Death", "Showdown in Little Tokyo", "Double Impact" and probs a lot more.
I'd like to create the late 80s version of the late 90s, a retro future, where people still dress like it's the early 90s and talk that way, theirs lots of big 80s cars driving about.
anyway here's the first few pages of my SOR script I started last year.
STREETS
OF
RAGE
By
Steve Ward
1st Draft
02/10/2006
EXT. CITY - NIGHT.
TRACK ACROSS the city, huge dark building buildings against a dark blue sky.
TITLES
We end our TRACK through the city in a rundown industrial area. An abandoned building stands, covered in graffiti featuring a purple dragon.
INT. ABANDONED BUILDING - ROOM#2 - NIGHT.
Loud rock plays from a ghetto blaster. Twenty or so punks hang around, real bad dudes. Dressed in ripped denim and leather, chains hang from them, most have Mohican style haircuts and all off them have at least some purple clothing. They play with their guns and knifes, sip back on alcohol and snort various other substances. This is their territory, the room is lit by make shift flame torches, the walls are covered in graffiti again featuring the purple dragon design.
INT. ABANDONED BUILDING - ROOM#2 - NIGHT.
In another room a group of them are busy putting drugs into packets. We can just hear the music from the other room through the walls.
PUNK#1.
This shipment has to be ready for tonight!
PUNK#2.
It will be! Calm down.
PUNK#1.
I wish we never agreed to work with this X guy it's too much like having a real job.
From behind them a door smashes open, Three heavily armed cops run in. They are wearing full body armor and helmets.
INT. ABANDONED BUILDING - ROOM#1 - NIGHT.
The gang are startled by more cops smashing into their den. The Punks naturally aren't too pleased to have a bunch of the boys in blue over.
MOHICAN PUNK.
Screw you cop!
The MOHICAN PUNK says grabbing his half naked, DRUGGED GIRLFRIEND and using her as a human shield. The cop on the other side of this is, AXEL STONE.
AXEL.
Look no one needs to get hurt here.
MOHICAN PUNK grabs the girls throat she chokes. He then pulls out a gun.AXEL fires spraying bits of what little brains MOHICAN PUNK had across the wall. The DRUGGED GIRLFRIEND falls forward. AXEL catches her. She mumbles...
DRUGGED GIRLFRIEND.
That bastard, that bastard!
AXEL.
Are you OK?
She slides her hand into the back pocket of her torn denim shorts.
DRUGGED GIRLFRIEND.
Like he said.
She says pulling a knife from her pocket.
DRUGGED GIRLFRIEND.
Screw you cop!
She tries to stab AXEL in the face he's quick enough to grab her hand and twist it round her back. She drops the knife in pain. AXEL pushes her to the floor.
INT. STAIRCASE - NIGHT.
Three cops make there way up a dark stairway. They signal silently. From out of nowhere a shotgun blast is fired, it just misses COP#1 but the second blast gets him in the chest. He falls down. The other two cops grab him. COP#2 lifts up his visor.
COP#2.
Lucky it hit your Armor.
COP#1.
Funny I don't feel so lucky.
BANG! COP#2 is shot in the face. From the top of the stairway a shotgun holding man ducks back over the landing. There is only one cop left now...BLAZE FIELDING. She tilts up the blood stained visor of her helmet and pulls the Wounded cop down stairs out of harms way. As she pulls two shot gun blasts just miss her. She takes out her radio.
BLAZE.
One cop dead, one cop down send reinforcements!
EXT. ABANDONED BUILDING - NIGHT.
Outside the building the punks are being forced into Police vans. ADAM HUNTER is on his radio he replies to BLAZE.
ADAM.
Blaze! We'll get men up their right away..hold on.
INT. STAIRCASE - NIGHT.
BLAZE helps the wounded man onto his feet and they descend the stairs. From above we hear voices.
VOICE#1
Go get that cop bitch!
She hears thundering foot steps of a group.
COP#1
Just go Blaze! no point both us dieing
BLAZE.
No, I can't.
COP#1
Look you're a tough gal and all but you can't hall my 300 pound ass down those stairs.
The footsteps get closer. BLAZE leans to look up to the stairs above. She fires her handgun at the only part of a man she can see, his shoulder. Another man quickly leans over to return fire, he misses but is shot twice in the head by BLAZE. He falls over the landing and plummets down the center of the staircase. The other men open fire. BLAZE tries to help the wounded COP#1 down the stairs but he pushes her down, she rolls down another set of stairs. COP#1 grabs his gun and fires back from where he is laying on the floor. He is ventilated by bullets in front of BLAZE's eyes, he goes limp. BLAZE aims the gun, ready for one of them to pop his head out. She sees a shadow of the men, one gets into her line of sight and she fires. they fire back she rolls to the other side of the stairs. The men quickly run down and round the stair corner but are met by half a dozen more cops. The punks are blown away. BLAZE turns to ADAM.
BLAZE.
You took your time.
ADAM.
The lift was broken.
CUT TO:
EXT. POLICE STATION - DAY.
The cop cars parked aren't in great condition. A car pulls up that has plate steel bolted to the top with bullet holes.
INT. CHIEF OF POLICE'S OFFICE - DAY.
A Piece of paper is thrown back on a desk, The CHIEF OF POLICE chomps on a cigar. He shakes his head (no). AXEL and ADAM sit in front of him.
CHIEF OF POLICE.
No, no I've told you the city won't pay for it, it's unnecessary.
ADAM.
What do you mean unnecessary?
AXEL.
This city doesn't even have a S.W.A.T unit, crime is increasing each day.
CHIEF OF POLICE
That's just over blown media nonsense.
AXEL.
We're out in it every day sir, we know whats nonsense. A lot of the guys are having to turn a blind eye to what seem like mediocre crimes because we haven't enough man power.
CHIEF OF POLICE.
well you give me these officers names and I'll have them suspended.
ADAM.
How would that help?"
AXEL.
yea the point is we're understaffed and under trained"
CHIEF OF POLICE.
look when you came to me 6 months ago I said I'd see what I could do but the city will not pay for a special task force, the mayor himself turned it down there's just no need the crime is no worse than any other big city.
ADAM.
It's funny how the people who live in the big houses on the nice secure streets far away from the slums and crime are the ones who tell us how safe the streets are.
AXEL.
We don't need money to start the unit up, we can do it with the facilities we have here.
CHIEF OF POLICE.
That would be illegal if it wasn't sanctioned.
AXEL
Then sanction it, you are the Chief of police.
CHIEF OF POLICE.
I can't do that.
AXEL.
Can't, or won't.........are you on the take too?
The CHIEF furious rises from his chair.
CHIEF OF POLICE
I've had enough of this! Get out of here now before I suspend you.
ADAM looks like he has something to say, but holds it to himself. He and AXEL rise and leave the room.