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.
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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