A psychic assassin with a volcanic temper struggles to break free from handlers while tracking down his mysterious lineage and evading a notorious Russian leader out for payback.
Type:
Feature
Status:
For sale
Page Count:
110pp
Genre:
Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Budget:
Independent
Age Rating:
17+
Synopsis/Details
PSI KILLER (set in August 1999) follows DUNCAN, a victim of the infamous MK Ultra Montauk Project. Duncan was specially selected and trained from a very young age to kill with his mind alone, while in ASTRAL MODE, outside his physical body. Duncan’s handlers are the avuncular DR. VON NEUMANN, a ‘Paperclip Nazi’, and the cold-hearted US Senator (and former CIA officer) BISHOP. Duncan’s trauma-induced amnesic walls have suddenly eroded, and his memories of abuse start to surface as he becomes aggressive, particularly towards his primary torturer, Bishop. During a failed mission to assassinate the soon-to-be president of Russia, the notorious VLADIMIR PUTIN, Duncan’s amnesic walls fully collapse, and he finds out that his whole life is a lie. He then flees the Montauk lab, the only home he’s ever known, in search of answers. Bishop then sends MAGGIE, a soldier trained from birth by the evil Nazi war criminal, Josef Mengele, to track and retrieve Duncan unharmed. Also on Duncan’s trail is Russian psychic assassin, PETROV, tasked with avenging Putin, who’s suffered neurological damage from Duncan’s attack, and wants the Americans to pay in blood. Duncan engages in PSYCHIC SPYING to obtain important clues to his past as well as the location of a fellow survivor of the MONTAUK BOYS PROGRAM -- gun-crazy, conspiracy nut BENNETT ELDRIDGE. While Duncan’s visiting the skittish Eldridge, he discovers that he’s got a long-lost sister, EMILY. But Maggie attacks and an explosive gunfight ensues. Maggie chases down and shoots Duncan with a tranquilizer dart but sees that he has endured the same abusive training as she did. Maggie also wants Bishop off her back as he keeps her in line by threatening her mother in South America. So, Maggie and Duncan strike a deal to find Duncan’s sister and then kill Bishop together. Sensing Maggie’s betrayal, Bishop now sends GOTTLIEB, his sadistic Vietnam vet hitman to intercept, and Gottlieb finds out that Duncan’s on his way to Emily’s college. To avoid another gunfight, Bishop tells Gottlieb to grab Emily and lead them back to Montauk. Duncan and Maggie arrive at the facility but are separated following an initial conflict. Maggie then engages Gottlieb in a knife fight to the death while Duncan confronts Bishop. But Duncan’s tricked into a hypodermic injection of nanotechnology under the ruse of lifetime protection for Emily. Bishop also drops a BOMBSHELL REVELATION on Duncan. However, the Russians have also found Duncan and Petrov arrives to exact Vladimir Putin’s revenge as all Hell breaks loose. While Duncan’s engaging in a psychic battle with Petrov, Bishop escapes and calls in a platoon of Marines with shoot-to-kill orders. Duncan’s final solution will shock you. And is Maggie dead? Do they flee to South America after the Nazis?
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OPENING THOUGHTS
PSI Killer is a sometimes-fascinating blend of sci-fi, fantasy, and thriller, written by a writer who has
done a great job of establishing a universe we have never seen before, with a strong understanding of
genre.

PLOT
The writer excels in the areas of tone, world building and genre blend. What could be totally disparate
kinds of genres feel fairly cohesive due to the strong world building that is present here. While the
writer relies too heavily on flashbacks and sequences of people getting things explained to them, this
is another nevertheless one of the more interesting and unique worlds that I've read; there is clearly a
lot more that isn't discovered which lends a lot of authenticity to the universe and sets us up for
sequels in a way that does not feel forced. The story also comes across as fairly unique at times, not
just because of the different genres that have been put together but because the writer clearly has an
understanding of those genres and the appropriate tones and moods. At times this feels like
something that could've been directed by John Carpenter at any point in the last 50 years

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The Writer: Lance Gilbert

Lance has written seven feature screenplays, four of which have been pushed up the development chain and secured options or shopping agreements. His very first feature, Unholy Soundtrack, about The Led Zeppelin Curse, was optioned. Lance has most recently signed a shopping agreement on his true crime/ horror project, The Exorcist Murders (renamed The Exorcist Tapes). The script has just gone out to market with a successful director/ producer attached and is repped by an agent from one of the top 10 agencies. Lance's first-hand experience with the supernatural puts him in an excellent position to effectively tell genre stories that hit audiences on a visceral level and that they intuitively… Go to bio
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