To The Grave

PITCH When the only witness to a crime fails to turn up to court after being dealt a severe warning, MAX DAVIS loses his case and a guilty man is allowed to walk free. When attempting to drink away his anger at a local bar with his brother, John, they encounter the now free criminal and a couple of his friends and an altercation is narrowly avoided. But later that night, walking home alone, John is set upon by the criminals' friends and kills them in self defence. He calls his brother for legal advice, but considering who the dead men are connected to, they decide to bury the bodies and hope for the best. But after John's name is leaked as the last person who saw them alive is leaked, John is questioned at the police station and a corrupt officer hands over his home address and John is murdered with fire to send a message. Drowning his sorrows alone in a pub, Max spots a familiar criminal face from a gang of hooligans who mocked John's funeral from afar and follows him out. After beating him down for information, Max discovers a video of his brother's murder on the criminal's phone and goes a step too far. He beats the criminal to death. Going to the police to hand himself and the video in, before he can do so, Max is told that his brother's case will take a little longer as the media have connected the missing criminals that John killed with the discovery of Max's victim's body and are convinced that a vigilante is on the loose. After asking his Father what he would do if he knew exactly who killed John, he decides to continue taking the law into his own hands. Having looked up all of Gunn's known associates, Max gets the name of a gun-dealer that got away and passes himself off as a friend of a friend. Halfway through inspecting a cache of guns on offer, someone recognises him and Max and he is forced to kill everyone in the room. He takes the guns but leaves all the money that is out on display. Using his lawyer-arguing brain, Max manipulates his Detective friend into believing his own take on the vigilante theory in order to take attention away from himself and prepares for war with the Cartel. After dispatching many of Gunn's men but failing to kill his favourite hitman, Max is hurt and I.D'd. He calls his dad to warn him, but it's too late, the corrupt cop on Gunn's payroll has already supplied an address and Gary Gunn answers the phone. He toys with him and asks if he has any last words for his Father before setting fire to him. Max's phone receives a picture of his dad burning alive. Max loads up his car with every gun and bullet taken from the dealer's house, confesses in church for sins that he has and is about to commit, then heads to Gary Gunn's stately manor-style house outside of the city for retribution, and in a 'Punisher'-style finale, Max shoots dead security before bursting into the house to take everybody out. He opens fire in all directions and all hell breaks loose. Guns are fired until all ammunition is spent. Then it's on to hand-to-hand combat until Gunn is finally cornered in his safe room where the two fight to the death in a classic Hero-vs-Villian showdown. SETTING In the gritty underworld of London, England, a local crime Kingpin has the streets under his control and the police in his pocket. With a fetish for setting fire to those who cross him. Standing well over 6-feet tall, half-fat, half-muscle, all intimidating, Gary Gunn, is a figure not to be crossed. Or underestimated. PROTAGONIST Max Davis is an outstanding lawyer that dedicated to prosecuting those that cause harm to others. Putting his job before his own life, Max has never found the time to marry, instead choosing to use every breath in his body to get those guilty of heinous acts put behind bars. COMPARABLE FILMS Harry Brown. The Punisher. Vendetta. Law Abiding Citizen.