
Synopsis/Details
Jason makes a lab discovery that could help cure asthma but his university inexplicably cuts his funding. The institute's chancellor, Angela, then dispatches a hitman to kill him so that she can profit from the discovery by selling the research to a pharmaceutical company.
Jason's car is run off the road onto a railway line by the assassin. Jason escapes the crash but he can't free his wife, Ceri, and both are killed when a train strikes the vehicle.
Jason suddenly finds himself in a World War One trench and he’s about to go over the top. He is killed a second time when a shell explodes nearby. Every time he dies, he comes back in an alternate reality at various stages in his other selves’ lives.
Jason is soon reborn in New York. He's a finance officer working for Allergen Biotech, a company that's developing cures for respiratory illnesses. A rival company, Hunter Pharmaceuticals, is about to release a wonder cure for asthma, which will bankrupt Allergen. However, Jason discovers that Hunter's drug – which he had been developing in a former life – has deadly side-effects.
He has no idea who to trust or if it's possible to return to his former life. It's only when he meets Alex, a man locked in a similar cycle of death and rebirth, that he discovers he must swallow his pride over his former work and expose the weaknesses in Hunter's expensive drug, then get Allergen Biotech's cheap and effective alternative to market.
Jason infiltrates Hunter Pharmaceuticals and brings the company's security team to justice. He also realizes that the only way he can save his wife is by killing himself to escape the parallel universes until he returns to his former life.
Jason commits suicide and returns to his life before the car crash. He rescues Ceri and overpowers the hitman. He then delivers information about the cheap new drug to his university research team. He also confronts the chancellor.
Jason finally learns that Alex, the man who helped him in the alternate realities, happens to be the father he never knew.
Audience: This is a heart-stopping thriller about a man who becomes different versions of himself in parallel universes when he dies. It asks questions about faith, reincarnation, the meaning of life and destiny. Although the content is adult in nature, it will have broad audience appeal.
Story & Logistics
Story Type:
Escape
Story Situation:
Self-sacrifice for an ideal
Story Conclusion:
Happy
Linear Structure:
Non-linear
Moral Affections:
Duty, Good Man, Right, Virtue
Cast Size:
Many
Locations:
Many
Special Effects:
Blood, Blue/green screen, Bullet time, Minor pyrotechnics, Other in-camera effects, Other on-set effects, Other post processing effects, Other practical effects, Significant cgi, Stunt rigs/wire systems
Characters
Lead Role Ages:
Female Adult, Male Adult, Male over 45
Hero Type:
Ordinary
Villian Type:
Corrupted, Criminal, Femme/Homme Fatale
Advanced
Action Elements:
Hand to Hand Combat, Physical Stunts, Pyrotechnics, Vehicular Stunts, Weaponry
Equality & Diversity:
Diverse Cast
Time Period:
Alternative future, Time travel