Synopsis/Details
WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND
The film opens in what looks like a torture chamber, Ken(60) surveys the scene. Bandon Hill primary school seen in (Black and White) SUPERIMPOSE 1955. A classroom of ten year old’s, three boys Dave, Paul, and Roy are bullying Ken. The scene’s of bullying are in(Black and White), they alternate with Ken standing outside the school remembering. Linda witnesses the bullying. Ken, Dave, Paul, Roy, and Linda discover on Bandon Hill’s face book page that their will be a reunion for pupils, who attended the school in the fifties.
About two hundred people attend the reunion, nobody knows anybody. Unknown to us Ken attends in disguise wearing a latex mask. Linda goes up onto the stage, and announces I’m Linda May. She is immediately joined by two old friends, Rosemarie, and Pat. This reunion is watched by Dave, Paul, and Roy who at the moment are unknown to each other. Later Dave goes up onto the stage and announces himself as Dave Jenkins(OS) to Linda, Rosemarie, and Pat who immediately look around. Paul, and Roy make their way onto the stage to reunite with Dave.
After leaving the stage they approach Linda, Rosemarie and Pat. They ask if they have seen Ken. They are told to ”Fuck off and get lost.” Then they approach a man with a full head of hair they ask his name he tells them he’s James Bond. In a classroom being used for refreshments, James bond reveals himself as Ken to Linda. They decide to follow home two of the three bullies. Over the coming weeks they discover where they live, where they work, and where they shop etc. Ken and Linda in disguise rent an isolated house, and turn the basement into a torture chamber.
Paul a bus driver is befriended by Ken, and lured their to do his oil painting. Dave works in a garage and is lured their to service Ken’s classic car. Roy is lured their by Linda’s daughter Sharon(30) on a promise. They are drugged or knocked out, then restrained in chairs made of 4”x 2” timber by Ken. On the first day of their torture ken appears as he was at the reunion(James Bond). Linda is also wearing a latex mask, then removing their masks they reveal their identities. Linda’s friends Rosemarie and Pat are present, they all take part in the torture of Dave, Paul, and Roy.
Before they begin the torture we flash back to the past Starting with a shot of Dave. The scene’s of Ken’s bullying are intercutting with a shot of Paul, Roy, Linda, and Ken. After they have finished torturing them, they leave Dave, Paul, and Roy in the basement with their throats cut. The next morning the estate agent arrives at his office to find a brown envelope. It contains the keys to the isolated house, he goes and checks on the house. He finds it in an immaculate condition, he nearly checks the basement but changes his mind. The film ends with a V.O. From the estate agent.
Story & Logistics
Story Type:
Revenge
Story Situation:
Crime pursued by vengeance
Story Conclusion:
Bitter-sweet
Linear Structure:
Non-linear
Moral Affections:
Punishment
Cast Size:
Many
Locations:
Several
Special Effects:
Blood, Prosthetics
Characters
Lead Role Ages:
Female over 45, Female under 13, Male over 45, Male under 13
Hero Type:
Ordinary
Villian Type:
Bully
Stock Character Types:
Everyman
Advanced
Subgenre:
Action Suspense-Thriller
Equality & Diversity:
Elderly Protagonist
Time Period:
The 2000s (2000–2009), The Fifties (1950–1959)
Illness Topics:
Physical