T-pisode 93: The 1st Ten: T’s Action Flick

In case you didn’t know, I’m not just an honest, funny, original blogger. I’m also a screenwriter. And some of you have asked to read some of my scripts. Ok. Some of my work is being shopped around but I would like to share some material right here on t-blawg. Copyrighted material! So you steal it, I sue! In Hollywood if you can get somebody to read through the first ten pages, then you may have a decent script. It’s the introduction. So I am presenting a new feature here on t-blawg. It’s called “The 1^st Ten”.

This script is an action movie. R rated. Think “Seven” meets “The Crow.”

How does a betrayed hit man redeem his soul while trying to bring a balance between Heaven and Hell during his time in purgatory?

I present “T’s Action Flick”:

*Don’t mind the formatting here!

FADE IN:

INT. ST. PETER’S CHURCH — NIGHT

The fallen angel, REDEMPTION, is explaining the history of God and Satan; angels and demons; Heaven and Hell.  We do not see Redemption.

Images of drawings and colors are blurred across the screen.

Drawings and paintings of Jesus on the cross and Satan in Hell are shown in and out of focus.  Along with images of beautiful angels and disgusting demons.

Blurred images of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are shown as well.  Images of Death, War, Pestilence and Famine.

Candles are lit around the church altar.

REDEMPTION (V.O.)
Many believe that Satan was an angel cast from Heaven. An angel that was once the closest angel to God.  An angel that sinned. Some say he became a fallen angel.
(beat)
Once an angel falls into the depths of hell, the angel becomes a demon.  Sentenced to an afterlife of eternal pain. Eternal suffering. Paying for those sins forever.
(beat)
The angels and demons; they are also the soldiers of Heaven and Hell.  Soldiers for God and Satan.  Soldiers readying for the Apocalypse.  Armageddon.  The end of time.
(beat)
But there are angels and demons that have escaped Hell.  Left Heaven.  They are among mankind.
(beat)
What happens to man when he sins?  He is judged at his time of death.  His time in purgatory is when it is decided where he will go in the afterlife.
(beat)
An angel in Heaven or a demon in Hell.
(beat)
But sometimes that is a difficult judgement to make.

EXT. BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS — DAY

We see a shot of the beautiful city’s skyline.

SUPERIMPOSE: THIRTEEN YEARS AGO

INT. DON CICCONE’S HOUSE — DAY

DON MULININO CICCONE, an old and physically weak man, is talking to FRANCO “FRANKIE GUNS” MOCELLI, forty something, a tall, handsome man, as a jealous VINCENT “VISCERA” CICCONE, forty something as well, an evil and heartless man and knows it, stops at the doorway to listen unnoticed to his father and Franco.

DON CICCONE
You’re one of the main reasons why the pact has been kept for the past seven years since the last war between the families Franco.

FRANCO
Yeah, a hit man keeping the peace.

DON CICCONE
Something different I know, but this is how it’s supposed to be.  For the children and for us.  In the after life.

FRANCO
Where I end up isn’t important.  It’s about Dante and Italya.  That’s what matters.

DON CICCONE
Same for the LoPello children as well.

Viscera walks in.

VISCERA
I think the LoPellos have a different plan Dad.

Viscera hugs his father and kisses his cheek.

DON CICCONE
What are you talking about?

VISCERA
The word I got is that DON LOPELLO is planning a hit.
(beat)
On us.

FRANCO
This info come from your guys?

Viscera walks over to Franco.

VISCERA
My horsemen are reliable soldiers Frankie. Their word is the truth old buddy.

FRANCO
(leaning into Viscera)
Like yours?

VISCERA
(smiling)
Exactly!

DON CICCONE
Alright.  Enough.  Don LoPello knows that the families can co-exist. We can’t work together or kill each other in our homes or at the church.  It’s not the way.

VISCERA
The pact is old and ridiculous!  We need to hit them first!  Take those motherfuckers out once and for all and end all this shit!

DON CICCONE
(angry)
Shut your mouth!  This is the way it’s got to be and you know that!

VISCERA
This shit with the church and the angels and demons, hell and heaven, life and death, honor and fucking pacts! It’s the old way! We’re men!  We’re humans! We eat.  We drink. We fuck! We kill! We sin!  We take what we want!

Don Ciccone and Franco look at him.

VISCERA (CONT’D)
(angry)
It’s time for war!
(beat)
If I was Don-

FRANCO
(interrupting)
But you’re not Vis.  You’re not.

Viscera looks at Franco and smiles.

DON CICCONE
We are not going to war.  But this is something we have to be sure about.  Franco, at ALESSANDRA’s birthday at the LoPello house, find out.  Get answers.  Members from both families will be there for the celebration of Don LoPello’s daughter’s birthday.

FRANCO
DANTE will be there too.  I’m not killing anybody in the LoPello house with my son around.

DON CICCONE
There will be no death in the house, not where any of the children are, you know that.

VISCERA
Again with the old ways!  You think they will honor that when they are planning to hit us?

DON CICCONE
Some people still have honor!

Viscera gives him a dirty look and starts to storm off.

VISCERA
(walking out)
And some are still blind fools living in another time!

DON CICCONE
Start with Arno.  See what he knows.

FRANCO
Why him?

DON CICCONE
This fool isn’t as blind as some may think he is.

Franco nods agreeing to do what he has been asked by his Don.

EXT. DON LOPELLO’S HOUSE — DAY

It’s ALESSANDRA LOPELLO’s, 13, birthday.  There are balloons, lots of children and adults all sitting at tables in the large yard of this enormous house.  Men dressed in expensive suits are sitting together talking to each other.  It is obvious that these men are from the two opposing families.

DON LOPELLO, 43, and his men are sitting at their own tables while Don Ciccone and his men are sitting at another.

Viscera is sitting at a table with four men.  His Four Horsemen.  BOBBY DELUCA, a handsome man in a pale suit sits next to Viscera; this is Death.  Next to him, wearing a red suit is MAD MIKEY SALERNO; this is War.  He is skinny with red hair.  Next to him is SAL AINELLO; this is Pestilence wearing a white suit.  He is rugged and tough.  Sitting next to him is LORENZO CICCONE, a very heavy man dressed in a black suit; this is Famine.

BOBBY
I can’t stand being at this house with them.

VISCERA
Don’t worry Bobby.  Things are about to change.

Viscera gives him an evil smile as he places his hand on his arm. Death returns the smile.

INT. PLAYROOM DON LOPELLO’S HOUSE — DAY

DANTE MOCELLI, 13, GREG HARMON, 13, and Alessandra LoPello are playing.

GREG
So now that you’re a teenager Sandy, you think your dad will let you have a boyfriend?  Like maybe Dante?

DANTE
Shut up Greg.

Alessandra smiles.

ALESSANDRA
Maybe.  But my boyfriend would have to be cute and a really good kisser.

DANTE
How would you know who’s a good kisser?

ALESSANDRA
Only one way to find out.

She kisses Dante quickly. Dante turns red.

GREG
Oh man!  Look at how red you are!  I’ve never seen an Italian turn that red! You look all sunburned guy!

Greg hits Dante in the arm.

Embarrassed, Dante runs off.

Alessandra hits Greg. He shrugs.

INT. LIBRARY DON LOPELLO’S HOUSE — DAY

Franco is holding ARNO LOPELLO against the wall.

ARNO
(scared)
I don’t know what the fuck you’re talking about Frankie!

FRANCO
Don’t lie to me Arno.  If you were with any other family I would’ve killed you by now.  Tell me what I need to know. Is Don LoPello planning a hit on our family?

ARNO
No Frankie!  You know we can’t do that!

FRANCO
Then what’s going on?

ARNO
It was Vis and me.  We-

FRANCO
(angry)
What?!  You two what?!

Dante is running down the hall and hears the commotion.

He hears his father’s voice.  He stops in front of the library door and listens.

ARNO
We’ve been working together, bringing in China White and putting it on the streets through his horsemen.

FRANCO
(upset)
You two have been putting heroin on the street together?  What the fuck are you two doing?  YOU KNOW THE RULES WE LIVE BY! Both Dons would have you two killed!

ARNO
(terrified)
You can’t say anything to them!  Or to Viscera Frankie!

FRANCO
You both have to answer for this.  The consequences are worse than death Arno.

ARNO
No!

Arno goes for one of Franco’s two holstered guns.  Both have silencers.

Dante hears the struggle and opens the door to see his father and Arno fighting over the gun.  Franco pulls the gun down and it goes off into Arno.  He drops.

Franco turns and sees that his son just witnessed the event.

FRANCO
Dante!

Greg is walking down the hallway looking for Dante.

He walks up to the doorway.

GREG
Dante, where are you guy?

Dante looks at his father and rushes out of the room to stop Greg from seeing what happened.

GREG (CONT’D)
There you are.  Are you ok?

DANTE
(stunned)
Yeah.  Yeah.
(beat)
Where’s Alessandra?

GREG
She went outside looking for you guy.

DANTE
Let’s go find her.

Dante drags Greg away.

Franco looks out and sees what Dante did.

INT. DON CICCONE’S LIVING ROOM — LATER

Franco and Viscera are alone face to face.

FRANCO
(angry)
I need to talk to your father now!

VISCERA
I told you, he’s sleeping.  He’s an old, sick man Frankie!  Talk to me. What happened exactly?

FRANCO
I’ll tell your father.

VISCERA
Tell me.

FRANCO
Arno LoPello is dead.  I shot him and brought his body to the church where we’re all supposed to go.

VISCERA
(happy)
You killed him?  In the LoPello house?

Franco stares at him.

VISCERA (CONT’D)
Good for you!  You’re a hit man!  You earned your paycheck Frankie!

He puts his hand on his shoulder.  Franco pulls his arm off him and grabs him.

FRANCO
You motherfucker!  I know what the two of you were doing!

VISCERA
Fuck what that piece of shit told you! He was trying to save his ass!

Viscera’s Four Horsemen walk in.

VISCERA (CONT’D)
(smiling)
Now get your fucking hands off me Frankie.

Franco looks at the Horsemen.

FRANCO
I’m not afraid of you or them.

VISCERA
You should be.

Franco lets him go.

FRANCO
My son saw what I did today.  I’m going home to talk to him.  I want out of this.

VISCERA
You know there’s no way out.  We’re all in it for life and even the after life right?

He looks at his horsemen and they all laugh.

VISCERA (CONT’D)
Go home to your family Frankie.  Clear that head of yours.  Then we can talk about what we’re going to tell Dad. Cause you’re like a son to him.  Shit, I think you are more of a son to him than I am sometimes!

FRANCO
When I come back, the Don will hear it all Vis.  Every detail.

Franco turns around to leave.  Bobby and Mikey block his path.

FRANCO (CONT’D)
Get the fuck out of my way.

Bobby looks at Viscera.  Viscera gives him a nod to let Franco pass.

Death turns to let him pass.

VISCERA
(as Franco leaves)
Remember Frankie!  We’re all family here!

Bobby walks up to Viscera.

BOBBY
Will the war start now?

VISCERA
We’ll have to make sure it does.

BOBBY
What do you mean?

VISCERA
Arno’s death isn’t enough.

The horsemen all look at Viscera.

VISCERA (CONT’D)
Frankie Guns must die.
(beat)
Kill him and his entire family.
(beat)
No sign that it was us.  Make it look like it was the LoPellos.

Bobby smiles. He puts on his sunglasses and leads the Horsemen away.

Viscera lights a cigar.

So there it is. I shared the 1^st ten pages of my action movie with a sci-fi twist. Lots of shit goes down in this movie! Let’s of murder and mayhem with some thinking man’s content. A real stylized movie. Hope you liked what you’ve read so far!

Would you read more??? Would you go see this movie?! Let me know on here, Facebook, BuzzFeed or Twitter!

Until next time. Always take it there.

T