THE BOMB
Original screen play by Marilyn Starlight.
Log Line: The Bomb is
a story that ticks along the subtle undercurrents of karmic formations of
reality and awakenings out of karmic situations of key characters involved
through the film.
Synopsis: Novak a
quiet, introspective courier is burglarized and snaps when eight thousand
dollars of new merchandise is stolen from his modest home. He meets Rick, an eccentric antique munitions
collector who he hires to get his belongings back from the perpetrator by
placing an old bomb on his property and demanding it back as Rick and Novak
step outside of the usual boundaries of the law to re acquire his things. Alice
his ex girlfriend and head chef at a prestigious hotel wonders where all of his
things went visiting him after he returns her car keys and he is evasive
however intrigues her to know about his escapades.
Brent, a security corporate head buys a mysterious diary of
a deceased Swiss man murdered on a subway train from a collector of antiques.
Rhonda his wife, an interior decorator at her own firm is intrigued by this
diary that mentions a hidden treasure somewhere in the Swiss Alps, the home of
the deceased Jonas, Peter’s nephew. Rhonda and Brent decide to take a vacation
to Switzerland and to stop by and meet Peter on their trip. Meanwhile Rhonda’s friend
and client Meghan a bank robber who hides her profession rips off a bank with
Vince her partner and Ron their accomplice. The heist is interrupted early by
cops in the area and they escape with only gold taken from the vault. Meghan
and Rhonda decide to get away together for a weekend in Vegas where unknown to
Rhonda Meghan’s accomplices show up to sell the stolen gold to clients they
have contacted to meet them. Rhonda
begins to suspect Meghan as strange events unfold at the hotel in Vegas and her
suspicions are dismissed over gambling and casual socializing and shopping. Meghan
finally confesses to her on their last day in Vegas about her life and Rhonda
leaves and returns back home happy to see Brent.
Novak and Alice rekindle their romance as he has found a new
freedom having bent the rules getting his possessions back. Alice explains to
Novak that he was too introverted before and had shut her out. Novak continues
to open up to her and they plan a life together as the story unfolds examining
the profound thought; how do you keep your partner in the same space time flow
if you’ve had a life changing moment and then come home to one who did not? Alice
and Novak face most couple’s hidden problem where communication breaks down and
frustration ensues.
Brent and Rhonda hit the Alps on their travels to a small but
prestigious tourist town in Switzerland and visit an ultra modern hotel with
several floors of spa facilities. Peter has them over and they discuss Josen’s
diary and plan a great ski week together. Befriending each other over good
skiing and socializing Peter gives Brent and Rhonda a key to Josen’s little chalet
in the ski hill area where according to
the diary he left behind a treasure is buried. Peter and the couple
discuss the nature of the treasure, Josens adventures as they say good bye to
him giving Peter some closure after Josen’s death. The couple’s trip culminates
in a surprising gift from Peter and they return home.
Novak and Alice decide to share a Yacht charter business as
they have bonded in their own eccentricities and both quit their jobs to run
the business in early semi retirement.
Rhonda and Brent consider his retirement approaching and decide to live
out their marriage joyously. Josen’s treasure is remembered as having changed
multiple lives and Ricks 1930’s bomb is retired to a museum with his munitions
collection.