WAKE

Finished this script by Christopher Borrelli.

A group is stuck in an isolated inn on an island while a murderous band of thieves attack, searching for a hidden number inside the inn.  The group’s only chance at survival…a sociopath on the run from the law.

Definitely not up to Borrelli’s high standards.  THE VATICAN TAPES and STRANDED are far superior scripts.  Maybe it’s because this story doesn’t contain any supernatural elements. 

The story is actually boring.  Outside of the main character, a sociopath named Red who’s incapable of feeling fear, the script doesn’t have much going for it.  You read it at a distance instead of being with them on the page.  It’s hard to establish a connection. 

I didn’t feel anything for the group that’s being attacked.  I didn’t feel anything for the group that’s attacking.  It’s like watching a sporting event where you don’t know the rules or any of the participants.  When that happens, the writer hasn’t done his job.