Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Mind Reader

Logline: Will Alden, a young telepath labeled as a schizophrenic, uses his ability to track down a psychopathic killer with the ability to control his victims' minds and must stay on his toes in order to bring down this most dangerous enemy.

Treatment: Will Alden first discovered his ability when he was 8 years old in the company of a therapist who grows to become his closest friend. The therapist's name was Jarrod Conway. One day Will catches him in the lobby and they talk about the unexplained deaths on the news. Jarrod appears lost in thought. The next time Will visits him, he is in a coma in the hospital. He fell ill randomly on a walk home and was discovered the next morning. After searching through his office Will discovers an entry in Jarrod's notebook. The entry hints that the deaths on the news were murders by another telepath. Will picks up where Jarrod left off and visits the morgue with his father. The man at the morgue, Kane, seems suspicious and after focusing on his thoughts, Will is intent on bringing him to testify for what he did. Will enlists the support of a friend from school to watch his back. They follow Kane's car to his house the next day. She calls the police to report a kidnapping and they break into Kane's house. They follow him down to his basement and are discovered. Kane has a gun on his desk and tries to control Will. Will goes crumples on the floor and begins to go into a seizure trying to resist control. His friend grabs the gun and aims it at Kane. Kane forces her to drop it and approaches her stepping around Will. He begins to choke her. Will then focuses his mind on Kane and tries to control him. Will stands up and sees Kane on the floor with his hands behind his head. Will instantly runs and ties him up with zip ties from his pocket. Police sirens are heard outside.