Synopsis:
Richard, a trained assassin, cleans up dead bodies without leaving any trace. One night he is called to work. Richard thinks is just another cleaning job until he finds a mysterious VHS video-tape. He has no idea, that his Boss has a different plan for him.
Treatment:
1 – Luke (Assassin1) is celebrating with a lot of 100 dollar notes and one gun. He then finds a VHS video-tape and plays it on an old TV. Someone enters the room.
Notes- It will be visible to see Luke`s reaction of watching the tape. Is then later explained that Luke owned money to the Boss.
2 – Richard parks the car close his flat. He opens the truck of his car and cleans up a few drops of blood. He removes his uniform. He then enters a long corridor towards his flat. (He has a flashback of him and the Boss playing chess). He walks towards his flat. He gets a phone call from the Boss but the sound is cut off.
Notes – By voice over Richard thinks he is “elite“ and that he is ready for any situation. On the flashback Richard tells the Boss that he we wants to be an assassin. The Boss tells Richard that he is the best on what he does.
3– Richard parks the car close some flat. He puts on his uniform. He then enters some room. There’s one Russian (Assassin2) and one dead body on the floor (Luke). The Russian tells Richard to clean up the body while he will collect his money.
Notes – The Russian comment in Russian (subtitled) that he didn`t even kill Luke. Is explained by voice over that the Russian is working for the Russian mob without the Boss`s knowledge.
4 – Richard is by himself cleaning up the body. He then finds a VHS video-tape. He plays it on an old TV. The tape shows Luke (the dead body that he is cleaning up) doing exactly what Richard is doing. He watches a tape of someone else watching a tape. Luke then realize there is a camera in the room. He looks at it. Then Richard looks at the camera. Luke gets shot. Richard runs to bathroom at the same time the Russian enters the room.
Notes – After watching the video-tape he thinks it is his time to die as part of the sequence the tape indicates.
5 – Richard is at the bathroom. He realizes that he is being double crossed by the Boss. There is a Girl, semi-naked tied up with ropes in the bathroom. He gets back to the room with the mop on his hands. He quickly kills the Russian with his mop. He then releases the Girl and tells her to leave. (He has a flashback of him and the Boss playing chess – part2). He then takes the money from the Russian and cleans up the body.
Notes – Richard thinks the Boss wants him dead and that he sent the Russian to kill him. Richard has elite skills as he is a trained assassin – It will be explained in the flashback. On the flashback Richard tells the Boss that he wants to leave the organisation. The Boss tells Richard to do one last job. Richard agrees as he feels he has no other option.
6 – 4 Hours Later.
Notes- It is visible that the scene (B) is in fact time wise, after the incidents in the house.
7 – Repetition of the scene (2). This time is possible to hear the phone call. Richard tells the Boss that he knows he got double crossed, and that he killed the Russian. The Boss then asks Richard how was she. Richard realizes then, the Girl (Assassin3) he saved, is the one the Boss sent to kill him. Richard hangs up the phone and sees the same old TV at the end of the corridor. As he gets closer, he can see himself at the television as it is being recorded live from the CCTV camera. Richard got his mop with him. There is a shadow from the Girl coming from behind him, with a gun (visible at the television screen). The end.
Notes – The Boss is the one who outsmarts Richard. He distracts him with the Russian, while the Girl is the one there to kill him. The reason the Boss is killing Richard is because he decided to leave the organisation. The VHS video-tape is at the beginning viewed as a game planed by the Russian. Is then explained that the Girl is the one who`s behind the VHS video-tape. For that reason the Russian comment in Russian that he didn`t even kill Luke at the room. The Girl did it. The chess game is a symbolic representation for the characters. Richard is the Pawn, the Boss is the King, the two assassins (Luke, Russian) are Castles and the Girl as Knight – Introduction of each character and at the end (quick shots – 2sec) of chess plays.