Disruptive Behavior
(Feature Film, Drama)
LOG: Five teenagers must break out of their high school during an active shooting in this modern reimagining of The Breakfast Club.
Its 2:30 PM at King High School. The students are dismissed, the faculty is driving home, and detention has begun. Five seniors settle in for the long haul when their quiet afternoon is sharply interrupted by a hailstorm of gunfire. As the sparsely populated building transitions into Lock-Down, a struggling news anchor finds herself caught in the wrong place at the right time. Insider footage of a school under siege is worth its weight in gold -- if only the action at the rival school, Columbus High, hadn't stolen the Network's attention. But, for our five detainees at King High, the wait for help proves to be dire. They must rely on their own devices in order to survive this after-school special turned living nightmare.
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She is the protagonist of this story, the valedictorian extraordinaire; quick witted with an even quicker comeback game. Her word play can usually get her out of most situations but this time it landed her in detention. She's a planner and thrives on being in control. But when her plans don't go as expected, her insecurities rumble to the surface.
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He doesn't expect much to come of his life passed high school, nor does anyone else. He's tough when he has to be - which is just about all the time but he's no bully, in the conventional sense. He's harmless really, unless you interfere with his budding side business of the cannabis variety. And, it's this street wise thinking that makes Brandon our unsung hero. His spirit never waivers because a life of hustling teaches you that there's always a way out.
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Trina's younger sister tugs at your heart strings right to the bitter end. What she lacks in brains, this future track star more than makes up for in athletics. Her naivety and impulsive nature may prove to be the only hurdles she can't overcome.
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Simona Groves is the physical embodiment of every producer, media maker and gatekeeper who dictates what is news worthy. She is a young, hungry field reporter on a mission to land a juicy story…even if it kills her.
Artist Statement
The biases highlighted in the original Breakfast Club are alive and well today. They simply present in a much more generalized context. There exist the people we trust (the nerds, the jocks, and princesses). We have high expectations for these people, and we want to see them do well. These are our heroes. And then there are the ne'er-do-wells (the basket cases and the criminals). These are the people who would either end up dead or in jail by age 25. We don't think highly of them if we think of them at all. The message of this film is revealed in this final tragedy: the labels affixed to us help other people describe us but they do not define us nor do they determine how our life will pan out.
