| (An original rom-com action movie plot by | | | | They press on, tracking Scorpion down to Boca |
| Creative Copywriter Ugur Akinci.) | | | | Raton, Florida. But at their second stop a different |
| Rock and Cindy are two bounty hunters, the best | | | | sort of trouble awaits them -- Austin is waiting |
| in their profession. Once they were married but | | | | for them with his suitcase in hand, to spend his |
| they divorced after a terrible fight which both | | | | summer vacation with his parents. Rock's mother |
| regretted later on. | | | | sent Austin away for some "quality time" with his |
| The two have made a lot of money together in | | | | dad, and "quality time" indeed is what they'll all |
| the years past by catching bail jumpers all over | | | | have while chasing Scorpion through the swamps |
| the USA, Canada and Mexico, and both still carry | | | | and beaches of Florida... |
| the scars to prove it. | | | | Last sequence -- Rock and Cindy once again |
| Now Rock is pushing sixty and he wants to retire | | | | realize that they were really created for one |
| after this one very big job -- nabbing Scorpion, a | | | | another but time has passed and they can't |
| nasty drug pin out there on a $100 mil bond and | | | | pretend that what had happened did not happen. |
| he just disappeared into the void. | | | | And then there is Maleek now, a very nice guy to |
| Rock needs people he can rely on to pull off this | | | | whom Cindy owes a thing or two. So they decide |
| big job. And just then Cindy (still ravishing and | | | | to part -- this time as friends -- and not listen to |
| strong in her 40s) visits him with her "fiance" | | | | their heartache. |
| Maleek, a South Asian guy who owns an | | | | Rock stares long and hard after Cindy and Maleek |
| ink-cartridge refill business and warehouse in | | | | after they pull into the highway and disappear |
| Carolina. Maleek has no idea what Cindy was doing | | | | towards the sunset. |
| before he met her at a Texas beach six months | | | | Austin is still with Rock. Rock puts his hand |
| ago. | | | | affectionately on his son's shoulder and they start |
| The reason Cindy visits Rock is to settle the | | | | walking towards the IHOP on the other side of |
| custody battle over their 10 year old son Austin, | | | | the highway to eat a good dinner. "Strawberry |
| who is at the time living with his grandma. But | | | | pancakes? At this hour?" |
| when she sees Rock, Cindy's old hunting instincts | | | | While walking to the restaurant Rock is telling |
| flare up again, and she is flooded with all the | | | | Austin how he is now ready to retire and he has |
| memories of fast romatic times they had | | | | what it takes to send him even to a good private |
| together when they were young, beautiful and | | | | school if Austin wants to. |
| growing a business together. | | | | Just then... Rock's cell phone comes alive. |
| Cindy wants to send Maleek back and help Rock | | | | He takes the call, listens for a while as his face |
| on his last "mission impossible" but Maleek, | | | | drops in disappointment. He is debating himself. |
| believing that Cindy will just see an old business | | | | "Two hundred grand? Are you serious?" |
| partner "to settle a dispute," insists coming with | | | | We can tell he just got another big job offer and |
| them. Time is ticking and they have to hit the | | | | he can't turn it down just because he says he is |
| road to chase down the Scorpion. So Rock yields | | | | "retired." He slips the phone into his pocket, they |
| and they take Maleek along who has no idea what | | | | make a U-turn and start walking towards Rock's |
| is in store for him. | | | | Toyota Tundra. |
| At the first motel they stop, Scorpion's gang is | | | | As the truck pulls like a rocket into the traffic, we |
| already waiting for them. They get out of that | | | | hear Rock's off-screen question to Austin: |
| one alive thanks to Maleek's street smarts and his | | | | "There is another IHOP about 90 miles up the |
| impersonation of an Indian raja visiting America to | | | | road. Is that okay? |
| blow off some money on gambling and girls. | | | | |