1. Start: The incident was caused by Vincent exchanging a black briefcase with a man wearing sunglasses in the station parking lot.
2. Build:
① introduction of characters
Character introduction: Vincent Actor: Tom Cruise's ruthless professional killer, this time employed by a notorious transnational drug trafficking group, he came to Los Angeles alone and killed five insiders who could provide evidence for drug trafficking group prosecution. He got a laptop from his contact, which contained the detailed files of five insiders. As in the past ten years, what he needs to do is to complete the task with superb skills and brutal means, get the reward, and then get out quickly. However, what Vincent didn't expect was that he had never made a mistake, but this time he was caught by an irrelevant ordinary taxi driver.
Max Actor: Jamie Foxx used to be a comedy film writer, but now he doesn't need a sense of humor. As a taxi driver, he lived a quiet and boring life for 12 years. Before picking up Vincent, he had just sent the beautiful female prosecutor to his destination. He should have fallen in love with the female prosecutor at first sight, but the disparity in identity made him afraid to think about it. Vincent came over after the female prosecutor got off the bus. This encounter made his quiet life thrilling in an instant.
Annie Actor: jada pinkett smith's beautiful assistant state attorney, and one of the five insiders that Vincent wants to kill. Before Vincent, I took Max's taxi, which made Max fall in love with her at first sight, and Max's humor and optimism also made her feel cheerful. When Vincent came to assassinate her, she finally caught Vincent with her wit and calmness and Max's help.
(2) dramatic demand and dramatic situation.
Dramatic demand: the man gets rid of Winterson's control and stops him from killing innocent people; Vincent killed five insiders through their detailed files and quickly escaped;
Dramatic scene: Los Angeles (taxi; Streets; Jazz hall; Bar; Hospital; Nightclubs; Office building; Subway)
③ The relationship between the main characters and the people around them.
It tells the story of a professional killer Vincent (Tom Ross) who was hired by a transnational criminal group and went to Los Angeles to kill five witnesses. Vincent came over after the female prosecutor got off the bus. At that time, he had just killed his first insider and was planning to go to his next destination. For convenience, he spent a lot of money on Max's car, and finally missed the plot of the mission because of mistakes. The main characters have both similarities and opposites. Commonality is an emotion gradually established by two people in constant getting along. One worked hard in the city 12 years, and the other worked as a killer all the year round. They are all lonely and eager for nirvana, although there is an insurmountable gap between them. In the process of the story, the capture of the main characters by the surrounding characters is another story line. Finally, through the minor character Anne, the contradiction between the two main characters is pushed to a climax.
Jump from the first act to the second act (plot point 1): Vincent kills the second person on the list and falls on Max's car. Max discovers Vincent's true colors.
Act two, act two
1. confrontation
When Max discovered Vincent's true colors, he tried to refuse to continue to be Vincent's driver and tried to escape. After being tied, I asked for help from passers-by, only to be robbed. Vincent came to shoot and brutally killed the robber, but Max had no choice but to continue to be a driver.
When they went to the jazz concert hall, Max failed to dissuade them. Vincent succeeded in killing the third person, and the contradiction between them was further strengthened.
They went to the hospital to visit Max's mother. In Vincent's conversation with his mother, they knew Max's white lies to his mother. During the conversation, Max snatched the file package containing the murder list and left it in the middle of the road, and the contradiction between them further intensified.
(4) Vincent forced Max to go to the nightclub to get the list. After a series of psychological construction, Max broke through the inner confrontation and successfully got the list.
After Vincent killed the fourth man, he took Max away. They talked about the ideal and reality of life in the rough car. Vincent satirized Max's weakness, and Max's emotions broke out, he soared on the highway and eventually overturned.
The jump from the second act to the third act (plot point 2): After the rollover, the traffic police are alarmed and Vincent flees quickly. Max slowly and accidentally crawled out of the computer list in the car and found that the last person was actually Anne in his mind. He subdued the policeman with his backhand and handcuffed him to the side of the car to find Annie. The end of the third act: In the story of Max's rescue of Anne, the contradiction between the two reached a climax. After a series of struggles, Vincent finally died at Max's hands.