Story Synopsis....

“Asshole Robot” (working title) - Synopsis:

RENOLD ZACHARY, an ex-NASA scientist, works on a computer program in his home laboratory. Completely focussed on his work, as if in a trance, Ren pounds out line after line of computer code on his keyboard. His apartment is full of computer parts, circuit boards, half built robot parts and other technological equipment. As he reaches the end of the program he’s typing, he laughs loud and maniacally. 

Meanwhile in the apartment across the hall, GORDON STILLS hears the laughter and shakes his head. His step brother, LENNY, who is visiting to borrow money, tries to assure Gordon that it would be easy to tell the noisy neighbor to keep the noise down when it’s late at night. Gordon reluctantly agrees to give Lenny some money, even though he knows it will go to drugs. Lenny claims it will help pay for a class that Lenny will take to get educated and get a better job.

Later, Gordon tries to sleep, but the noise across the hall keeps him awake. He knocks on Ren’s door, and Ren invites Gordon inside to show off his “invention”. 

The “invention” is a robot that assaults Gordon, and injects nanobots directly into his brain. The computer, now in control of Gordon’s body, attempts to manipulate Gordon like a puppet, but the connections don’t yet work quite right, so Gordon falls flat on his face. Ren goes back to writing the program.

The next morning, Gordon’s girlfriend, JULIE FLOWERS, comes looking for Gordon. Ren answers the door and tells Julie to wait. Upset and impatient, Julie bangs on Ren’s door and shouts. The neighbor down the hall, JASON, comes out to tell her to be more quiet. She scoffs at Jason and ignores his request. Finally, Ren lets Julie inside.

When the robot attacks Julie, she fights it off and zaps Ren with a Stun Gun, then leaves with Gordon, who is now controlled by the computer program.

Later, in Gordon’s apartment, Julie notices that Gordon is acting strange, but doesn’t realize what has actually happened. She sends Gordon away to “take care of” the crazy Ren. She wants him to call the police.

Gordon goes back to Ren, who tells him to bring Julie back. Ren tells Gordon to “fix” her. Ren gives Gordon a drug to slip into a drink that will knock Julie out.

That night, Gordon attempts to “fix” Julie, first by taking her to bed. When they are finished, Julie proclaims that she is indeed “fixed”. Then Gordon slips the drug into a drink and gives it to Julie.

Ren connects the computer to Julie, who becomes another puppet for the computer program. Ren sends Gordon and Julie out into the world to proclaim Ren’s greatness and convince others to come back with them.

Outside, Gordon and Julie are in awe of the “real world”. They meet ANNA, one of Gordon’s neighbors and try to share their discovery with her. Anna is sly, and deals with them carefully. She suggests that they to go back to Ren and share with him what they have seen. They tell her that Ren made them “perfect”. Anna convinces them to go back and return the favor to Ren, to help make him “perfect” too.

Gordon and Julie go back to Ren’s apartment and force him to undergo the same procedure they went through, convinced it will be a huge favor to Ren. Ren tries to resist, but they overpower him and the nanobots are injected into his brain.