With a basic premise thought up; I need to think what's actually going to fill the time. Below are some 'spitballs'.
- Use of a psychologist, the father see's one to help him out with the stress.
- Father possibly mentions the psychologist to the accused; show him the 'path of destruction' his actions have caused.
- Police begin to prepare to move in a resolve the situation.
- After a beating or two and a lot of shouting: the accused confesses. (Either to just shut the father up or the stress is so much he cracks).
- Father, satisfied, drags accused out, telling the police that the accused man has just confessed and that they should arrest him.
- Police tell him to put the gun down and to move away from the accused man.
Options for ending:
1. Father argues with them for a short while, at one point he waves the gun in the police's general direction as he is caught up in the heat of the moment, thinking he's just pointing. The police open fire: both the father and the accused are killed in the hail of bullets. A few days later they check the location the father said the accused man hid the body: no body is found. The accused man lied.
What I like: It provokes a saddened response from the audience, shock tactics.
What I don't like: Both men dying seems a little Hollywood to me
2. Same as above but this time, the actual person who kidnapped the child comes foward and hands himself in, the body is recovered. Told via text on screen at the end.
What I like: Closure for the family, the actual criminal is arrested.
What I don't like: Nothing, this ending is pretty decent.
3. Either ending but during the credits a segment of a session with the psychologist is heard: the father is asked if he would kill the accused man himself. A response is given that stays with us. e,g, "I'm not a monster like him" (this would work if the father actually kills the accused man).
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