A 90 minute drama following 3 men who end up going on a honeymoon together.

When Wilf is ditched at the altar he decides to go away on the planned honeymoon joined by his two best friends.

29 is the story of their travelling experiences through Morocco. The Journey provides an opportunity to explore the individual characters and their relationship.

Often they find themselves at odds with each other and frequently contradictory to the sensitivities of the culture and harsh landscape that surrounds them.

29 is a film about understanding through travelling and the validity of attitudes when placed in a different cultural context.

Available for production. To request the full screenplay contact me at: info@colinlaidlaw.com

An 18 minute film short. A twisted thriller, based around revenge.

When one man decides to avenge another whom had knocked him down in a hit and run accident he enters a world of hatred and petty tit for tat.

However, as the story progresses he begins to feel sorry for the other man. It is not until he has gone too far that he realises the horrific and fatal truth. In death nothing is what it may seem.

Available for production. To request the full screenplay contact me at: info@colinlaidlaw.com

The Grid Reference is a tragic road movie about a father searching for his son after he vanishes. The Grid Reference is “The Third Man” set in Mexico.

Mr Williamson – once a writer of cheap novels, is now a lamentable drunk who chooses drink over fatherhood. Pressured by guilt he must journey to find the truth behind his son’s disappearance.

Arriving in Mexico, he hits the rainy season. The heat and humidity are stifling; darkness and brightness vie for domination. Life is cheap – alcohol is cheap.

James, Mr Williamson’s son, is twenty and has a secret – he is dying! With only a few months to live, he does not want to spend his final days in a hospital. He wants to see the world, discover paradise and achieve something before he dies.

Deep in Mexico a car is pulled from a swamp and James’ journal is found – however there is no sign of James. The police, led by its narcissistic Capitan, appear blasé to Mr Williamson’s plight.

Struggling between alcohol and his purpose, Mr Williamson turns to the journal and begins an investigation on his own.

However, nothing can prepare him for what the pages reveal. A dark underworld exists beneath the façade of paradise. Corruption, deception and even murder are chronicled and Mr Williamson soon finds himself at odds with the authorities.

Furthermore the journal exposes a blackness that inhabits James mind. He knows where he will die, a place that he calls “The Grid Reference”. Mr Williamson must raise all his strength and faith to decipher the clues within the pages to find the Grid Reference.

On this journey he is forced to question himself and why he has never been a father to his son. He must face the guilt and find James before it is too late.

At the point of failure Mr Williamson discovers the Grid Reference and the real truth behind it: James is dying – that is true. The journal though, is fiction – It is the novel that James wants his father to write.

The Grid Reference is an intricate story exploring the darkness that lies behind paradise and the value of fatherhood.

Full script written and seeking producers. To request the full screenplay contact me at:  info@colinlaidlaw.com

A 90 minute Horror, based upon John Carpenter’s ‘The Thing’.

It has been over 20 years in the waiting. Picking up from where ‘The Thing’ concluded ‘The Thing II’ is an intelligent response to the 1982 classic.

What will a man do to save himself, and, what will he destroy to save mankind?

How many would sacrifice themselves for their fellow man? Would you?

‘The Thing II’ contemplates the biblical theme of plague and reflects on Herman Melville’s classic Moby Dick.

The Thing is seen as the darkness within the self and judicator of all. Destruction, fear, hate, and the cold, so very cold. Who can you trust, where can you hide?

The Thing II

Available for production, request the full treatment contact me at:  info@colinlaidlaw.com

A 6 minute film short. An observation of a man at the point of his death.

This is a story about a man’s journey into the after-world. He finds himself confronted with the troubles he faced in the real world. Time, Love and Space prove to be his nemesis and are what he must now face in his eternity.

Available for production, request the full screenplay contact me at:  info@colinlaidlaw.com