SAVOIE is a dramatic crime thriller. The goal is clear: find the killers and the stakes are high. The idea of a detective investigating two murders isn’t new to the industry, but detective and mystery stories are timeless. They have a faithful fan base, as everyone loves a good murder mystery. The story is driven by themes about second chances, redemption, and justice.
However, to be successful with a tried and true concept, they should offer the audience something new or refreshing to excite the viewer. The script attempts to do this by giving the main character, Savoie, an intriguing backstory – the death of her husband. The idea that she was a suspect and that she left her former police department to begin a new life, is interesting. This attempts to give Savoie some depth.
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The first act sets up the murders and Savoie’s goal to solve them. However, there really isn’t any major inciting event or catalyst that propels the story from act one to act two. They tend to blend together. In fact, the real inciting event in her life is the murder of her husband, which occurs before the plot
...story, this made me think that finally the serial killer is caught but that turned out to be nothing, still having the suspense of when the real serial killer will come in hand. But against my every envisagement, the serial killer came by himself to Duncan to get his lost diary back in the lost and found department. This made the chills run through me as he came at the time I didn't expected. This brought the sudden climax in the story making me even more anxious that even though Duncan has found the serial killer, how will he ever stop this killing machine. And finally at the end when the serial killer was chasing Duncan down on the subway tracks, they both get hit by the train creating more anxiety in my mind that how will Duncan ever survive this kind of blow. But in the ending he survives and the serial killer dies, thus creating a happy mental picture in the end.
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