The genre of our main task is thriller/horror. The opening is set in a dysfunctional Britain with people being kidnapped everyday by unknown people and the government is trying it’s hardest to cover up for all the missing people. A young teenage couple are enjoying a walk on a bridge in the sunset, but the day ends in blood and tears, as the walk turns into a horrific kidnapping of the teen’s girlfriend. The film starts with a voice over of an unknown person, (who later on is identified as the kidnapper) talking about the streets of Britain and how it is his turn to take advantage. The film then opens with an establishing shot of Manchester and then fades into the young couple walking on the bridge and a mysterious figure enters the shot, he runs up behind the couple and attacks the boyfriend. The boyfriend is knocked out and left unconscious, and the kidnapper escapes with the girlfriend. The boyfriend wakes up to a phone call of his kidnapped girlfriend but it is really the kidnapper calling to give orders on what to do in order to get his girlfriend back, and the mysterious man calls it a game of Simon says.
Linked below is a trailer for the movie "Alpha Dog" (2006) wirtten and directed by Nick Cassavetes. This movie was also used as inspiration for our opening as the movie is based on a true life kidnapping.
