I rewrote the synopsis for Speedster, hoping to better convey the things I think make it stand out from the crowd without giving too much away about the plot. Tell me what you think.
At 48, Jack McCain is beginning to
resemble the antique Auburn Speedster his grandfather left him years
ago. Sleek, classy, and powerful in its day, the car is now an
anachronism that needs to be sheltered from the harsh realities of
its environment to prevent its slipping into an ignoble dotage.
Jack would like nothing better than to
keep himself garaged and under wraps next to his Speedster, but fate
has conspired against him. Driven to distraction by a manipulative
ex-wife, an insensitive girlfriend, and an epic mid-life crisis, Jack
finds himself the chance owner of a customized import car. Hoping to
sell the car, he joins a car club run by a bunch of twenty-something
tuner punks who don't seem to know very much about cars. When one of
the members, a beautiful tomboy who happens to be an exotic dancer,
follows him home his life begins to spiral out of control.
Meanwhile, a screwball collection of
villains including a pair of neon-haired underachievers, a serial
sexual predator, and the owner of the gentleman's club called
Glitters, scheme to separate Jack from the valuable Speedster. They
want to sell it to launch a black tar heroin enterprise on Florida's
posh Lower East Coast. They will stop at nothing to get it. Fueled by
their spectacular and often hilarious ineptitude, they mire
themselves and Jack in a predicament that seems more and more
hopeless as it unfolds.
When a murderous deviant named Mateo
abducts two women to force his hand, Jack must shake his malaise and
come to grips with the boredom and indecisiveness at the root of his
troubles. He enlists the help of his best friend, Mike, to rescue the
women, but even a bagful of guns and the best of intentions are not
enough it seems against a resourceful and determined foe. Tensions
rise and bodies fall, from the walled mansions of Palm Beach to the
mangrove labyrinths of Florida's Gulf Coast, as events race to an
exciting and unexpected conclusion.
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