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IN BAD COMPANY

IN BAD COMPANY
By Ke DeSol

GENRE: Drama
LOGLINE: Inside the male dominated world of the Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs, families do exist. Max, a widow and mother struggles to protect hers from gang politics and violence after she is betrayed by those she believed she could trust.

SYNOPSIS:

MAX is the widow of JOE the deceased president of the ABIGOR RIDERS Outlaw Motorcycle Club. She shares a home with her kids BOY and ERIN and her brother WORM a bike builder and member of the Abigor Riders MC. She works as a tattooist at Joe's Tattoo Palace. Max has a long friendship with Boy’s Godfather BODEE, another Aigor Rider. When Worm and HEMI become partners in a bike-building business, he moves into the farm. Bodee reassures her that Hemi, an Abigor life member is genuine. Over time a relationship develops between Hemi and Max. However when Boy discovers their union the relationship between him and Hemi fractures. The loyalty to his father's memory and his instinct to protect his mother's happiness. Are his priority. CARMEN, The opinionated mother-in-law disapproves of everything Max does. Including her marriage to Joe, whom she disowned because of his biker lifestyle. Her inability to control Max is the underlying motivation for her attitude. HOLLY is the girlfriend of HUSS, an aggressive club nominee. When she comes to Max for a "Property of" tattoo; Max tells the girl she will never tattoo a woman the property of any man. But offers her a job instead. Seth sets up a mobile Meth lab putting Huss in charge of cooking the drug, Huss tells Angry he learned how to do it on Utube. Seth hires Worm and Hemi to build him a v8 drag bike paying them a lot of money up front. Max wants to renovate the Tattoo place and is talked into buying out Seth’s share. At Boy's 16th birthday party, Seth convinces her to mortgage the house to do it. The renovation takes longer than expected and she struggles to pay the bank. Hemi in confidence gives Worm his share of the money to help Max with the payments. Boy finds papers in his late father's guitar case that prove the ownership of Joe's Tattoo Palace. When she discovers that he has been deceiving her for a long time. Max storms the clubhouse and challenges Seth in front of his club members. Bodee is furious and beats Seth. This incident and others caused a dramatic inter-club split. Most members go with Bodee and form a new club the HIGHWAY ROGUES. Due to circumstances, Hemi, Worm and Bodee fall on divided sides. Seth is unrelenting with his aggressive violence, inciting drive- byes on homes and assaults. Finally, Seth declares war. The violence and brutality between the rival gangs have a big impact on Max and her family. He convinces Huss that Holly and WEED from the Highway Rogues are in a liaison. Seth insights Cassie and the other club gutter girls to beat Holly, falsely accusing her of breaking club rules. They beat her so badly that she is left in a coma at the front of the Highway Rogues clubhouse. When Max collects Holly's belongings from Huss's house, a photo with writing on the back falls out of a bag onto the floor of the car. She realises that she had seen the photo before among Joe's belongings and after a DNA test, finds Holly is Joe's eldest daughter. Max invites Holly to move to the farm when she leaves the hospital. Breaking the news to her and the family as to who she is. When the police question Huss about Holly’s assault he tells them about the Meth Lab and this gets back to Seth. He sets Huss up to kill Bodee in an ambush. And kills him in return.Max and the family are overwhelmed by Bodee’s death. Max, questions Hemi’s loyalty to her and the family, giving him an ultimatum, the family or the Abigor Riders. Hemi moves back to the clubhouse taking a secret with him. Boy is angry with his mother and runs away from home to join Hemi at the clubhouse. Worm is frustrated with Max and tells her they can’t leave the Abigor Riders until Seth’s drag bike is finished. When Max suggests they return Seth's money, Worm tells her that the money he gave her was from Hemi's share. When Hemi brings Boy home Max tells him she now knows the truth as to why he can't leave the club. Hemi takes the family away and proposes to Max showing her the land he wants to build a new home on at the beach. At a drag bike meet Seth, fires the first fatal shot killing a Highway Rogue. It erupts into a bloody massacre when they respond. Max sees Seth kill Boy’s friend JOSH and aim his weapon at her son. Without hesitation, she takes Angry's gun; and shoots Seth killing him instantly. Max, Hemi, Boy and Worm swear to the code of silence for life, never to talk about Seth's demise. While sorting out the legalities they discover that Seth was wealthy and had left everything to the club. Hemi and Worm are the last office-bearing members of the Abigor Riders M.C. alive, they disband the club and distribute to the children of the dead men the clubs' assets. Max sells the farm and Tattoo Palace and moves her family out of town to a safer life at the beach.

IN BAD COMPANY

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