Haven Script Review from latinoreview.com
by El Mayimbe
Haven, which takes place over the course of one weekend, is about two shady
businessmen who flee to the Cayman Islands to avoid federal prosecution. Their
escape ignites a chain reaction that leads a British native to commit a crime
that changes the country. It is basically an edgy, suspenseful ensemble
character drama set on Grand Cayman Island. The script is an interesting
portrait of life in the fast lane and the suspense that goes along with it.
Script goes on to show that life isn’t that perfect on Grand Cayman. This kid
knows his [stuff]. The Script incorporates a lot of flashback and flash forward
techniques, which make the drama more interesting. Should make for an
interesting gritty film.
The script begins with the cops raiding the 1st
Cayman Bank. A white Lincoln Navigator crashes into a boat jack knifed into the
trailer of a For Pick up Truck. The driver FRITZ gets into the Navigator, the
boat and pickup aren’t his, he doesn’t have a license or insurance. Cut to four
months later in Miami. MR. ALLEN convinces Florida businessman CARL RIDLEY to
invest in Cayman Island real estate. He wants the $1.2 million condo in his name
and he will pay in cash, Allen convinces Carl to let the company buy it and put
it into Carl’s daughter’s name. Carl surprises his daughter PIPPA on her 17th
birthday. The next morning Carl receives several faxes, one of which is a
brochure for a luxury condo. Federal agents swoop into Carl’s home, and take
evidence. Carl pulls $1 million in cash from the bank and removes Pippa from
school, taking her to Grand Cayman. End Act One. Carl and Pippa will live in the
condo he just purchased there. Pippa hangs out and finds a naked FRITZ sleeping
in her bed! He makes a fast exit. Pippa later finds Fritz at a beach bar later
and hands over his wallet, which he left behind. Fitz’s mother is the condo
complex MANAGER. Fritz sweet-talks Pippa into going out with him. When Fritz
picks Pippa up, he sees Carl counting money. Oh-Oh! Fritz and Pippa party, and
she meets islanders SHY and PATRICK as well as EVA and other trust fund kids who
party life away. Pippa snorts some blow for the first time. Fritz takes Pippa to
the harbor, he breaks into a yacht and romances her until cops arrive and break
up the scene! Damn! Just when he was about to hit it! Four months earlier, SHY
receives papers in a Caymanian citizenship process. Shy celebrates ANDREA’s 18th
birthday by [sleeping with her]. They’ve been waiting for this
moment (I remember that feeling when I was sixteen!). Andrea’s family finds out,
and violence occurs between Andrea’s brother HAMMER and Shy. Four months later,
Hammer sits in jail and is released, apparently Shy wouldn’t testify against him
and that about cuts it to the middle.
