$DUMMYCrash Test Dummies
A broke ex-stuntman risks death in black-market self-driving car crashes to erase his daughter's medical debt before the next wreck kills him.
A broke ex-stuntman risks death in black-market self-driving car crashes to erase his daughter's medical debt before the next wreck kills him.
Synopsis
Jack Harlan, a washed-up stuntman haunted by past failures, accepts a shadowy gig as a human crash test dummy for illegal autonomous vehicle trials. Each brutal collision pays off chunks of his daughter Mia's crushing hospital bills, but the AI glitches grow deadlier and the operators more ruthless. As Jack bonds with fellow dummies and uncovers the trial's deadly cover-ups, he must decide how many bones he'll break—and how many lives he'll risk—to give Mia a future. The line between protector and victim blurs when the cars start targeting survivors. In a final rigged mega-crash engineered for data and profit, Jack turns the machine against its masters in a high-octane act of defiance that could save his family or end them both.
The story
Jack, deep in debt and guilt, watches Mia's condition worsen and signs the lethal NDA with black-market operator Elena Voss. He survives his first two crashes but the payments barely dent the bills.
Jack recruits ally Wreck and lover Lena to expose the trials while dodging escalating AI malfunctions and corporate assassins. Mia discovers the truth and confronts her father, fracturing their bond.
Jack rigs the final autonomous death race to expose the conspiracy live, sacrificing his body one last time to crash the system and secure Mia's freedom before dying in her arms.
The cast
Ex-stuntman turned desperate father who once doubled for action stars but now bets his life on crashes to save his kid.
dream cast: Ryan Gosling
Jack's teenage daughter fighting a rare illness whose mounting bills force her dad into lethal gigs.
dream cast: Millie Bobby Brown
Brilliant but amoral engineer running the underground trials for profit and data, willing to kill for results.
dream cast: Cate Blanchett
Former boxer turned crash dummy who becomes Jack's brother-in-arms and helps sabotage the system.
dream cast: Oscar Isaac
Mechanic and ex-racer who fixes the dummies' rigs and falls for Jack while uncovering the conspiracy.
dream cast: Ana de Armas
Dream crew
in the style of Denis Villeneuve — raw intensity and spectacle
in the style of Taylor Sheridan — gritty character depth
in the style of Hans Zimmer — pulse-pounding tension
Cold open
INT. DERELICT WAREHOUSE - NIGHT Fluorescent lights flicker over a gutted Tesla chassis. JACK HARLAN (40s, bruised, hollow eyes) straps into the driver's seat, duct tape over the airbags. ELENA VOSS (50s, sharp suit) watches from a monitor bank. JACK This one pays the MRI, right? ELENA Survive it and the chemo starts tomorrow. The car AI voice crackles: "Autopilot engaged." Tires scream. Jack's knuckles whiten on the wheel as the vehicle hurtles toward a concrete wall at 80 mph. Impact. Glass explodes. Fade to black with the sound of his daughter's heartbeat monitor.
Why now
Healthcare debt and AI fears are colliding in real time; audiences crave a visceral thriller that weaponizes both the gig-economy desperation and autonomous tech anxiety dominating headlines, turning tomorrow's headlines into tonight's must-see blockbuster.
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Screenplay draft
Title: Crash Test Dummies Credit: Written by Author: richardwboase Draft date: 22 May 2026 Contact: richardwboase@gmail.com FADE IN. INT. ABANDONED WAREHOUSE - NIGHT Sodium-yellow security lamps buzz overhead. Rain hammers corrugated metal. COLE MADDOX, late 40s, face lined like cracked leather, climbs into the stripped front seat of a late-model sedan. The interior has been gutted; only a racing harness and a dashboard array of blinking sensors remain. SILAS RENN, early 50s, stands outside the open door in a black overcoat, rain beading on his shoulders. SILAS Harness tighter than your last picture. Sensors read chest compression in real time. Cole pulls the straps until they bite. COLE Just tell the car when to hit the wall. Silas nods to an unseen technician. The engine starts itself. Headlamps flare. The sedan rolls forward on its own, then accelerates. Cole's eyes stay fixed on the approaching concrete barrier. The impact is sudden, metal folding, his body snapping forward against the harness. Glass dust floats in the beam of a single work light. Silas steps through the settling dust and checks a tablet. SILAS First payment already sent. Next one starts at sixty miles an hour. INT. ABANDONED INDUSTRIAL PARK - NIGHT Silas and Cole stand beside the crumpled sedan under portable work lights. Deep teal shadows stretch across oil-stained concrete. SILAS The human body is just another sensor. COLE Some sensors still feel the bill come due. INT. COLE'S APARTMENT - NIGHT A single bare bulb swings over a narrow bed. Unpaid medical statements are pinned beside faded stunt posters. Rain streaks the window overlooking a wet alley. NORA MADDOX, late teens, pale and thin in a hospital gown, lies in the bed with an IV taped to her arm. Cole enters, knuckles swollen, canvas jacket soaked. He sets a folded wad of cash on the table without a word. Nora watches him. NORA New bruises? COLE Work. NORA Dad. Cole stares at the condensation-streaked window. INT. ABANDONED INDUSTRIAL PARK - NIGHT Cole meets Silas Renn in the underground test facility. Renn's gloved hands hold a tablet showing contract clauses. SILAS Sixty miles per hour. Offset barrier. Vitals logged at five-second intervals. Payment on impact. Cole signs. INT. TEST VEHICLE - NIGHT Cole studies the contract clauses while rain streaks the windshield. The autonomous system hums. He flexes his scarred hands. COLE (to himself) Just numbers. INT. ABANDONED INDUSTRIAL PARK - NIGHT Cole climbs into the driver's seat for the inaugural low-speed barrier test. The engine starts itself. Headlamps flare. The sedan accelerates. Impact. Metal crumples. Cole's body snaps forward. Silence afterward except for the ticking of cooling metal. INT. ABANDONED INDUSTRIAL PARK - NIGHT OTIS GREER, mid 40s, stocky with grease-stained forearms and two missing fingers, approaches Cole in the shadows. OTIS I can rig a kill switch. Old stunt cable. Extra cash if it stays quiet. Cole watches him, expression flat. COLE Tell me how. INT. ABANDONED INDUSTRIAL PARK - NIGHT Cole endures a sequence of controlled spins, rollovers, and offset impacts. The autonomous systems log his vitals. Each crash lands with wet crunch and long silence before the next engine start. INT. HOSPITAL WARD - NIGHT FAYE LINDEN, early 40s, in white coat and scrubs, stands beside Nora's bed. A delayed wire transfer notification glows on Cole's phone. FAYE Condition's worsening. We cut treatment if the account stays empty. Cole signs for a higher-speed night trial. EXT. ELEVATED FREIGHT YARD - NIGHT Renn's men shadow Cole along the chain-link fence. Wet asphalt reflects distant city lights. SILAS (over phone) Refuse the next spec and the hospital stops. Cole hangs up. INT. TEST VEHICLE - EXT. ELEVATED FREIGHT YARD - NIGHT High-speed run on wet elevated roadways. The car accelerates. Head-on collision at the barrier. Cole is concussed, body limp. The vehicle smokes. INT. HOSPITAL WARD - NIGHT Faye stands over the bed. FAYE Payments stopped. Treatment halted. Cole lies in recovery, harness scars visible on his wrists. INT. RECOVERY ROOM - NIGHT Dim light. Cole stares at the scars. Rain on the window. He decides. INT. ABANDONED INDUSTRIAL PARK - NIGHT Cole recruits Otis Greer. COLE Hidden manual override. Use the old stunt routing. OTIS Renn finds out, I'm done. COLE Do it. INT. ELEVATED FREIGHT YARD - NIGHT Deserted rail spur. Cole overrides the autonomous unit mid-roll. The car spins, data spilling to regulators' receivers. Metal screams. The vehicle stops upright. Cole limps free. EXT. ELEVATED FREIGHT YARD - NIGHT Cole limps past a new unmarked sedan where another strapped figure waits under the same fluorescent glare. Rain falls. City lights reflect off wet asphalt. FADE OUT.
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