Okay so I'm going to keep the details short because I'm really just looking for brainstormers to come up with as many bad and good ideas as possible.

Things you guys should figure out:

So basically firstly I need a way for a guy to fake his own death. I don't want some cliche "He falls off of something or his body is never recovered then he just miraculously comes back." In fact, audiences today are so used to that if they don't see a body they automatically assume the character lived. I have to somehow overcome that, present a death scene no one would question unless they had been diligently observing clues I will lead for them throughout the story. I'm not going to bother explaining the details behind how he's going to die because I need to come up with a houdini-plan anyway so I can adjust that and I'd rather it not block your creative flows.

Example of what I want

The death: Protagonist is electrocuted
The twist: He had shock absorbers or something
Then add possible clues in the film that would subtly hint at this without giving it away.

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Okay, if that's not your fancy when writing the script I found the transition between Act 1 and 2 kind of iffy and scrambled because I felt since certain characters got on their way early I was forced to stick in lot's of necessary pieces of dialogue between other characters to keep things moving instead of following them around a bit more so they can take a more graceful leap into the story, instead of the necessary characters that need to meet just stumbling upon each other.

In particular, Zimmerman, an exiled mafioso looking for some escorts to fight off all the hitmen after him hides out in the same place as the two main guys, and I need a better way for them to meet. After they meet, it's all pretty well sorted but the way I have it I just can't think of a way for the meeting to be interesting. Currently they practically just bump into each other.

Freddy King is an adrenaline junkie, Bobby Stokes is a recovering heroine junkie, they met when Freddy made Bobby (unwittingly) an accomplice in a prison escape. Zimmerman is a fast talking, charismatic opportunist.

Alright, get to storming!

Well, this isn't the most original idea I've ever had, but I can't think of anything other than poisons or something. So guy gets poisoned with a lethal substance (how is entirely up for grabs), but it turns out that he's developed an immunity to the substance, or the killer used the wrong dosage/someone switched out the poisons for a sedative that puts the guy in a coma or something........

I just started thinking about Romeo and Juliet (juliet drinks this potion and fakes her death so she doesn't have to maryy that Paris guy........) Anyway, if this helps, great, otherwise sorry it didn't work out.

I feel you completely, I've been trying to fit poison through the story, too, and it works because elements I want such as a final show-down with a corrupt cop and a little sweet good bye dialogue to the girlfriend could easily be included (The poison would almost be like the knife in Gladiator)

There are so many parties that affect each other, nearly any outcome could fall upon Bobby Stokes making his life appear to be caught short. There are at least three good clues I would need to be able to insert in the script that he is developing an immunity, as well as possibly a way to fake his own death. I even had an idea of him molding his teeth and making dentures then ripping out some's teeth by the gums so he can insert the dentures and match dental records with that dead guy, but I got rid of that idea cause I thought it was too far fetched, and I would need to put him some situation where they think he got irrecognizably burned.

The more I think about it, the more I think I should start with the clues and connect them because otherwise I;m shooting in the dark for ideas. So I thought maybe since two hitmen ride around in a van with the back layered with bullet proof covers revealing racks of weapon which the protagonists steal. Upon discovering the racks one exclaims, "Jeeze, you could fit a person in there." and bam, you have subtle hint number 1. If it's too obvious you can always just change the dialogue slightly.