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The Gamekeeper

A former soldier turned gamekeeper uses trail cameras and guerrilla tradecraft to track a rural trafficking node in the Scottish Highlands—and risks everything to rescue his kidnapped daughter from a hidden farmhouse.

Dan Carrick, a former Royal Marine takes a job as a gamekeeper in the Scottish Highlands, after discovering that his daughter Aria—abducted by traffickers —is being held at a nearby farmhouse used as a hub for streaming child abuse. Realizing official channels will be too slow or compromised, he mounts a lone, meticulously planned assault on auction night, rescuing Aria and several other children before returning to systematically destroy the trafficking operation and leave its evidence for the police. As a local detective begins to piece together what happened, Dan and Aria disappear into the landscape he knows better than anyone, leaving open whether he is a hero, a fugitive, or a father who has gone too far to ever come back.

Script Excerpt
Written by:
Format:
TV Pilot
Budget:
Low
Starring Roles For:
James McAvoy
Eva Green
Ray Winstone
In the Vein Of:
The equaliser

Posted:
12/02/2025
Updated:
12/02/2025
Author Bio:
Retired police officer turned author/Screenwriter. Genres include Science fiction, Horror, Action, thriller, and sports

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