Calvin, an army veteran, spends his days after his return from Afghanistan at home looking forward to some good times with his girl. Two hired assassins enter Calvin’s home one night when the couple are asleep and question him about a cache of gold that they believe to be in his possession. The gold in a question belonged to a dictator which later fell into the hands of the conquering forces who decide to keep it off the records and later divide it amongst themselves. Calvin gets killed that night after he tells the duo that the gold was now in Chicago, realizing that his entire squad had met with the same fate at the hands of the assassins. Soon the story spans out to include a plethora of curious characters who get connected with the sequence of events that follow the killing of Calvin. The story gets even more intriguing as the various characters turn out to be interconnected with each other in several ways and many levels, making the sequence of even more singular.
‘Two Days in Chicago’ is a feature length script by Writer Dillon Fuhrman. Dillon creates an end of the seat thriller involving a mysterious cache of gold with dubious origins and a train of conspiracies fuelled by greed. Dillon shows mastery in spinning his web, starting at the source of a cold-blooded murder, and employing the tricks of the trade to introduce an ensemble of quirky characters. He keeps the audience enthralled with his dry sense of humour throughout this gripping thriller that tracks the reason behind the murder of a veteran military personnel.
‘Two Days in Chicago’ is a story that goes deeper than the impressive façade of a thriller to explore the workings of conviction among crooks. It explores how a simple trigger can change the equations of relationships and how the oppressed break free from their shackles, given the right impetus. ‘Two Days in Chicago’ is a story of crooks with its heart in the right place.
