Film Treatment- Description of Characters

Owen Haynes is our main character. He was bullied as a child, which has shaped his adult life. Because of his childhood, he decides to start boxing as defence mechanism to incorporate some confidence into his system. As Owen grows older, his emotions get the better of him and he chooses revenge as a motive to use his boxing outside of the ring. His medium sized exterior gives the belief that he is confident, but on the inside he is still the little boy that was bullied all those years ago. His rage is spiralling out of control making him do things which he never thought that he could never possibly imagine.

Danny Mitchell is Owen's close and only friend. Having known eachother since school, Danny knows everything there is to know about Owen and almost idolises him, although Owen rarely acknowledges him. Danny has a small frame which makes his love of boxing difficult as he finds the physicality of the sport too much. He is unemployed and wastes all the money he gets on drugs. He is not the brightest crayon in the box and his mouth can sometimes create awkward situations which may lead to himself and Owen becoming under threat from troublesome circumstances.

Steve Quick is Owen's personal trainer and boxing coach. An old man with very wise stories who not only helps Owen with his boxing, helps him with his life. His childhood isn't too dissimilar to what Owen's used to be and whilst his wise words could help Owen, Owen chooses to ignore his advice which may lead to undaring consequences.

Ben Stewart is a man who went to school with Owen Haynes. Back in the day, Ben was the main culprit for issuing abuse and pain onto Owen and was often called the ringleader of the bullies. Since their encounters at school, Owen has felt that Ben, a man of a large build, has had the upper hand over him but once Owen's revenge excells, the tables turn and things turn nasty.

Jake Johnson also went to school with Owen. He was an accompliss to Ben when he used to bully Owen. Jake didn't realise the seriousness of what he was doing and merely conformed to what his best friend was doing. Having forgotten about what used to happen at school, he is unable to help Ben when he come running for help which leads him into a whole lot of trouble.