My Ninja

This script was recently chosen as an official selection for the Striped Tale Animated Film Awards in Tbilisi, Georgia!
Simon Caldrich, a high school aged boy lives with his mother Catherine in a suburban town. His mother is dating a computer engineer involved is some very advanced military simulation systems. While he is staying over Simon's gaming system gets crossed with the military system and a lightning strike causes a character from the game Katsuo, the hero and martial arts expert to come to life in their house.
Simon becomes friends with him, and Katsuo instructs him in martial arts, as well as helps him deal with bullies that have been taunting him.
Simon has been very angry and resentful about his father's passing, but he gradually warms to his Mom's new boyfriend, Jack, and they start doing some things together including visiting his high tech labs where Simon witness some amazing things in a top secret area.
Katsuo gets the idea Jack is Simon's enemy, and tries to kill him, but luckily Simon is able to prevent him.
Simon makes a friend at school, Dora, a nice girl that tries to help him with some of his problems. Simon tries to start doing better at school and working on his future.
Some bullies try to beat up Simon, but Katsuo foils their plans, beating them up while making it look like Simon was the one that did it.
They leave him alone after that.
Unfortunately the game that released Katsuo into the world, has also released all the supernatural power villains from the game, Katsuo's enemies. They begin to wreak havoc on the city, and Simon and Jack go back to the headquarters to try to shut off the machine that is controlling it.
They manage to triumph and the characters all disappear after losing their powers.
A few months later, Simon is at a Chinese restaurant in town, when he sees a cook that look exactly like Katsuo! The man speaks no English, and his co-workers laugh at Simon's questions. It appears they will become friends.

  • David Carl Raymer
    Writer
    Industrial training films
  • Project Type:
    Screenplay
  • Number of Pages:
    121
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • First-time Screenwriter:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Striped Tale Animated Film Festival
    Tbilisi, Georgia
    December 8, 2023
    Finalist Best Screenplay Competition
Writer Biography - David Carl Raymer

David Raymer studied English Literature at the University of California, Davis, and had further education at UCLA's Film Extension school in TV and Film writing and development.
He worked for Fries Entertainment in Hollywood and NBC television in Burbank. He also has experience writing and helping produce industrial videos for the US Navy and Air Force.
He now lives and works as a chiropractor in Phoenix, Arizona. He lived with his wife and two sons in the USA, but also Germany and Holland for 12 years which shaped his views of the world and was the inspiration for several of his screenplays. David recently was chosen as a finalist for the Courage Film Festival in Berlin, Germany in the best Screenplay category.

Add Writer Biography
Writer Statement

Good films start with good scripts. There is no short cut no matter how talented your Directors and Actors are. I would like to write films that are entertaining, successful, and maybe even make the world a somewhat better place.