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The opening scene introduces Mike Max who is a producer, and his wife Page. Max is busy talking profusely on the phone making deals and doing business and talking to his secretary on the computer about an email. The audience understands that this man is a man of money and power right away with the widely visuals showing all of his wealthy electronics, multi million dollar Malibu style mansion and elegant wife. Max's wife Page is very distraught and angry with Max because he has no time for her, which develops tension and a possibility of their marriage being on the rocks. The inciting incident occurs when Mike is kidnapped outside of a bar. Why was he kidnapped? There are three protagonists in The End of Violence and all of them and the major characters are introduced in the first act and second act. Of course after the introduction of Max and Page, there is the introduction to Ray, who is a computer genius hooking up and observing a top secret surveillance crime monitoring system that blankets L.A with video cameras. The next major character Doc, is the cop investigating Mike Max’s disappearance and suspects that he is the killer of the two men that were found near a highway. The three protagonists Mike Max, Doc Block, and