The desert wind blows hot and stiff. Somewhere outside of Las Vegas – or a place
near enough like it as makes no difference – stands a small chapel. Guests, organ
music, anticipation, the works. It’s someone’s wedding day. A man walks inside,
and he ain’t here to toss rice.
In a flash he’s out the door and clutching a necklace. Into the getaway car and the
chase is on, racing through city streets and out into the audience. Before you’re
done picking at your popcorn, half of these thugs are picking their teeth up off the
floor as two gangs erupt in a full-on riot, going at each other tooth-and-nail for
their very survival.
That’s just the start of a night of flying motorcycles, savage fighting, fierce
loving, folks on fire, free-falls, free-for-alls, and fireballs. It’s a living,
breathing, graphic novel that’s nonstop tire-peeling, fist-flinging and
double-crossing action.
Cut forward to the last chapter, you’ll finally see the Bride’s true colors.
Then you’ll understand why that wedding had to be stopped. If you need to know
all the nasty details, there’s only one way to find out. Like everything else
in this world, it all comes down to that cold, hard cash. Like the man said:
Buy the ticket, take the ride.
Are. You. In?
• CHAPTER 1 – NEON WEDDING
"This is it. All or nothing ... Just the way I like it."
The prologue. The show opens with a video introducing the characters in play and
setting up the story that's about to unfold. But it's not just any video, or just like
any other kind of introduction. In R.U.N, a graphic novel is coming to life and this
is but the first chapter.
• CHAPTER 2 – BOOM BRAWL
"An ace in the hole is no match for a fist in your face."
Following the introduction, "Me" - the leader of the Street Kingz, crashes out
of a window and into the audience. He then proceeds to fight members of a rival gang,
the BlakJax. After dispensing with their goons, "Me" ziplines inside a warehouse where
an even bigger brawl ends in the explosion of a Downtown Las Vegas fireworks factory.
• CHAPTER 3 – LOOKOUT
"Famous for being good at nothing ... Except killing me."
Roll em. No, not dice... the opening credits. Names and faces fill out the cast of
this action-adventure fade in and out on the big screen. As for "Me", he's shown on
the run (on a massive treadmill), while the DJ rocks the house. Yeah, the perfect
opening to this mess of a heist. Heist? Yeah, that's right... fade in: the scene
opens with "Me" hunting down "The Dancer" in order to find and grab the infamous
necklace, this story's MacGuffin. Here you can choose to watch the performers via
video projection or on stage - a camera operator follows the performers as the
scene unfolds, providing unique views of the action.
• CHAPTER 4 – TAG
"From the moment I met her... She was hell on wheels."
Flashback. Things between the Street Kingz and BlakJax weren't always bad.
In fact, we were tight back in the day... This scene shows the two gangs getting
along before things out south: dancing and tagging in the streets. Spray painting
on the walls is done with projections. We also get our first stunt bike act, which
has the drivers performing stunts on the ground.
• CHAPTER 5 – LESSONS IN PAIN
"At least I’m not dead ... But after this, I’ll wish I was."
Yeah, we're not friends anymore. Here "Me" gets caught; the Doctor attempts
to get answers from our Hero via torture, which doesn't quite go his way. If
getting set on fire and your arm broken is anything to say about it.
• CHAPTER 6 – REV
"A car can be a nasty piece of machinery ... But, so can I."
The Hero and Bride attempt to escape as a car chase unfolds on stage. Using
projections, treadmills, and a full-size car, the pair travel through the desert
highways around Las Vegas. But...
• CHAPTER 7 – INTO THE DEPTHS
"Are you afraid this will actually work?"
... their escape ends in the drink. Having crashed into Lake Mead, "Me" and
The Bride are attempting to get to the surface. The scene is first depicted as a
quick video of them underwater, then it fades out and is replaced by the performers
hanging from wires pretending to swim.
• CHAPTER 8 – LEVEL UP
"Time to prove that I’m still worth a damn."
"Me" and The Bride make it to safety, and later challenge The Groom to a battle
to end all battles... except in Cyberspace! Here BMX and Trial Motorcycles clash.
• CHAPTER 9 – 'TIL DEATH
"The end looks a lot like the beginning."
We revisit the opening scene wedding, but this time... there's that twist ending!
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