Whiskey Zero 1
Tone: Crimson Tide on land
Genre: Scripted, Contained High-Stakes Thriller
A near-miss nuclear crisis unfolds when every safeguard works as intended—leaving two missile officers trapped between absolute obedience and irreversible consequences.
Deep beneath the American heartland, Whiskey Zero 1 is a contained high-stakes thriller about a near-miss nuclear crisis that unfolds not because something goes wrong, but because everything works exactly as designed. When a catastrophic event triggers automated warnings and cuts off communication with command, two missile officers are forced to navigate an irreversible launch system built for certainty—at a moment when certainty no longer exists. As AI News travels, protocols activate, information fragments, and judgment is removed from the loop, the film explores the terrifying possibility that obedience, not error, may be the greatest threat of all.
Adapted from Mark McLaughlin’s feature screenplay SWAT: Fear Sweat & Bullets, the “METRO” Pilot Episode is a high-octane police procedural that follows Officer Kim Baxter, a fierce and determined LAPD officer battling to prove her worth in both the crime-ridden streets of Los Angeles and the male-dominated world of law enforcement. As Kim takes on life-threatening situations, she must also confront the deeply ingrained sexism of her colleagues and superiors, all while grappling with failed relationships and her own emotional scars from a troubled past in the foster care system. Balancing intense action with personal drama, METRO dives deep into Kim’s fight for respect, survival, and justice, as she struggles to become LAPD’s first woman in SWAT.
