Film
Treatment
Newly turned 25, Freya Smith walks down the aisle on what’s
supposed to be the happiest day of her life. Staring in the face of Satan
himself, she begins to descend down the aisle, plastering on the face of joy
she has had a life time to practise…. (Flash Forward)
(The nursery rhyme playing in the background)
Ladybird, Ladybird
Fly away home,
Your house is on fire
And your children all gone;
All expect one
And that’s little Ann
And she crept under
The warming pan.
Freya Smith (Alexandra Daddario) is the love child of Charles Smith and his
mistress Nicola Moore living in the wealthiest part of London, in the mansions
of Knightsbridge. She grew up being resented by her siblings and stepmother,
the original Mrs Smith. Freya was the spitting image of her mother (being a
constant reminder of the deceitful act her father had committed) with raven
black hair that was formed into perfect ringlets, so indifferent to her
siblings sun kissed skin and honey tinted hair. Her father was a notorious
womanizer, bringing random women back almost every weekend which didn’t go
unnoticed by Mrs. Smith. Due to the absence of her father in her younger years,
Freya’s older siblings would be in charge, constantly using her as a rag doll, forcing
her to fight with her brothers for practice. A few years down the line, it was
the night of Mr and Mrs Smith’s 15th wedding anniversary which started off
smoothly, guests indulging in the free food and free drinks, as the night
progressed Mr. Smith became too ‘handsy’ with the other females which caused an
argument to break out between the couple. The hysteric Mrs. Smith lit a candle
and threw it on the Persian curtains that hung in the east wing, in a matter of
minutes the Smith Mansion was engulfed in flames.
Freya was the sole survivor of the tragic fire that killed
her entire family and destroyed the only place that was ‘home’ to her. Her
deceased family was branded to be a state, an embarrassment to the community,
leaving Freya more isolated and alone than ever before. In one of the hostels
in which she had inhabited, she is approached by two girls claiming that she
had stolen their blanket; the squabble started off small, with only harsh words
being flung at each other. Then one of the girls throws a punch knocking Freya to
the floor, memories of the abuse she would willingly take from her brother’s began
to flood her mind. Slowly standing up, Freya takes both girls out not giving
them the mercy they end up begging for. The next morning as Freya gets ready to
leave she is approached by four other girls who praise her on her fighting
skills from the previous night, the introduce themselves as Cass Collins
(Natalya Rudakova), Keira Lin (Jamie Chung), Erin Thomas (Keke Palmer) and
Harriet Jones (Sara Paxton), they ask her where she plans on going and invite
her to join them on their day/night out.
As times goes on Freya begins to adopt their habits and
quickly adjusts to the lifestyle the other girls lead. Their main objective is
to steal to ensure their survival. Cass begins to date Michael, a drug dealer
that works for one of the five most feared gangs in London, the “Stoneheads”.
Cass begins to become more violent and starts to assault members of the public
when they do their daily rob, the other girls believe the change in her
behaviour stems from her new addiction to Cocaine and Ketamine. On confronting
her, Cass explains that she wants to move up in ranks and become a real gang
and that the ‘Stoneheads’ will train them in areas of combat, knives and guns.
As they start to train and fight alongside Stoneheads,
they eventually become included in the gang. The rest of the girls (excluding
Freya and Erin) adapt and begin to enjoy their new lifestyle, thriving off the
new power they ‘believed’ to possess. The girls had simply become pawns in the
Stoneheads plans, at the snap of a finger the other three girls would obey and
follow through on jobs given to them. One night Enzo (Jesse Williams), leader
of the Stoneheads commands that the girls dance for the male company they have
around. Freya and Erin refuse to participate, resulting in a beating which they
both don’t back down from. Erin pulls out a pocket knife and lunges for Enzo,
the tip of the knife gently grazes him only ripping the t-shirt, he pulls a gun
from his back pocket and shots Erin in the temple. Then he orders for the girls
to clean up the mess.
Throughout the months leading up to Freyas wedding, she
hardly leaves her room and barley eats, not caring about the bruises and
scarring that scatter her body, she began to simply waste away. On the day of
her wedding everyone is surprised to see the effort she has made, as she begins
to walk down the aisle alone she re-collects the memories of her father, her
absent mother and her closet friend Erin, wishing she were here. Everyone waits
in anticipation for Freya to say ‘I do’, instead she gives a sickly sweet smile
to the guests and retrieves the gun from her garter, shooting Enzo dead in the
eye.
