Home Alone 2 - Redux

Over winter vacation I had a chance to catch a few hundred showings of "Home Alone 2", the one where he's lost in New York. Seems they like to show Christmas-themed movies around Christmas time. Go figure.

Anyhow, watching the movie I found myself thinking "this isn't very realistic, now is it?" So, I sat down at my trusty typewriter and rewrote the screenplay a bit.

My story progresses much like the movie for the first half, where Kevin gets lost and dupes an entire hotel to accept a stolen credit card. Much dumber things have happened in real life, so this isn't an exaggeration. Moving on.

The biggest changes occur when Kevin starts throwing bricks off the roof of three-story building and hits Marv multiple times in the head. The first hit causes Marv to temporarily loose consciousness, while the second one breaks a portion of the skull and splits his head open on one side, causing Marv to hemorrhage on the street. He is pronounced as DOA (dead on arrival) by the time the paramedics arrive. Harry is devastated by his friend's death, which he only accepts after the paramedics manage to remove him from Marv's body. Harry then proceeds to shoot both paramedics and takes his own life. Kevin, observing the events unfold from the roof, finally recognizes the devastating effect his actions have on others and attempts to commit suicide by throwing himself off the roof. He is caught at the last moment by a police officer.

Fast forwarding to next year, close to Christmas time, the story picks up at Kevin's sentencing. He is being charged with manslaughter, cruel and unusual punishment and vandalism (for breaking the window of a toy store) and is sentenced to 8 years in prison. Peter and Buzz McCallister, father and brother of Kevin, respectively, get arrested while attempting to break their son out of jail. Katharine McCallister suffers a breakdown and ends up in a catatonic state. In prison, Kevin, Peter and Buzz learn that their home is being repossessed and Katharine is sent to a mental facility upstate. Later that day, Buzz attacks and brutally beats his brother in the showers, screaming that it is Kevin's fault that the family has fallen apart. In the last shot, a bloodied Kevin whispers "Merry Christmas, Buzz" and the screen fades to black. A final punch is heard as the credits roll and it is unclear whether Kevin lives or dies.

Curiously enough, the story managed to keep the Christmas spirit of the original film, as well as a PG rating.