Storm Punchers

Private jetting from old Hawaii to Uncle Davey’s Caribbean island mansion, Staz with his twin sister Larissa engage their cousin Kai on different terms. Larissa taunts the year older cousin with challenges to his commanding arrogance while Staz evaluates their styles as leaders and his potential as quiet advisor. Admiring Kai’s aeronautics skills, Staz turns talk to the family business of real estate deals in a climate changed world. Excitement builds as Kai brags how the wasp will get them to top-o-the-air in minutes. He grins at the storm punches he and his girlfriend Krithi have already done. The four teenagers and little Jodie set out on a thrill ride, taking off in the wasp up high above the hurricane eye of Zelda, the Stage 7 ocean storm. Stars at the edge of space blow Staz’s brain away, twinkling above a stunning view of their planet. In their wasp Kai’s passes out his drugs to all but Jodie, while Larissa takes on her protective role of the sad-eyed little cousin. Indifferent, Kai punches them through the inside wall of the storm on a wild ride tumble, veering in and out of hurricane wind tunnels. The parallel to Zee-on gaming adds a feel to the flight that flushes them out at the sea level rise high rises. Their families made millions investing in real estate based on risk analysis towards rising sea levels, before, after and because of the Antarctic slosh. They take in the scene of raggedy people living hard lives until Larissa speaks out. Climate change was their fault much more than others—wealth creating the planetary crisis. As a building degrades further before them in the storm, Kai pokes his head outside the wasp to engage the problem setting Larissa screaming her differences at him. On more drugs, Kai flies them on to the dangerous thrills of a degraded mainland city. With Larissa whispering messages into Jodie’s ear, motivations to act go wild when they watch Kai meet resistance on a dry city street.