Menace: The Project Idea/Initial Conflict

     Now here is a brief explanation of the idea I have thus far. It stems almost completely from an excellent Halloween mask that I have in my house(pictured below). This mask would be the one worn by the vigilante hero, and I'm currently facing the dilemma of whether or not I make it a physical costume(like the Batman suit) or another entity that morphs onto the hero(similar to a Venom) character.

Overall though I think that this face will be unnerving to people, and 'Menace'(the title I'm thinking of using at the moment) would have to incorporate elements of that unsettling insanity. As far as story is concerned I'm not entirely certain where to take the piece but I know the base conflict that the hero will face. Heroes like Batman or Daredevil oftentimes face the issue of morality and refusing to kill people. Others like The Punisher take the law completely into their own hands, and don't have any qualms about killing their targets. Having a hero with a limit, or a line they refuse to cross, is something I want the trailer to toy with, and that will lead me to the greater conflict and the villain(who I have no clue wat to do with at the moment). 

Essentially, 'Menace' would follow a hero that refuses to kill, instead delivering criminals to the police for the justice system to do it's work. This is both how my unnamed hero will justify their violence and will provide the framework for their sense of justice. However, the story challenges that philosophy through the villain, who will be an individual that has been 'put away' in the past by this hero. The villain will be similar to mercenaries like Deathstroke, who have no problem killing for whatever reason they see fit. Their physical presence in the story as well their direct challenge to the hero's sense of justice(because the villain coming back is 'proof' the hero's system doesn't work) will force the hero to take more drastic measures to catch the villain a second time. 

At the very least, this is the central conflict of the piece, with the hero fighting the villain not just to put him away, but to try to prove to themselves that their sense of justice is right and asking the question: 

Should the hero step up to be judge, jury, and executioner? Or will they refuse to violate that principle and try to continue with their old ways? I'm not sure exactly how this will play out, but that's the general idea that I'm toying with.