Greed

Bounty is a 2016 action short film made by Fox Way Studios. It is the seventh published Fox Way Studios film. The film was released October 1st, 2016.

The film is directed by Tony Cole and it stars Steve Mills as Clarke, Tony Cole as Xander and Thomas Sandford as Layton.

Synopsis
Three treasure hunters of different motives find themselves with the same objective - retrieve a mysterious briefcase at any cost.

Plot
A treasure hunter named Clarke is searching for a mysterious briefcase. He comes across a dam and pulls out his pistol. On a stone, holding the dam together, he sees the briefcase and goes for it. He then takes out his phone and dials an unknown person and says: "I got it."

While he watches the stream flow, he is ambushed behind by another treasure hunter, Xander. Clarke knocks Xander down, but by using the briefcase, Xander manages to disarm Clarke. The fight goes on and ends with Xander grabbing the briefcase and running away. Clarke tries to shoot him, but misses. On his way out, Xander turns around to see whether or not Clarke is still chasing after him. While his gaze is turned elsewhere, another treasure hunter, Layton, ambushes him from behind. Layton grabs the briefcase and runs away. Clarke comes up to Xander and asks him about the location of the briefcase. Being threatened with a pistol, Xander tells him that Layton took it. Xander offers working together, but Clarke dismisses it and starts chasing after Layton, Clarke following after loading his pistol.

Layton drops the briefcase and hangs on a tree branch from where he kicks Clarke. Layton runs away again. Xander brings up working together again, and this time Clarke points his gun at him. Xander starts following Layton. Layton stumbles, allowing Xander to catch up and knock him out.

Xander takes the briefcase and is about to leave, but once he turns around Clarke shoots him into the stomach. Layton takes the briefcase and starts running, but Clarke shoots it out of his hands. He takes the briefcase and is about to shoot Layton, but his pistol jams allowing Layton to tackle him. Their fight ends with Clarke smashing Layton's head with a rock. Clarke is about to leave with the briefcase, but Xander shoots him. Both die, leaving the briefcase with no owner.

Cast

 * Steve Mills as Clarke
 * Tony Cole as Xander
 * Thomas Sandford as Layton

Locations

 * River
 * River dam
 * River path

Characters

 * Clarke
 * Xander
 * Layton
 * Clarke's contact (mentioned)

Items

 * The briefcase

Production
Greed was announced on the 17th of September, 2016 through a set photo published on Tony Cole's Instagram. The description of the picture says that "A lot of crime seems to happen in Kaust City." This could mean that the film and some of the short films before it are based in Kaust City or it could simply be a humorous reference to Fox Way shooting lots of crime films in Kaust City.

The songs used in the short film are taken from the original soundtrack of the 2016 adventure video game "Uncharted 4: A Thief's End."