Title: Save Me
Genre: Romance/Thriller

Samantha is a 30-something single mother and a nurse at a major metropolitan hospital. She lives with her 8-year-old son Elliot in the suburbs, equally harried by a hectic schedule and the unrelenting harassment of her ex, the boy's father, Mark. Their home seems large and empty for just two people.

In order to pay the bills, she reluctantly rents out the basement apartment and finds a tenant in a young man named Terry. A community college student, Terry initially seems awkward yet harmless. He comes and goes at all hours of the day, often looking somewhat worse for wear, but is always personable and has a ready smile. Samantha strikes up a tentative friendship with Terry and Elliot looks up to him, coming out of his shell. Mark is not pleased.

A B-plot is introduced early in the movie and gradually comes to the forefront: There has been a recent rash of gang violence in the city, as well as increasing reports of a "costumed whackjob" dishing out vigilante justice. While leaving work one night, Samantha is accosted by gangbangers and subsequently saved by the so-called whackjob. The wannabe-hero is wounded himself, so she sneaks him into the hospital for treatment, then is stunned to discover that he is none other than her tenant, Terry!

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