When Lightning Strikes in All the Wrong Places: A Review of “Bad Love Strikes”
There’s something deliciously audacious about a script that announces itself with a bomber plane and a building that looks like it’s auditioning for a disaster movie. Kevin L. Schewe’s award-winning pilot doesn’t whisper—it detonates.
The Setup That Bites
From the visual branding alone, “Bad Love Strikes” promises chaos wrapped in romance, tied with a fuse. The #1 Bestseller badge isn’t just decoration; it’s a warning label. This is storytelling that earned its stripes in the trenches of reader approval before festival judges ever turned a page.
What Makes It Soar
Schewe, wielding his MD and FACRO credentials like weapons of mass characterization, brings clinical precision to emotional carnage. The title itself is a masterclass in contradiction—”bad” and “love” locked in mortal combat, while “strikes” suggests both Cupid’s arrow and a military offensive. It’s a script that understands love isn’t a gentle landing; sometimes it’s a controlled crash.
The Humro Cinema Film Fest judges recognized something vital here: a pilot that doesn’t hold back. In an era of safe storytelling, “Bad Love Strikes” apparently chose violence—the emotional kind that leaves audiences breathless rather than bored.
The Schewe Signature
What sets this apart is the pedigree behind the chaos. A medical background doesn’t typically scream “romantic thriller,” but perhaps that’s precisely the point. Schewe knows anatomy—both physical and narrative. He understands where to cut, where to cauterize, where to let things bleed.
Why It Won
Best Pilot Script isn’t awarded for playing it safe. This category demands hooks sharp enough to snag a network executive mid-scroll, characters complex enough to sustain seasons, and premises that promise both spectacle and substance. The visual suggests “Bad Love Strikes” delivers all three, then throws in an explosion for good measure.
The Darker Promise
That dystopian backdrop—smoke, shadows, and a structure that screams “sanctuary about to become tomb”—hints at stakes beyond typical romantic drama. This isn’t boy-meets-girl. This is boy-meets-girl-meets-apocalypse, possibly with a side of medical crisis and moral compromise.
Final Verdict
“Bad Love Strikes” is what happens when someone with the precision of a surgeon decides to write with the abandon of a pyrotechnic. It’s calculated chaos, methodical madness, and apparently, it’s exactly what judges were craving.
Schewe has crafted something that promises to hurt in all the best ways—the kind of pilot that makes you nervous about loving the characters because you can already sense the trajectory. That bomber plane isn’t just atmospheric; it’s a thesis statement. Love, in this world, is an aerial assault.If the script lives up to this poster’s promise, we’re looking at a series that won’t just capture audiences—it’ll take them hostage. And based on that bestseller seal and festival gold, they’ll thank him for it.
Buckle up. This love is going to leave marks.
Kevin L. Schewe- Script Writer
Kevin L. Schewe, MD, FACRO is a board-certified cancer specialist who has been in the private practice of radiation oncology for over 36 years. Schewe, a multi award-winning bestselling author is a WWII history buff, has a background in physics and always loved stories about time travel. Bad Love Strikes is the first book in the Bad Love series. The second book is Bad Love Tigers, the third is Bad Love Beyond and fourth is Bad Love Medicine. You can connect with Schewe through his website KevinSchewe.com or Instagram: @realkevinschewe.