The film opens with a husband and wife peering over the edge of a crib at their infant son. They hold hands, and suddenly the calm scene of a nursery is replaced with a white hospital room. The parents kiss their son, and doctors wheel the infant away. The next scene bears the caption "6 Years Later," and the audience watches as the same adults bicker and argue and one storms out of the house. The infant is now a child, spying on the fight-but he has prosthetic legs. Fast forward again to "Age 15," and the setting is a cemetery. The boy with the prosthetic legs, who is now a teenager, is weeping beside a picture of the woman previously seen storming out of the house.

You won't find this film in theaters or on DVD; rather, this faux-script depicts the real life of Oscar Pistorius, the first amputee athlete to compete in the Olympics. Or, as some may now know him, Oscar Pistorius, the alleged murderer.

Let's backtrack a little bit. Leading up to the London 2012 Summer Olympics, Pistorius was an immediate fan favorite. Adopting the role of underdog, Pistorius garnered worldwide attention with his unbelievable skills on the track despite his lack of authentic legs. The South African has been nicknamed "Blade Runner" and "the fastest man on no legs," and even though he didn't leave the Olympic Games with a medal, he made quite the impact.

So when Pistorius made headlines this month for possibly committing murder, it was almost unbelievable. Surely the 26-year-old track star could not be associated with the death of Reeva Steenkamp, his 29-year-old model girlfriend. I mean, look at pictures of them! They're the epitome of beauty, success and love. And yet, on Feb. 14, Steenkamp was shot and killed at Pistorius' home, sparking a flurry of rumors and questions, ultimately leading to Pistorius' arrest.

The prosecution claims that the athlete fired shots through a locked bathroom door, thinking he was shooting at an intruder when, in fact, it was actually his girlfriend.
Possible...but believable? There are so many questions to consider, like how Pistorius failed to notice his girlfriend's absence when he got out of bed to check on the "intruder" or why he decided not to question the identity of the individual in the bathroom before blindly shooting.

Another question, most popular among Americans in the wake of the Sandy Hook shooting, is why Pistorius even had a gun on hand to begin with. Turns out Pistorius' gated community in Pretoria isn't terribly safe; the runner claims his guns (that's right, plural) are kept around to protect himself. He's referenced his nervousness of burglars in interviews and even took to Twitter in November to discuss a false alarm that prompted him to go into "full combat" mode.

About a week and a half ago, Pistorius was granted bail (though granted limited access to his home and the inability to leave the country), and the case was adjourned to June 4. Until then, it looks like we'll have to wait to see how this movie ends.
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