5lbs of Pressure (2024) (original) (raw)
Trying to start over, Adam (Evans) searches for redemption as he returns to his old neighborhood to put to rest his demons while the brother of the man he killed seeks revenge.
Trying to start over, Adam (Evans) searches for redemption as he returns to his old neighborhood to put to rest his demons while the brother of the man he killed seeks revenge. (less)
Director: Phil Allocco
Writer: Phil Allocco
Starring: Luke Evans, Alex Pettyfer, Rory Culkin, Stephanie Leonidas, Rudy Pankow, Gary McDonald
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Review by Brian Orndorf, March 6, 2024
5 / 10
The title �5lbs of Pressure� refers to the trigger sensitivity on a gun. It�s a detail of violence in a film that�s filled with it, touching on the physical and mental wear of aggression, especially in cyclical form. Writer/director Phil Allocco has big ideas he wants to share on the state of crime and family, trying to offer a big-hearted study of people dealing with past sins and future mistakes, scrapping together a functional life to lead when facing the predatory nature of human existence. It�s easy to sense the feelings baked into the screenplay, but Allocco�s eyes are often bigger than ...read more...
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