The characters in this movie have got to be the stupidest, most irresponsible people on the planet. Brian has this great job, makes a lot of money but is living beyond his means, paycheck to paycheck and has no safety net whatsoever. Jimmy, the bar owner keeps his drugs stashed behind the dumpster in the alley and puts the unlocked briefcase with $100,000 in the backseat of his unlocked car sitting out on the street. Jesse leaves his cell phone in the stolen car with his and Sam's pictures on it. Brian set Jimmy's car on fire and stands right next to it for some time while it is burning. Guess he wasn't concerned about the gas tank exploding.

And the end of the movie, Seriously? We don't even know who got shot. Did they shoot Jessie and Brian is working for them and can't go back to his wife or did they shoot Brian and Jessie is working for them?

01/13/2019 Proof that even big names like Luke Goss can NOT lift a bad storyline. Dull, dead from the start and never improves, not even the unsatisfying ending i.e. "Waste of viewers time". Bon Appetit

When you start hitting the fast-forward button while watching a movie, you might as well turn it off and watch something else. So it goes with Pressed. When is something going to happen? You wait, and you wait.

Here's my brief summary:

Laid-off white collar sales director Brian finds his way to a dive bar. He hasn't told his wife yet that he got fired; she is out of town with their toddler. The bar owner chats it up with Brian, then proposes a get-rich-quick scheme. Brian only needs to invest his last $100,000. He needs to bring the money in cash, in the proverbial briefcase. They will both have more than enough money when the deal is completed.

Somehow two joy-riding high schoolers find their way into the story. The only problem is that the Director (or screen writer) of this film takes forever to bring the kids face to face with Brian. You feel like you are watching two separate movies. When they do meet up, the story becomes too bizarre to be believed.

And the ending? I won't spoil it for you, other than to say that it leaves you with a pile of unanswered questions. (I watched two different versions of this movie on YouTube, thinking the first one had edited out part of the ending. It hadn't).

I rate Pressed "5" for the great scenery and camera work. I cannot recommend that you watch it.