After 13 years in prison and three years at a halfway house Adam DeSalvo (Luke Evans) returns to his old neighborhood where no one wants him. He gets a job bartending at the Mirror Bar. His wife (Stephanie Leonidas) doesn't want him around and his son Jimmy (Rudy Pankow) doesn't know he exists. A subplot involves Mike (Rory Culkin) who works for his drug-dealing uncle. Mike wants to leave the business and play music in Austin or Nashville but needs money to leave town. He plays with the brother of the guy that Adam murdered and he wants revenge.
It was odd that Jimmy never knew his father was in prison. You would think the parents of the other kids in school would know, and tell their kids, who would tell Jimmy. That never happened. Going back to the old neighborhood where you killed a man is also stupid, especially when he has family. Several plot points didn't pass the smell test. This was a drama and not much of a crime-thriller. The soundtrack could have been better and the ending sucked as the film dragged on too long. The title comes from the amount of pressure it takes to pull a trigger.
Guide: No sex or nudity.
It was odd that Jimmy never knew his father was in prison. You would think the parents of the other kids in school would know, and tell their kids, who would tell Jimmy. That never happened. Going back to the old neighborhood where you killed a man is also stupid, especially when he has family. Several plot points didn't pass the smell test. This was a drama and not much of a crime-thriller. The soundtrack could have been better and the ending sucked as the film dragged on too long. The title comes from the amount of pressure it takes to pull a trigger.
Guide: No sex or nudity.