Phillip Tress is a young unhinged man from Florida who went to trial for stealing $35,000 from his employers. He was planning to fly to Hawaii to attend his brother's wedding. When the police arrested him, Tress had multiple injuries.
Postal reimagines the events that led to his mental and emotional breakdown.
Michael Shenefelt plays Tress in this twisted dark comedy. He has ordered an engagement ring but misses the delivery of the package. So he rings customer service to get it redelivered before his flight leaves for Hawaii. He plans to hook up with his girlfriend Brittany and propose to her.
The customer service agent Kevin tries to be helpful until Tress swears at him. Later Tress finds some embarrassing stuff online of Kevin (Eric Vega) and uses it to blackmail him to expedite the delivery of the ring.
All the time Tress gets injured in some kind of mishap or another. It also transpires that Tress is not engaged to Brittany at all or even going out with her. She is due to marry his brother. Tress plans to gatecrash the wedding.
Only it is Tress's world that comes crashing down and he brings Kevin down with him.
Postal is a low budget independent movie. It is the kind of film that makes you wince with all its absurdities.
Writer and Director Tyler Falbo shoots the movie with some style and verve. Shenefelt and Vega are very good. The movie is not too long.
The story has been embellished for dramatic effect but there is court footage of Tress at the end of the movie.
