 Richard and Laura Moss, and their friends Evan and Carla Sharp, are leaving Seattle behind to spend a few days on the Oregon coast. Richard has organized the trip to celebrate the pending sale of Evan s reality-video TV show, as well as Laura s potential  big break  with a news reporting job. But when the weekend takes an unexpected turn, the group soon finds itself navigating a hellish night of betrayal and revenge.  Impulse  looks at love and friendship in the age of global technology, and the lines of communication running through a world of instant, uncensored expression. In a society drowning in TV news, amateur video and Internet web sites, it s not always clear where entertainment ends and reality begins.