Compliance

Disturbing fact-based thriller that explores the extreme things people will do under the instructions of an authority figure. With scenes of humiliation and coercion that may offend., When a prank caller convinces a fast food restaurant manager to interrogate an innocent employee, no-one is left unharmed. Based on true events., When a prank caller convinces a fast food restaurant manager to interrogate an innocent young employee, no-one is left unharmed. Based on True events., A restaurant manager named Sandra investigates an employee who a purported cop claims stole from the business. By phone, the man offers the manager step-by-step instructions on how to dig deeper, but soon her actions go well beyond the call of duty., In this chilling thriller, a restaurant manager named Sandra investigates an employee who a purported cop claims stole from the business. By phone, the man offers the manager step-by-step instructions on how to dig deeper, but soon her actions go well beyond the call of duty., Inspired by actual events, writer/director Craig Zobel’s sophomore feature Compliance examines the complex hierarchy of authority through the experiences of a teenage fast-food restaurant clerk who falls victim to a twisted practical joke. Becky (Dreama Walker) is doing her best to get through another tough shift when a man claiming to be a police officer calls to speak with her stressed-out manager Sandra (Ann Dowd). According to the man on the phone, Becky has just stolen money from a customer, and likely still has the cash on her person. When Becky denies any wrongdoing, the man on the phone insists that Sandra detain the frightened girl in the back room of the restaurant, an action that sets into motion a shocking sequence of events.