Compliance
If someone in authority asks you to do something morally questionable would you do it? I remember reading about the experiment this was based on years ago. In that subject thought they had electrocuted someone to death on the say so of an 'authority figure'. I believe its still considered one of the major studies on the power of authority and peoples willingness to go along with someone they feel represents authority. Its uncomfortable stuff and its used well here in a 'true story' based around a caller to a fast food restaurant who claims to be a police officer and asks the staff to perform increasingly insidious examinations on a young employee. It's very uncomfortable viewing and very well directed, the acting is uniformly good as well and its a lot more origional and clever than a lot of films i've seen lately. Well worth a watch!
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