Compliance Page #5

Synopsis: At a fast food restaurant, the manager, Sandra, is having a bad day. Suddenly, she gets a phone call from a man claiming to be a police officer who has a complaint that one of her young female employees has stolen from a customer. At the orders of this authoritative sounding stranger, Sandra takes the apparent accused, Becky, to a back room to search her before she is picked up. Once there, the phone scammer manipulates the gullible personnel into participating in Becky's sexual humiliation that grows more twisted with every new sucker on the phone. Only when one final person has the conscience to revolt do they realize the crime they were tricked into, which the real police are hard pressed to solve.
Director(s): Craig Zobel
Production: Magnolia Pictures
  7 wins & 34 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Metacritic:
68
Rotten Tomatoes:
89%
R
Year:
2012
90 min
$318,622
Website
980 Views


with no pickles and mayo.

It's loaded with mayo.

- Okay.

- It's disgusting.

No problem.

Just give me one second.

I need a southwest ranch, no mayo.

Is everything okay?

Well, what do you think?

First the freezer thing.

Then I tell you we could have

a QC visit from Franchise,

and still we're getting the orders wrong.

Come on, Kevin.

I'm making the sandwich.

MARTI:
wright?

Hey, you know Connie's by herself

at the register, right?

And we've got nobody

running food to drive-thru,

and we're completely out of bacon.

Well, I have Julio on drive-thru,

but you're right. It's very hectic,

so why don't you go out now,

and I'm gonna come as soon as I can.

BECKY:
Bye.

Hello, Officer.

Uh, did you put the clothes in the car,

the, uh, 2000 Subaru?

Yes, I did. It's in the employee

parking in the back,

and the passenger door is unlocked.

That's good. You're doing great.

Like I said before,

I'm lucky I have you here tonight.

Well, thank you. Heh.

Have you ever been involved

in a situation like this before?

Oh, God, no.

Heh. Well, you could have fooled me.

You're making a really difficult situation

run very smoothly, very professional.

- Thank you so much.

- Sure.

MARTI:
Sandra! When we--

When are we doing the drop?

I can't do that and the register.

SANDRA:
I'm coming now!

Actually I'm feeling like I need

to get out there

and do the job that Robbie

is paying me to do.

When did you say

you were coming back?

Well, we're just in the middle

of searching the house.

I need you to sit tight with me here.

Do you have a problem doing that?

Well, it's just that I'm needed out front.

This is our busiest time.

Sure, sure.

Uh, really hate to do this to your night.

Do you have an employee

that you trust to watch her,

ideally a male for security reasons?

Um, yeah.

I could get Kevin.

And I could do sandwich board,

and I could get Brie to do the, um,

bags going out. Okay, hold on.

Is--Is this really needed?

I swear I'll be okay. I--

Yes, it is needed,

until we get it figured out.

When are they coming?

I have no idea.

[Door closes]

[boiling]

Kevin, I need to pull you

from sandwich board.

Julio and Brie, cover for him.

I promise you I'll be right back.

[Low, garbled voices]

[Pen scratching]

Hey, all right, so what--

what is going on?

[Door closes]

There's some upsetting news

about Becky.

She stole from a customer,

and she may be in trouble

for something with her brother.

He's been in trouble

with the law.

Wait. She stole something?

Yes.

No, I--I know her brother.

He's not in--Wait. What?

I can't talk about it right now.

It's all gonna be sorted out.

What I need you for is to watch Becky

until the police get here.

We had to strip-search her.

Hello, Officer. I'm back.

Hey, how's it going out there?

is it a madhouse?

Oh, yes, you guessed it.

It's a madhouse.

Yes, I'm in the weeds.

That's the word.

Uh, I've gotta get back out there,

but I have Kevin here,

and he's gonna watch Becky.

- Yeah. Put him on now, okay?

- Okay, sure.

Uh, just so you know,

I am gonna come back in

and check--check on things,

make sure everything's all right.

That sounds fair.

You know, you're really being very helpful.

Well, it's no problem.

Urn, so here's Kevin.

This is Officer Daniels.

He'll tell you what to do.

Hey, they're saying that you stole

from a customer

and that your brother is arrested.

- What?

- What did you do?

I didn't--

I didn't do anything.

This is crazy. I'm naked.

Hello.

Is this Kevin?

Yeah. Yeah.

Kevin, this is Officer Daniels.

I'm the lead officer in the case.

Has your manager explained what's going on?

Uh, well, she said that Becky stole something

and her brother's arrested.

Sandra told you about her brother?

Yeah--Uh, well, she said he's in trouble.

Well, what did he do?

Yeah, well, we'll get to the brother

in a second.

That's really a very serious police matter.

What we are interested in

in the moment is Becky and this theft.

Oh, and what is the theft?

Well, I have a customer here with me

that says her purse was taken.

Ye--Well, you know,

I was out there the whole time,

and, you know, I didn't see anyone

complain about a purse being stolen.

Yeah, no, I'm sorry.

You're right. Excuse me.

Not her purse.

Uh, money from her purse.

She says that, uh, Becky--

It was on the counter, the purse,

and Becky stuck her hand in

and snatched it out.

Okay, I don't understand

how that could be possible,

because there were, like,

a ton of people out there.

Well, I don't really have the time

to debate it with you, son.

I have a surveillance unit saying

they can corroborate the victim's story.

What our issue at hand is,

where is the money?

You see?

Does she have anything

in her pockets?

What?

What is the suspect

wearing at this time?

I--You know, she doesn't really have

pockets to have anything in.

And why is that?

Dude, you all strip-searched her.

She's wearing an apron right now.

Okay. Why don't you calm down?

I'm gonna need you to inspect her.

[laughs]

What?

Kevin, why don't you stop laughing,

and calm down, okay?

W-What the f*** are you talking about?

I am an officer of the law, okay?

I'm gonna need you to address me

as a sir, understand?

All right, Kevin...

we need to find this money.

I'm gonna need to have her

remove the apron,

and you search her body.

KEVIN:
He's trying to get me--

He's saying he wants me

to get you to take off the apron

and inspect your whole body.

I already did--

I already did that.

That's--

Yeah, bro, this is f***ed.

I'm sorry.

It might seem a little strange, I know,

but I'm still an officer of the law.

You need to listen to me

for your own sake.

This is procedure.

Yeah, well, it's a f***ed procedure.

Okay, you need to watch your mouth, son.

Uh, sorry.

Look, I gotta--

I gotta leave in a second.

Okay, but let me ask you one more thing.

Were you two ever an item?

Wha...

SANDRA:
What are you doing?

You can't make me do that sh*t.

Talk to me. Come on.

Look, I'm not saying it was me

with the freezer,

but I admit that's my responsibility,

but that--that is not my job.

Jesus, Kevin, can I not count

on you for anything?

Becky is my friend.

When the cops come,

I don't want anything to do with it.

- What the hell happened?

- He didn't think it was fair.

SANDRA:
Hello.

Sandra, this isn't working out with Kevin.

I do not approve of him

as the main security before I arrive.

What happened?

Well, nothing good.

He's completely disobedient

and unprofessional.

Well, he's always like that.

Is he? You have to put up with

a lot of stuff from him, huh?

Well, I mean, he's fine.

I mean, he's a good kid.

You know, he %--he% fine. Just--

[laughs] It%--

Should I have my people

start watching him?

You think he could be wrapped up

in the same stuff Becky is?

Oh, goodness, no. No, no, no.

Nothing like that, no.

But he gives you hell, huh?

Yeah, he does,

like you can't imagine.

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Roger Craig Zobel (born October 6, 1976) is an American film director of the films Compliance and Great World of Sound and who also co-founded Homestar Runner and Ron Planet. more…

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