Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on July 2013

In this riveting condemnation of mankind’s willingness to defer to those who claim authority (“just following orders”), the matronly manager of a fast-food joint (a spot-on Ann Dowd) gets a call from “Officer Daniels,” who claims a pretty blond employee had stolen money from a customer. She is asked to detain Becky (Dreama Walker), strip-search her, and then, along with others, subject her to increasingly horrific and humiliating acts of abuse. This would all seem contrived if it hadn’t actually happened—several dozen times. A potent, primal film that’s hard to watch and harder to forget.