Comments on: Compliance Movie Maelstrom Explained

By: Bex

Bex — Sun, 21 Nov 2021 17:21:51 +0000

I’m appalled that the caller was acquited ! How is that possible ? Also, I’m disgusted at the woman who claims the poor girl was always covered up when video footage clearly shows the girl was naked and begging the woman for help, her solicitor said don’t answer the question ? She knew damn well what was happening to that poor girl !

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 08 Nov 2021 14:54:33 +0000

I had to do some quick googling to remind myself of the actual specifics of the case but it wasn’t happily ever after. They found and arrested the suspected caller and then he was acquitted on all charges. The actual victim sued McDonald’s for 200 million but was awarded 6 million. Yes, it’s a lot of money but doesn’t truly take away the pain and suffering she endured plus knowing no one ever faced justice for what happened to her? That’s got to leave a lasting scar. So no happy Hollywood ending here. https://www.statesboroherald.com/nation/jury-awards-kentucky-woman-61-million-for-strip-search-hoax-at-mcdonalds/

By: Taylor Holmes

Taylor Holmes — Mon, 08 Nov 2021 14:17:58 +0000

Hey there @sonsavedfrommyself – couldn’t disagree more. To Hollywoodize this movie with a banal happy ending would have completely detracted from the travesty that has occurred here. Just my two cents anyway.

By: sonsavedfrommyself

sonsavedfrommyself — Mon, 08 Nov 2021 07:00:53 +0000

The problem with this movie was the lack of justice in the conclusion.
We have suffered through the outrage of the sponge-brain mentality of
most of the characters who contributed to the abuse.
At the end, we need to see justice served, Becky never have to work again
because a jury awarded her multi-millions of dollars from “ChickenWich”,
the feeble-brained “ChickenWich” managers’ lives utterly ruined, “Van’s”
imprisonment for sexual abuse, etc., etc.
After being subjected to the frustration and outrage of the plot of this
movie, as viewers, we are entitled to a satisfactory resolution of justice.
A lame and unacceptable sequence of events makes this a waste of time to watch.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 10 Jun 2019 14:57:17 +0000

As an aside and sort of related to what you are discussing here about hackers and a weak human target, the scam that is still prevalent around here in NY is the one where they target older people on the phone and call saying it’s their grandchild and they need money wired immediately. A woman in my town actually fell prey to this a few weeks back and lost over 4000 bucks. She went to the bank and wired the money to an account in NJ and the money of course was withdrawn immediately and gone. It was posted in a local community group where warnings have been posted countless times about this scam but she still fell for it.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 10 Jun 2019 14:46:00 +0000

Thanks, I honestly could not remember if I did. The performances in the movie were outstanding. I cannot remember feeling as uncomfortable as this ever before just watching a film!

By: Taylor Holmes

Taylor Holmes — Mon, 10 Jun 2019 03:02:47 +0000

In reply to Lisa.

Yup Lisa – that’s right, you did recommend it: https://taylorholmes.com/questions/compliance/ Couldn’t remember. Thanks for sending it our way!! Really great movie for thinking and realizing just how compliant we really are.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sun, 09 Jun 2019 22:32:05 +0000

I thought I might have left this on the movie suggestion thing some time ago but now I can’t remember if I actually did. Sometimes it freezes on me and I don’t know if the suggestion actually went through. Anyway….you can’t actually like this movie so I certainly understand saying up front you don’t recommend it. But to watch it and realize it’s based on real events is insane, right? I too did a bunch of reading on the instances that this movie was based off of and I could not believe that people were so easy to accept a random caller as an authority figure. It really says something about society today. And nothing good at that!

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 02 Jun 2019 02:04:37 +0000

Scary stuff that humanity blindly follows perceived authority. It happened many times in history, one of the worst times was during the Nazi reign. Nowadays we have soldiers and cops who go after innocent people in the same way- commanded by authority to do things that are illegal “because I said so”…. So yeah, even the higher level jobs with education follow wrong instructions, because sadly most people seem to be followers and think in terms of the group over their own inner drive for justice and fairness. Could this be because deep down those people would like that power over others too? That might explain why so many Americans excuse filthy rich upside down economies, because “someday I could be rich like them too”…. I might watch the movie, but I fear it will just make me angry about the current state of society (especially in the USA).