Lady Snowblood

     Lady Snowblood written by Norio Osada and directed by Toshiya Fujita is action movie about revenge. It stars Meiko Kaji as Yuki. When she was born her mother told her she would have to finish her quest of revenge and kill the remaining three people who ruined her life. She is strictly trained and at the age of 20 sets off to kill her enemies. 

     This movie is fairly acted with Meiko Kaji as our charming lead, and while the movie makes her look very beautiful she is very dangerous. This movie is one of the great samurai movies ever made. The sets look gorgeous with some of them using black backdrops which really makes the sets pop out. The score is similar to many samurai films but it is still great.

     The story is well written with a plot twist here and there. Nothing to unique about the story. The film is left slightly ambiguous which is ruined when you know there is a second film. There is a lot of blood in the movie which I think fits very well and enjoy it a lot. Like I said before this is up there for classic samurai revenge films, and if that is something that interests you, check this movie out.

P.S. This movie is a major influence to Kill Bill

Compliance

     Compliance is written and directed by Craig Zobel. It stars Dreama Walker as Becky who is the cashier at a fast food chicken place. Officers Daniels (Pat Healy) calls the place to inform the manager Sandra (Ann Dowd) that Becky has stolen from a customer. Sandra brings Becky to the back where Officer Daniels gives her instructions on how to handle this situation.

     The acting in this movie is great, Walker does fantastic in the main role. The plot of this movie relies on feeling for her character which Walker gets us to do. Without any words you can see the point in the movie where her character breaks. 

     The plot is what makes this movie standout. It is based on a true story. The movie tries less on the suspense part of it and focuses more on making us curious of how far it is going to go, because in the end you know this happened in real life and that is the lingering fear of this movie. This movie will be hard to watch for some people because of what happens to Becky. Some people do just want a happy ending and if that is you I would stay away from this movie. If you can stomach it and want to learn what actually happened this movie does the event justice.