'Polite Society': A Bonkers Action-Packed Martial Arts Adventure!

"Polite Society" is a genre mash-up film that tells the story of two sisters in an enclave of well-to-do Muslim Londoners. The film borrows from various genres, including westerns, musicals, heist capers, horror, Jane Austen, and James Bond. The director, Nida Manzoor, views the overlapping identities of being young, female, and devout-to-varying-degrees as a kaleidoscope of possibilities. The film moves without the weight of having to justify its own existence and is a promising new thing from a first-time filmmaker.