Right at Your Door (2006)

A dirty bomb goes off in Los Angeles, jamming freeways and spreading a toxic cloud.

Director:

Chris Gorak

Writer:

Chris Gorak

Stars:

Mary McCormack, Rory Cochrane, Tony Perez

1 win & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mary McCormack	...	Lexi
Rory Cochrane	...	Brad
Tony Perez	...	Alvaro
Scotty Noyd Jr.	...	Timmy
Jon Huertas	...	Rick
Max Kasch	...	Corporal Marshall
David Richards	...	Neil Simmons
Nina Barry	...	Kathy Reynolds
Ed Martin	...	Juan Martinez
Jenny O'Hara	...	Lexi's Mom
Will McCormack	...	Jason
Hector Luis Bustamante	...	Store Owner
Soledad St. Hilaire	...	Hardware Woman
Alejandra Flores	...	Terrified Woman
Nigel Gibbs	...	Another Officer

Storyline

After Lexi leaves home to visit Central LA, there's a terrorist attack involving chemical bombs. After the attack, her musician husband, Brad, fails to find her and reluctantly seals himself inside his house. He will have to deal with this decision in the days to come.

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Plot Keywords:

bomb | dirty bomb | answering machine | death | police | 

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Taglines:

Terror just hit home.

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Genres:

Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for pervasive language and some disturbing violent content

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 September 2006 (Ireland)

Also Known As:

Forearm Shiver

Filming Locations:

Echo Park, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$32,452 (USA) (24 August 2007)

Gross:

$64,802 (USA) (28 September 2007)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lionsgate, Thousand Words

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min 96 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film was acquired by Lions Gate at 2006 Sundance for nearly $3 million for worldwide rights.

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Crazy Credits

As the opening credits come on-screen, they form themselves into a street-map.

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Connections

Referenced in Film School: Tips on Making an Independent Film with Chris Gorak (2008)

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Soundtracks

"Okay"
Written and Performed by The Glass Plastiks
Produced and Recorded by Robert Shahnazarian, Jr.
Published by Spilling Thought Publishing
Trevor Lissauer (guitar, vocals), Keith Tenenbaum (drums), Barry Whittaker (bass)
Copyright 2003 Happy Frown Records
www.theglassplastiks.com

User Reviews

An interesting idea let down by a poor script and a dreary second half.

Right At Your Door taps into the current climate of fear caused by international terrorism, with a tale of a 'dirty' bomb attack on downtown Los Angeles that results in a cloud of toxic dust engulfing nearby residential areas.

Focusing on a married couple caught up in the disaster, the film seeks to wring tension from a rather inspired and decidedly awkward situation which sees husband Brad (Rory Cochrane) safely sealed inside his house (as instructed by the authorities), when his contaminated (and now potentially deadly) wife Lexi (Mary McCormack) turns up outside, demanding to be let in.

Such an intense situation requires class-A dialogue, top notch acting, and flawless plotting from start to finish in order to succeed, and, at first, it seems as though Right At Your Door might have what it takes: the promising opening, in which Brad gradually realises what is happening and then desperately attempts to locate his wife in all of the confusion, is well realised.

Unfortunately, as the film progresses and the action becomes concentrated on the dilemma faced by the terrified Brad and Lexi, too many mundane scenes of chit-chat, the inclusion of a couple of pointless characters, and some very ill-considered moments that really take some swallowing, ultimately mean that the movie fails to maintain its tension.

Towards the end, obviously sensing that his script desperately needs a boot up the rear, writer/director Chris Gorak tacks on a last minute 'shock' twist ending, but it is so far fetched that it is unable to save the film from being yet another example of a good idea let down by a poorly constructed script.