Right at Your Door (2006)

Director:

Chris Gorak

Writer:

Chris Gorak (writer)

Release Date:

8 September 2006 (UK)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Terror just hit home.

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Dirty Bomb | Bomb | Los Angeles | Hermetically Closed House | Death

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Mary McCormack	...	Lexi
Rory Cochrane	...	Brad
Tony Perez	...	Alvaro
Scotty Noyd Jr.	...	Timmy
Max Kasch	...	Corporal Marshall
Jon Huertas	...	Rick
Will McCormack	...	Jason
Emeka Nnadi	...	Synthetic Soldier #2
Marisol Ramirez	...	Synthetic Soldier #3
Hector Luis Bustamante	...	Store Owner
Alejandra Flores	...	Terrified Woman on Street
Christopher Rocha	...	Hurried Man
Soledad St. Hilaire	...	Hardware Woman
Nigel Gibbs	...	Another Officer
Jenny O'Hara	...	Lexi's Mother

Also Known As:

Forearm Shiver (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive language and some disturbing violent content.

Runtime:

USA:96 min (Sundance Film Festival)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Ireland:15A | UK:15 | USA:R | Germany:12 | Italy:T | Australia:MA | Singapore:NC-16 (cut)

Filming Locations:

Echo Park, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Thousand Words

Trivia:

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

hmmm. great twist?

I'm not a film buff of any sort but after seeing 'Right at Your Door' I feel the need to say some things about it. Even though this film deals with a very real threat and demonstrates people under panic moving with pure instinct, as a piece of film, as the story winds on, the viewer finds themselves questioning how much longer the film will go on. In no way am I attempting to belittle the plight that chemical warfare presents. What I am commenting on however is how Gorak seems to drag out the film to make the conclusion all the more effective, and instead of causing surprise as a twist should all the ending does is leave the viewer thinking, 'Is that it?' With bombs being so recently detonated in London and other cities around the world I can see why this film has been made; in order in investigate whether people are ready for such an event, or whether mass panic is an eventuality that cannot be avoided. But as a piece of cinema, 'Right At Your Door' begins to sag as the story is stretched out more and more leading to a very strange twist that in all honesty it could have been better without. I'm not saying that the story didn't work or that I wasn't shocked by the demonstration of how an event such as this could play out. What I am saying is that the story becomes lost in the search for a conclusion, for some semblance of an ending. It could have been a lot better if attention had been focused on the story and the characters rather than a bizarre twist that you end up waiting for, in the hope that the film can regain the energy that it has gradually lost since it began. A promising thriller that swallows itself up.