Right at Your Door (2006)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

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 & 1 nomination

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.

'Please don't struggle'.

At exactly ninety minutes in length there is no time wasted on this film, a simple but frightening tale of how acts of terrorism can affect the everyday person. It opens with a five minute introduction to our characters, a married couple living in Los Angeles. After his wife Lexi leaves for work, musician Brad hears on the radio of a series of dirty bomb explosions in downtown LA. Fearing for his wife's safety he immediately sets off in his car but is turned back by the police, who are warning people to stay indoors due to the poisonous and contagious nature of the bombs. Brad actually witnesses one man covered in toxic ash being shot by the police as he tries to reach uninfected areas.

Brad returns home. With a neighbour he seals up every window and door using tape, clingfilm and bubblewrap, and then sits and waits, the radio informing listeners to turn away any loved ones who should make it home because they will inevitably be carriers of infection from the explosions. When Lexi staggers to the front door coughing and vomitting Brad is torn between his love for his wife and his fears for his own safety and from here, Right at your door becomes a horrific race against time as Lexi slowly withers away outside whilst Brad looks helplessly on, hoping in vain that the rescue teams will arrive soon with medicine.

It would be a crime to give away the ending, but let me just say it was totally unexpected and made my jaw hit the floor. Right at your door is by no means brilliant, but it is a good, solidly scripted and well acted little film about ordinary people whose lives are ripped apart by terrorism.