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A series of bombs are set off in LA. You have the choice to seal your home and protect yourself from the deadly airborne virus spreading its way across the city, or to wait for your partner to return from the epicentre of the attack to what they think is a safe haven. So when they return - what do you do? Do you let them in? Will they understand that letting them in means infecting you with the lethal virus too? This compelling and taut thriller raises these questions and more when married couple Lexi (Mary McCormack - ER, The West Wing) and Brad (Rory Cochrane - A Scanner Darkly) have to face the unthinkable.
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
At first glance, the premise of this film looks exceedingly promising. A young couple, Lexi and Brad (played by Mary McCormack and Rory Cochrane) are preparing for the day ahead of them. She is off to work downtown, whilst he, an out of work musician, is stuck in the house. Unfortunately, someone chooses today to detonate a "dirty bomb" downtown, resulting in a citywide quarantine and panic. As contaminated ash from the fires caused by the bomb begins to settle across the city like some sort of lethal snow, Brad desperately tries to reach his wife even as the authorities are telling him that the only way to survive is to seal yourself in your house and not let anyone who might be contaminated in.
So far so good you may be thinking, and when Lexi arrives back at the house, clearly unwell and desperate to get inside to what she thinks is safety, an interesting moral dilemma is presented; should Brad let her in, knowing that to do so may doom them both, or should he watch his wife slowly die outside? Unfortunately, what starts of really well soon becomes more than a little boring. The scenes of smoke drifting across the Los Angeles skyline have a certain resonance following 9/11 and Brads early attempts to reach his wife downtown are well handled, but the central section of the film, following Lexi's return to the house simply fail to hold your interest. Its as if first time writer and director Chris Gorak has come up with a superb idea for a film, a simple two header with an intriguing moral question at its core, but then does not really know what to do with it.
And the main characters do not really help to hold your interest or to a certain extent your sympathies. Lexi is demanding and more than a little antagonistic (ok she is in a bad situation, but if you want us to empathise with the characters, at least make them likeable), whilst Brad just seems to be a little stupid, and lacks a certain dynamism. Once the scenario has been established, the two main players have nowhere to go, both literally and as a means of character development, which is a big hindrance to the development of the film.
It's a shame that this film was such a let down. A superb basic story idea is badly let down by a lack of pacing and a lack of character development, and what could have been a great film becomes at best so so. Shame.
So far so good you may be thinking, and when Lexi arrives back at the house, clearly unwell and desperate to get inside to what she thinks is safety, an interesting moral dilemma is presented; should Brad let her in, knowing that to do so may doom them both, or should he watch his wife slowly die outside? Unfortunately, what starts of really well soon becomes more than a little boring. The scenes of smoke drifting across the Los Angeles skyline have a certain resonance following 9/11 and Brads early attempts to reach his wife downtown are well handled, but the central section of the film, following Lexi's return to the house simply fail to hold your interest. Its as if first time writer and director Chris Gorak has come up with a superb idea for a film, a simple two header with an intriguing moral question at its core, but then does not really know what to do with it.
And the main characters do not really help to hold your interest or to a certain extent your sympathies. Lexi is demanding and more than a little antagonistic (ok she is in a bad situation, but if you want us to empathise with the characters, at least make them likeable), whilst Brad just seems to be a little stupid, and lacks a certain dynamism. Once the scenario has been established, the two main players have nowhere to go, both literally and as a means of character development, which is a big hindrance to the development of the film.
It's a shame that this film was such a let down. A superb basic story idea is badly let down by a lack of pacing and a lack of character development, and what could have been a great film becomes at best so so. Shame.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
A dirty bomb explodes in downtown LA and a man is left wondering whether to believe the news reports and stay at home or go in search of his missing wife. Chris Gorak gets round the obvious limitations in budget by sticking with his main characters point of view and in doing so he ends up with an incredibly scary and claustrophobic atmosphere, which no amount of CGI could have emulated. Its great stuff but unfortunately the film almost completely loses its way after the initial set up, the story takes a wrong turning in my view because the main character makes a decision that's makes absolutely no sense in the context of either the story or what we know of him as a personality, and because of this nothing afterward really feels believable either. It's a real pity because Right At Your Door" could have been a truly brilliant psychological thriller, but at the end of the day I'd have to agree with many of the other reviews here; the premise and opening 30 minutes are excellent but the rest of the film fails to deliver.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is a powerful indy thriller that demonstrates what can be achieved with a small budget as long as you have a good idea, a good script, and a good cast. The cinematography is impressive, as is the first time direction from Gorak. The performances are convincing, adding weight to this disturbing examination of the effects of terrorist activities on Mr and Mrs Everyman. Their struggle to survive makes for harrowing viewing, and, although it does run out of steam in the middle, it provides a memorable experience. It's a shame that a little humour wasn't injected, particularly during the slightly flat mid-section, and the ending, on reflection, seems just a tad contrived. But overall this is a muscular and unsettling piece of worthwhile cinema.
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this film is really good! i saw the trailer on another film i have watched and decided to buy it!! the ending is not what you expect it to be.
Published 1 month ago by morag
This film grabbed my attention and held it for 90 minutes
Lexi and Brad wake up one morning having had a fight the night before. Lexi goes off to work and Brad, an unemployed musician, hangs around the house. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Camilla Macaulay
bangers
This film is a really great suspence thriller with a suprising twist I would highly recommend it. This film will keep u guessing
Published 8 months ago by jodie carney
A clever claustrophobioc thriller that drags a little before it's...
'Right at your door' does a great job of putting you in amidst the panic and fear of a husband torn between racing to fetch his wife, and getting back indoors where he could... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Benminx
pay attention to Rick
This is a low-budget thriller with a few twists,and with a lot of hints during the movie,which you may pick up if you watch closely,as my friend pointed out when I was wondering... Read more
Published 20 months ago by C.Elder
Exactly what the other reviewers said it would be :-)
A thought provoking movie.
The other reviews were honest and didn't put me off spending my pennies on a low budget production. Read more
The other reviews were honest and didn't put me off spending my pennies on a low budget production. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Helena Wright
The worst movie i have ever seen!
This has to be in the top five of the worst movies ever made!.I bought this movie in a dvd 3 movie pack from amazon . Read more
Published 24 months ago by jo
Slow with a let down ending!
I'm not going to explain the film as this has been done already in other reviews. I thought the film was ok but quite slow all the way through. Read more
Published on 26 Jan 2010 by G. Knott
Emotionally implausible
This movie frankly irritated me. The pivotal moment is where husband who has been distraught at the possibility of wife being lost in the anthrax cloud rejoices at seeing her... Read more
Published on 25 Jan 2010 by Gorgeous Nicko
Would have worked better as a 'tale of the unexepected'
I'm very glad I didn't go to the cinema to see this one. It's a rather disappointing and uninvolving attempt at a 'human' story reflecting what it might be like to be at the centre... Read more
Published on 21 Jan 2010 by Kentspur
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