Brad and Lexi (Rory Cochrane and Mary McCormack, respectfully) are a happy couple who have just moved into their new home when a dirty bomb goes off in the middle of Los Angeles bringing with is a deadly air born toxin of unknown origin and magnitude. This is the premise behind the film RIGHT AT YOUR DOOR, which is a serious look at a real world possibility.
Due to the real world attacks on the World Trade Center and the events in its aftermath, RIGHT AT YOUR DOOR hits home like very few films do. Brad is stuck at home when he learns the news that his wife Lexi was in Los Angeles when the dirty bomb went off. When he tries to enter the city in search of her he is stopped by a military presence claiming that a lethal toxin was released when the bomb went off and that the best thing he could do was to go hold and secure himself in his house. Refusing to leave his wife out in the open he attempts to disobey the military orders but soon has second thoughts when he sees a survivor of the blast who was exposed to the toxins get gunned down in the streets.
Forced back home he attempts to blockade himself within his own home with the help of the neighborhood lawns keeper who is trapped as well unable to get back home to his own family. Once secure, Brad comes to the horrible realization that Lexi survived the initial blast in Los Angeles and made her way home. Unable to let her into the house in fear of exposing them to the deadly toxin, Brad’s commitment to his wife will be stressed to a breaking point as fear of death and contamination looms ever so closer.
The film is a tense and suspenseful film from start to finish as courtesy writer/director Chris Gorak. Both Cockrane and McCormack bring their characters to glorious life as a normal couple faced with an extraordinary situation especially when the terror or the military looms around every corner. The film is never predictable and continues to grab you from start to finish especially in the closing moments of the film when everything is turned on its head.
RIGHT AT YOUR DOOR is one of the best indie films to come along in a long time and it is definitely not one to be missed.
Due to the real world attacks on the World Trade Center and the events in its aftermath, RIGHT AT YOUR DOOR hits home like very few films do. Brad is stuck at home when he learns the news that his wife Lexi was in Los Angeles when the dirty bomb went off. When he tries to enter the city in search of her he is stopped by a military presence claiming that a lethal toxin was released when the bomb went off and that the best thing he could do was to go hold and secure himself in his house. Refusing to leave his wife out in the open he attempts to disobey the military orders but soon has second thoughts when he sees a survivor of the blast who was exposed to the toxins get gunned down in the streets.
Forced back home he attempts to blockade himself within his own home with the help of the neighborhood lawns keeper who is trapped as well unable to get back home to his own family. Once secure, Brad comes to the horrible realization that Lexi survived the initial blast in Los Angeles and made her way home. Unable to let her into the house in fear of exposing them to the deadly toxin, Brad’s commitment to his wife will be stressed to a breaking point as fear of death and contamination looms ever so closer.
The film is a tense and suspenseful film from start to finish as courtesy writer/director Chris Gorak. Both Cockrane and McCormack bring their characters to glorious life as a normal couple faced with an extraordinary situation especially when the terror or the military looms around every corner. The film is never predictable and continues to grab you from start to finish especially in the closing moments of the film when everything is turned on its head.
RIGHT AT YOUR DOOR is one of the best indie films to come along in a long time and it is definitely not one to be missed.
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