Right at Your Door
Starring Rory Cochrane and Mary McCormack
Directed by Chris Gorak
Starring Rory Cochrane and Mary McCormack
Directed by Chris Gorak
Nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival in 2006, Right at Your Door is a shockingly gripping thriller about the aftermath of a dirty bomb going off in Los Angeles and how it affects a newly married couple. Obviously made with a low budget, the director (who is also the writer) weaves a tale that could certainly be called a "horror" movie, but gains much of its tension from the loving relationship at the center of the film.
Brad and Lexi (Cochrane and McCormack) have just moved into a new house on the outskirts of LA. One day, while Lexi is on her way to work, multiple bombs explode across the city. When Brad hears the news on the radio, he jumps in his car to find her (in a wonderfully edited scene that, while lengthy, had me on the edge of my seat), but soon returns home without success. Told to seal the house from the outside, Brad reluctantly decides to follow the instructions of the media. When Lexi pops up on the doorstep, their relationship is tested as Brad refuses to let the "exposed" Lexi into the "clean, safe" house.
The script forces the film to rely on its two leads and Rory Cochrane and Mary McCormack are stellar. I knew McCormack (who currently stars in In Plain Sight on USA) from my favorite tv show in the mid-90s Murder One (I will admit to a tv crush on her) and she plays the "infected" one with gusto. However, Cochrane is the one who really shines. His Brad is the audience -- he questions what he should do, just as we are questioning what we would do if placed in the same situation. He runs the gamut of emotions, all convincingly. Kudos to both.
The film isn't perfect -- even though it's only a little over an hour-and-a-half, it could have been more effective had it been trimmed down by twenty minutes as there are points that drag on a tad too long. Still, for what this film is -- a low-budget indie -- I found it incredibly convincing and well worth a watch.
Brad and Lexi (Cochrane and McCormack) have just moved into a new house on the outskirts of LA. One day, while Lexi is on her way to work, multiple bombs explode across the city. When Brad hears the news on the radio, he jumps in his car to find her (in a wonderfully edited scene that, while lengthy, had me on the edge of my seat), but soon returns home without success. Told to seal the house from the outside, Brad reluctantly decides to follow the instructions of the media. When Lexi pops up on the doorstep, their relationship is tested as Brad refuses to let the "exposed" Lexi into the "clean, safe" house.
The script forces the film to rely on its two leads and Rory Cochrane and Mary McCormack are stellar. I knew McCormack (who currently stars in In Plain Sight on USA) from my favorite tv show in the mid-90s Murder One (I will admit to a tv crush on her) and she plays the "infected" one with gusto. However, Cochrane is the one who really shines. His Brad is the audience -- he questions what he should do, just as we are questioning what we would do if placed in the same situation. He runs the gamut of emotions, all convincingly. Kudos to both.
The film isn't perfect -- even though it's only a little over an hour-and-a-half, it could have been more effective had it been trimmed down by twenty minutes as there are points that drag on a tad too long. Still, for what this film is -- a low-budget indie -- I found it incredibly convincing and well worth a watch.
The RyMickey Rating: B
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