Right at Your Door (2006)

One of my all time favorites.

The acting in this movie is really good.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

The characters acting was good but the movie itself was just.... Blah. It's like watching a movie and waiting for the movie to really start. It's about a dirty bomb going off in L.A and you're thinking action,suspense and drama but all you get through out the movie is a lot of crying and duct tape. Through out the movie it talks about how the chemicals from bomb is dangerous and maybe even deadly but not one time do you see someone who had inhaled the chemicals from the bomb die, harm, or even infect anybody. All I could say is when you get to the end of the movie you're going to be wondering which was safer the house or outside

A great start, but moves into a boring, predictable poorly scripted, poorly acted mess. The reactions of the people are realistic for the most part, it's the science behind the whole premise that is bad. Dirty chemical bombs? Biological bombs? Dirty bombs are radioactive waste spread by explosion. Chemical and Biological agents would be hurt by explosions not spread. For a low budget movie the effects of the start are good. The acting and realism of the character's actions are good, but then it all goes down hill very rapidly. I have a hard time believing that other reviewers were actually scared by this movie. It enters a surreal, 'twilight zone' predictable last half, which wouldn't be so bad if it was trying for realism. Without spoiling things, I figured out the 'surprise' ending half way through the movie, or maybe sooner than that... I suppose people that like this sort of thing would appreciate the movie more than I did, but the flaws ruined it for me... I can't really fault the bad script, bad acting, since it was such a low budget attempt, but just too many logical unrealistic errors...

"Right at your door" is a movie where I wasn't really sure what was going on. Within that first couple of scenes there was romance which lead to danger. Something happened in the city which caused friction and in a way this was the climax of the movie. So in the first couple of scenes the plot escalated and then reached the climax, and then panned off. I believe this movie was a low budget movie, because the side-effects were creative rather than explosive. I liked the plastic that was used to cover the doorways. I think one of the main questions to ask oneself is: what would you do if you knew your life was in danger? What would you do if you had to choose to help others or help yourself? In a way this movie was revealing. It did explore the humans' sense of survival. The idea of 'survival of the fittest.' I love how the movie ends.

A poisonous bomb is set-off spreading a toxic cloud across Los Angeles. Brad seals himself in his house for his own survival, however, he becomes torn between letting his wife back in to their home or leaving her outside to die.Chris Gorak direction and camera work gives a sense of realism and he gives the viewer a cleverly written ending. There is some tension created especially when the gas masked army personnel want to get access to his house. Gorak's screenplay is dark and grim. It explores self-preservation, moral decisions and ones conscience.The acting is first rate and natural, Mary McCormack is great and Rory Cochrane is excellent as Brad, a normal everyday guy. However, Right at Your Door appears to run out of steam midway through, not knowing what to do with the characters.Carriers (2009) appears to have borrowed a lot from Gorak's offering, but like Carriers it's not a film you'd want to sit thought again.Overall, an emotional great idea that's well made but becomes monotonous.