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| Having seen many "9/11" horror movies now, I have to admit to some callousness. I get it, the government is bad, the good guys can't be trusted and there's always some missing piece of the puzzle! Well, all this same stuff happens in Right At Your Door, but because it's a more believable scenario, you get carried into the story and quickly find yourself becoming a bit paranoid! The story here involves a normal couple, having a normal day. He's staying home and she's heading off to work. They kiss goodbye, see ya later, all that stuff, a nice, normal day, then everything changes. Three dirty bombs are set off in downtown Los Angeles and there's a sudden panic. The husband follows his first instinct and jumps in the car to go and find his wife, but after finding all entries into the city blocked, realizes that he has to turn around and get back home...the one place that she'll be trying to get to too. When he arrives home a beautiful snowfall begins...except, it's not snow, it's fallout and now he has to seal the house off from the outside. The radio begins reporting that anyone who's been in contact with the fallout is to be considered toxic and isolated from everyone! And that's about the time that his wife runs up to the front door, covered in ash and sealed out of her own house! At first the dilemma is, do you just risk your life and let her in, or do you do what you've been told and lock her out. Well, his survival instinct kicks in and he leaves his wife sealed out, although, in his husbandly defense, he does open up the bathroom and the bedroom to her, and seals her out of the rest of the house. As the crisis plays out and the military begin to go door to door checking out levels of contamination, things seem to be getting worse out in the real world. |
Right At Your Door is a
9/11 love story, the love between this couple overcomes all the
adversity, whether it's the chemical attack or the military separating
them. The real drama here isn't the actual terror, it's the terror
that it brings to normal every day life, which is suppose is the point
of terrorism to begin with, but Right At Your Door really brings this to
the forefront and makes you think about what you might do in this same
position. Would you risk everything and let your loved one in to
protect them? Or would you try to save yourself and lock them
outside and watch them die? Having been in New York on 9/11/01, I
understand the panic, and I understand the feeling of being alone, even
when you're surrounded by thousands of people and I understand the
feeling of wanting to take care of a loved one in that situation before
anything else, but this really made me think about it again. And,
at the end, when all is said and done, the slight twist at the end of Right At Your Door just
adds the
right shock to make you re-think everything you just thought you had
worked out! Yes, it's that kind of movie, I was thinking and
I was actually liking it!!! I'm giving Right At Your Door three
and a half out of four cigars,
it's not perfect, but it's very close and it's that rare horror movie
that doesn't rely on blood or gore in any way to make you feel like you
need to lock the doors and pull down the shades, you'll be afraid to
just walk right outside your own door! If you're looking for a
good claustrophobic movie, then this might just be for you, horror made
real for these times. So, until next time when I'll be taping my
windows shut...just in case... remember, just because you've never heard
of it, doesn't make it a bad movie! |
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