Rating: R
Genre:
Thriller
Theatrical Release: 05/04/2007(USA
Release Date: 10/02/2007
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1/DD2
Run Time: 94 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Adult Situations, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: 20th Century Fox
Where does legitimate concern end and paranoia begin? A man finds himself walking that fine line in this tense independent
drama.
Terry Allen (
Peter Krause) is an accountant who lives a seemingly ordinary life until he loses his job. Unable to buy the new house he was hoping to get for his fiancée,
Marla (
Kari Matchett),
Terry spends most of time in his apartment, looking for job leads, sending out resumés, and feeling increasingly powerless. As
Terry watches more and more stories about the war on terror on cable news channels, he begins developing an intense suspicion of his new neighbor
Gabe Hassan (
Khaled Abol Naga), an Arab exchange student.
Terry notices
Gabe keeps late hours, takes out his trash in the middle of the night, and has a lot of visitors of Middle Eastern descent dropping by his flat, and slowly
Terry becomes convinced
Gabe is involved in terrorist activities.
Terry visits
Tom Hillary (
Richard Schiff), an FBI agent, and tells him about
Gabe and his habits;
Tom doesn't pay much attention to what
Terry has to say, and convinced danger lurks, he decides to take the law into his own hands.
Civic Duty received its world premiere at the
2006 Tribeca Film Festival.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
;)
