Civic Duty is a 2006 thriller film directed by Jeff Renfroe and starring Peter Krause, Khaled Abol Naga, Kari Matchett, and Richard Schiff.
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Directed by | Jeff Renfroe |
Written by | Andrew Joiner |
Produced by | Andrew Lanter |
Starring | Peter Krause Khaled Abol Naga Richard Schiff Kari Matchett Ian Tracey |
Cinematography | Dylan Macleod |
Edited by | Erik Hammarberg Jeff Renfroe |
Music by | Terry Huud Eli Krantzberg |
Distributed by | Freestyle Releasing |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
Countries | Canada United Kingdom United States |
Language | English |
The film is about an American accountant bombarded with cable news and the media's obsession with terrorist plots in the post 9/11 world, who receives a jolt when an unattached Islamic graduate student moves in next door.
Richard Nilsen, film critic for The Arizona Republic, liked the film at times, but gave the film a mixed review. He wrote, "It does build up considerable suspense and tension; Renfroe has learned well from Hitchcock. And the final confrontation builds to a harrowing pitch. But that can't rescue the film from a silly, melodramatic finish."[1]
Gabe Hassan (played by actor Khaled Abol Naga, who is a star in his native Egypt,[2] perhaps the most handsome would-be modern day terrorist ever[3]) gives an inspired performance as the terrorist / grad student who challenges the lunatic (Peter Krause) that has him captive and effectively glides over a range of emotions[4]
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