Civic Duty is a 2006 thriller film directed by Jeff Renfroe and starring Peter Krause

Peter Krause

Peter William Krause is an American film and television actor and film producer. He is perhaps best known for his lead roles as Nate Fisher on Six Feet Under, Adam Braverman on Parenthood, and Casey McCall on Sports Night...

, Khaled Abol Naga

Khaled Abol Naga

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, Kari Matchett

Kari Matchett

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, and Richard Schiff

Richard Schiff

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Plot

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.

Cast

• Peter Krause
  Peter Krause
  Peter William Krause is an American film and television actor and film producer. He is perhaps best known for his lead roles as Nate Fisher on Six Feet Under, Adam Braverman on Parenthood, and Casey McCall on Sports Night...
  
   as Terry Allen
• Kari Matchett
  Kari Matchett
  Kari Matchett is a Canadian television and film actress. She played Mariel Underlay in Invasion, Lisa Miller in 24, and Kate Filmore in the cult favorite science fiction movie Cube 2: Hypercube. She currently appears in the USA television series Covert Affairs.-Early years:Matchett was born in...
  
   as Marla Allen
• Richard Schiff
  Richard Schiff
  Richard Schiff is an American actor. He is best known for playing Toby Ziegler on the NBC television drama The West Wing, a role for which he received an Emmy Award...
  
   as FBI Agent Tom Hilary
• Khaled Abol Naga
  Khaled Abol Naga
  Khaled Abol Naga is an Egyptian actor, TV host, producer and director. He is a Human and Child rights activist and has been a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador since his appointment in 2007...
  
   as Gabe Hassan
• Ian Tracey
  Ian Tracey
  Ian Tracey is a Canadian Leo- and Gemini Award-winning actor. Over the years, Tracey has participated in over seventy films and television series. Tracey has starred in series like Da Vinci's Inquest and Intelligence, both CBC television series produced by long-time colleague Chris Haddock...
  
   as Lieutenant Randall Lloyd
• Vanesa Tomasino as Bank Teller
• Laurie Murdoch as Loan Officer
• Michael Roberds
  Michael Roberds
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   as Post Office Clerk
• Agam Darshi
  Agam Darshi
  Agam Darshi is an English-born actress, now based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.-Early life:Agam Darshi was born Agamdeep Darshi in Birmingham, UK. At a very young age she and her family moved to Canada. At the age of 14 she left home and moved to Calgary, to pursue a career of acting -...
  
   as Nurse
• Mark Brandon as Night Anchor Bret Anderson
• Brenda Crichlow as Day Anchor Tricia Wise
• Val Cole as Morning Anchor Susan Harwood
• Mark Docherty
  Mark Docherty
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   as News Reporter Chad Winslow
• Michael St. John Smith as Legal Analyst
• P. Lynn Johnson as Governor Bradley

Critical reception

Richard Nilsen, film critic for The Arizona Republic

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, 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

Alfred Hitchcock

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE was a British film director and producer. He pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in British cinema in both silent films and early talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood...

. And the final confrontation builds to a harrowing pitch. But that can't rescue the film from a silly, melodramatic finish."

External links

• Civic Duty film review by Richard Roeper
  Richard Roeper
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