• FILM   Civic Duty  Civic Duty  Rated R, 98 min. Directed by
Jeff Renfroe. Starring Peter Krause, Khaled Abol Naga, Richard
Schiff, Kari Matchett, Ian Tracey.  REVIEWED By Marjorie
Baumgarten, Fri., May 4, 2007  Civic Duty stands out amid the
new wave of terrorism-paranoia thrillers. It's a taut drama set
primarily within the confines of two apartments in the same
urban building complex and keeps the viewer guessing until the
end regarding the reliability of its two central protagonists.
The line separating civic duty from vigilantism is constantly
shifting and challenging our allegiances to these characters. In
the film, Six Feet Under's Krause plays an accountant named
Terry Allen (a character whose disposition is so different from
the identically named artist/musician that it's clear the
filmmakers selected the name out of ignorance rather than
homage). We learn in the film's opening moments that Terry has
been laid off from his job, which consequently allows him more
time to hang around his apartment wor