Closed Circuit Movie Review

Closed circuit movie review.

Closed circuit movie review.

Closed circuit is a 2013 british american political thriller drama film directed by john crowley and written by steven knight released on august 28 2013. Admittedly closed circuit gets off to a promising. A larming news for those who missed the recent edward snowden. Eric bana stars as martin rose in john crowley s closed circuit a focus features release.

A bomb planted in a lorry. Eric bana and rebecca hall in closed circuit. Frank ochieng sf crowsnest. Closed circuit review.

The film stars eric bana rebecca hall ciarán hinds jim broadbent and riz ahmed plot. His feature film debut intermission is a fun irish romp while his sophomore effort drama boy a is criminally underrated and shamefully ignored so seeing him sign onto a project written by the man behind dirty pretty things and eastern promises steven knight was an exciting discovery especially after. November 14 2018 circuit had the potential for conveying. A high profile terrorism case unexpectedly binds together two ex lovers on the defense team testing the limits of their loyalties and placing their lives in jeopardy.

Thu 24 oct 2013 17 30 edt. The movie has a strong start but a weak finale and somewhere in the middle looses stream and starts plodding along to its. Closed circuit is a good although unexceptional suspense movie. With eric bana rebecca hall jim broadbent ciarán hinds.

In truth the prying eyes of big brother play a marginal role in closed circuit although the larger theme of government trustworthiness does get a good going over. Closed circuit isn t so much of a misstep as a missed opportunity to say something noteworthy. Director john crowley is a man with a good eye for picking dynamic screenplays. The opening sequence of closed circuit in which viewers bear witness to london s bustling borough market being decimated by a terrorist bomb at the cost of a couple hundred lives through a collection of overlapping security camera images is so immediately compelling even more so for the way that it presents such horrifying imagery in a way that doesn t feel particularly exploitative that.