Closed Circuit Movie Review

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.

Closed circuit movie review.

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. The movie has a strong start but a weak finale and somewhere in the middle looses stream and starts plodding along to its. Directed by john crowley. The ad campaign for closed circuit goes to great lengths to connect the film s plot with recent headlines about government surveillance.

A larming news for those who missed the recent edward snowden. 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. Eric bana and rebecca hall in closed circuit. 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. Closed circuit is a certainly a strange name for a movie that really has nothing to do with surveillance instead crowley s film focuses on the tensions and discoveries made between eric bana s gruff and very un british sounding arrogant lawyer martin rose and one time lover claudia simmons howe played by the always threatening to break out. Closed circuit movie review. Director john crowley is a man with a good eye for picking dynamic screenplays.

The film stars eric bana rebecca hall ciarán hinds jim broadbent and riz ahmed plot. Closed circuit isn t so much of a misstep as a missed opportunity to say something noteworthy. Frank ochieng sf crowsnest. Eric bana stars as martin rose in john crowley s closed circuit a focus features release.

With eric bana rebecca hall jim broadbent ciarán hinds. Closed circuit is a good although unexceptional suspense movie. 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. Thu 24 oct 2013 17 30 edt.