Further, the alleged victim of a miscarriage of justice is hardly worthy of empathy and the same goes for his family, especially the fourteen year old son who belongs in juvenile detention. What Closed Circuit did well was create the sort of hyper-aware state of tension we are in the West, especially true of the incredibly surveilled city of London. Slick and well acted, Closed Circuit unfortunately never quite works up a full head of steam, with a plot that's alternately predictable and full of holes. |, June 28, 2016 | Rating: 2/5 Copyright © Fandango. |, November 14, 2018 You're almost there! Just confirm how you got your ticket. 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 it sets a fairly high artistic bar pretty early on in the proceedings. Closed Circuit – 2013 UK. Parents Guide. The best one in my opinion was Julia Stiles. Peter Sobczynski is a contributor to eFilmcritic.com and Magill's Cinema Annual and can be heard weekly on the nationally syndicated "Mancow's Morning Madhouse" radio show. Coming Soon, Regal Verified reviews are considered more trustworthy by fellow moviegoers. It's an interesting premise, yet one that never seems to reach its full potential. The movie has a strong start but a weak finale, and somewhere in the middle looses stream and starts plodding along to its inevitable conclusion. Yes, the story is fictional and all the action takes place in London, which means the court proceedings are different from the US. (This is one of those movies where people just sort of guess the truth behind massive conspiracies with intuition that would make Sherlock Holmes green with envy.) The story itself tests the limits of plausibility and features principal characters who have little warmth and fail to generate much empathy. Taglines The directing was too predictable and simply boring. The two lawyers secretly had an affair in the past, which became known to Martin's wife and has caused an alienation from her and their son. | Rating: 2/5 This was an opportunity which was squandered because of the directing and screenplay, and the wrong casting... too many things for one movie. In closed court, he will be defended by the ambitious Claudia Simmons-Howe (Rebecca Hall). Director John Crowley did a good job using this paranoia to fuel the tension on screen, heightening the stakes appropriately. One of the more common and popular high-tech aids is the Closed Circuit Television, also known as a CCTV or video magnifier. They see your every move. It kind of reminded me of movies like Primal Fear, Class Action, The International, The Firm, just to name a few. As it is, despite being extremely well-acted, it's just another OK spy thriller to add to the pile. This London-set political thriller is a damp squib.