Admittedly, closed circuit gets off to a promising. Closed circuit a truck bomb devastates the borough marketplace in london, killing 120 people and injuring many more. Aug 29, 20 this week at the movies, weve got a popular boy band the concert documentary one direction. The movie is well cast, well acted, and competently directed, which is more than you can say for a lot of ultimately forgettable spy flicks.
Following a mysterious explosion in a busy london market, the police swoop, a suspect is detained, and the country prepares for one of the m. Directed by john crowley whose wellreceived 2007 film boy a was andrew garfields big screen debut, closed circuit stars rebecca hall. Aug 28, 20 closed circuit was helmed by theater and film director, john crowley best known for his 2003 black comedy intermission starring cillian murphy and kelly macdonald. Eric bana stars as martin rose in john crowleys closed circuit, a focus features release. Aug 29, 20 from working title films and released by focus features in the u. R two exlovers eric bana and rebecca hall are thrown together on a high. Eric bana and rebecca hall star as attorneys and former sweethearts who find their loyalties tried and their lives in danger when they join the defense team of an accused terrorist. The closed circuit 20 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. The central idea of closed circuit an audience watches a spaghetti western in a cinema. But there are enough genuine moments of surprise to make this. Martin and claudia are former lovers, a fact which must remain hidden. Oct 24, 20 thats the stentorian message of the makeweight closed circuit, in which rebecca hall and eric bana play defence lawyers who stumble upon a potential mi5 conspiracy in the wake of a terrorist.
Oct 25, 20 a truck bomb in busy borough market kills hundreds of people and devastates the surrounding area. Grae drake discusses the abundant closed circuit tv cameras in london, as well as whether or not their research has allowed them to commit crimes without punishment. Aug 30, 20 the opening sequence of closed circuit, in which viewers bear witness to londons 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 doesnt feel particularly exploitative that. The genericallytitled selena gomezethan hawke collaboration absolutely tanked at the box office last weekend. Unfortunately the ideas exceed the execution making closed circuit less compelling than it should have been. 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 on dvd january 7, 2014 starring eric bana, rebecca hall, ciaran hinds, annemarie duff. Dont let people miss on a great quote from the closed circuit movie add it here. Closed circuit is a good, although unexceptional, suspense movie. Playing in only 862 theaters, the movie should earn. Jun 03, 20 from the producers of tinker, tailor, soldier, spy comes the new international thriller, closed circuit. Coming attractions for you 2020s most anticipated movies. Shot on digital video over a period of six months, shafer was inspired by circuit party music in crafting the film. Closed circuit 20 r 1h 35m crime thrillers martin and claudia, topflight lawyers who happen to be former lovers, become targets when theyre teamed up to defend a notorious terrorist.
Youll notice we replaced the 5star fan ratings with the rotten tomatoes audience score to help you choose a movie to watch. Those were two of the best british movies of the last decade, so the collaboration of these two filmmakers on closed circuit raises high hopes. Short circuit is a 1986 us comic science fiction film directed by john badham and written by. 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. In this thriller from john crowley, rebecca hall and eric bana play former lovers who must keep their relationship a secret in order to properly try their highprofile terrorism case in uk courts.
Soon, as the murders take place in a cinema, while spectators are watching 1967 tonino valeriis spaghetti western i giorni dellira and the mystery thickens, one may sense a chance of something supernatural going on. Closed circuit isnt so much of a misstep as a missed opportunity to say. Everything you need to know about closed circuit movie 20. Circuit is a 2001 gaythemed independent film set in the world of gay circuit parties. Written by dirk shafer and gregory hinton and directed by shafer, circuit follows the lives of several people involved in the circuit party scene. Closed circuit year 20 genre crime drama thriller mystery type movies idmb rating 6. In the international suspense thriller closed circuit, a highprofile terrorism case unexpectedly binds together two exlovers on the. As written by steven knight and directed by john crowley, the characters seem. With eric bana, rebecca hall, jim broadbent, ciaran hinds. The attorney general appoints claudia simmonshowe rebecca hall as special advocate on erdogans legal team. I started also thinking of some resemblances to those shortstories by richard matheson who sometimes wrote also tvmovie scripts, and montaldos was in. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us.
It seems almost unfair to pick on getaway at this point. The entrepreneurs are unjustly jailed, allowing the. Its londons 911, and with all but one of the alleged coconspirators who supposedly plotted the attack killed while being arrested funny how that happens the heat is on to ensure that the trial of the sole bad guy left, farroukh erdogan denis moschitto, gives a good show to a. A thoroughly watchable film for fans of british political thrillers, closed circuit is tense and fun, even if its not a work of genius. This is us, a desperate exracecar driver getaway, starring ethan hawke and selena gomez, and attorneys under surveillance closed circuit, starring eric bana and rebecca hall. Nevertheless the movie deserves to be seen by anybody interested in film as i think this a movie. A highprofile terrorism case unexpectedly binds together two exlovers on the defense team testing the limits of their loyalties and placing their lives in jeopardy. The time would seem ripe for a smart thriller about government surveillance. Closed circuit is a 20 britishamerican political thriller drama film directed by john crowley.
Corrupt politicians attempt to steal a successful new business away from the men who founded it. Closed circuit is a certainly a strange name for a movie that really has nothing to do with surveillance, instead crowleys film focuses on the tensions and discoveries made between eric banas gruff and very unbritish sounding arrogant lawyer martin rose and one time lover claudia simmonshowe played by the always threatening to break out. A terrorist attack in london results in the capture of suspect farroukh erdogan denis moschitto. Closed circuit 20 stream and watch online moviefone. Aug 26, 20 this element of closed circuit becomes one of the movies big problems, since martin and claudia do a terrible job of hiding their past liaison and their current and expressly forbidden. Aug 30, 20 closed circuit, the new political thriller set in dreary contemporary london, is content to play by these wellestablished rules. Following a mysterious explosion in a busy london market, the police swoop, a suspect is. Closed circuit has been advertised as being from the makers of tinker tailor soldier spy, and, for a while, it seems as though it might be the same kind of intelligent moviemaking that builds drama through discreet conversations and the passing of crucial information. Following a mysterious explosion in a busy london ma. Closed circuit ends in a muddle, the two lovers having witnessed corruption up close and personal and inevitable, only to be seen together, news broadcast voice overs implying theyve somehow blown the lid off a coverup. From the producers of tinker, tailor, soldier, spy comes the new international thriller, closed circuit.
Every movie in the 35year old franchise is certified fresh, seeing the highest bump in tomatometer between the last two entries from 81% for 1985s beyond thunderdome to 97% for 2015s fury road. One man, farrouhk erdogan denis moschitto, is arrested for the heinous crime and appears to be the mastermind that put the bombing into play. Former lovers find their lives in danger after joining the legal defense team of a terrorist. Viewers will have to be content with an occasionally taut conspiracy movie thats. Released august 28th, 20, closed circuit stars eric bana, rebecca hall, ciaran hinds, jim broadbent the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 36 min, and received a score of 50 out of 100 on. Circuito chiuso closed circuit extreme 2011 rotten tomatoes. This thriller opened back in late august but failed to make much noise at the box office. A stylized political thriller that unfolds entirely in front of what. Still, closed circuit is a far cry from crowleys humorfilled crime movie and, instead, plays its story of terrorism and conspiracy very straight. Closed circuit eric bana rebecca hall ciaran hinds 20 two former lovers eric bana, rebecca hall find their loyalties tested and their lives in danger after joining a terrorists legal defense team in a.
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