Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Eric BanaMartin Rose
- Rebecca HallClaudia Simmons-Howe
- Ciarán HindsDevlin
- Jim BroadbentAttorney General
- Kenneth CranhamCameron Fischer
- Isaac Hempstead-WrightTom Rose
- Julia StilesJoanna Reece
- Anne-Marie DuffMelissa
- Riz AhmedNazrul Sharma
- Denis MoschittoFarroukh Erdogan
Recommendations
- 70
Variety
[A] slick, smarter-than-usual conspiracy yarn. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
A couple of scenes toward the end do generate the suspense that the whole movie needed. But the impact is too muted, and an air of tired familiarity ultimately curdles the entire enterprise. - 50
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Blame it on the weak chemistry of the stars, blame it on the way the script refuses to let them develop chemistry and the perfunctory way the story is dispensed with, but the sparks aren’t there. - 50
The Dissolve
It’s a slickly packaged, proficient thriller first, political statement a distant, speck-on-the-horizon second. - 50
The Playlist
The sloppy reveals of the third act can be seen from miles away, turning this into a low-impact actioner where characters are turned into chess pieces, and the narrative’s aim is to strategically assemble the parts like a play set. - 50
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Closed Circuit is not a tense thriller about the new era of surveillance — it's a tepid thriller about the old notion that no leader can be trusted. - 50
Village Voice
To Crowley's credit, Closed Circuit is decidedly unflashy. But maybe that's a liability: There's a fine line between restrained and drab, and Closed Circuit falls just on the wrong side of it. - 38
Slant Magazine
It fails as a critique of draconian security states and surveillance culture, moving too fast to properly consider any of the well-worn ideas it glosses over.
