Moviechat forums darkroom discussion closed circuit. A couple of scenes toward the end do generate the suspense that the whole movie needed. Everything you need to know about closed circuit movie 20. As a title, the circuit references all of the moving around the characters do in this book. Written by dirk shafer and gregory hinton and directed by shafer, circuit follows the lives of several people involved in the circuit party scene. Shot on digital video over a period of six months, shafer was inspired by circuit party music in crafting the film. Closed circuit is a good, although unexceptional, suspense movie. Watch closed circuit movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. Dec 03, 2014 the middle of the movie is actually a good spy thriller. With ally sheedy, steve guttenberg, fisher stevens, austin pendleton. Unfortunately the ideas exceed the execution making closed circuit less compelling than it should have been. Rent closed circuit 20 starring eric bana and rebecca hall on dvd and bluray.
From the producers of tinker, tailor, soldier, spy comes the new international thriller, closed circuit. Following a mysterious explosion in a busy london market, the police swoop, a suspect is. The movie opens with a montage of clips pulled from more than a dozen of these cameras. A look back at the 1964 clayliston closed circuit telecast. Closed circuit, getaway, the spectacular now by debbie schlussel this labor day holiday weekend features a selection of new movies at theaters chock full of 911 conspiracy theories, overhyped liberal bs, and a lot of waste of your time. Borough market in london can be seen via numerous closed circuit tv cameras, and we can hear snippets of conversations. Martin and claudia, topflight lawyers who happen to be former lovers, become targets when theyre teamed up to defend a notorious. It is based on the british television serial of the same name the film tells of a journalists russell crowe probe into the suspicious death of a congressmans ben affleck mistress. Theres also a lethal explosion that kills 120 people and a car crash. Despite the exceptional cast of that would please the stodgiest of anglophiles, theres no tension between any of the characters. Martin and claudia are former loversa fact which must remain hiddenand, as martin assembles his case, he uncovers a sinister conspiracy. Parents need to know that closed circuit is an english crime thriller that focuses for a while on talking and discovering information and then has a big chaseandescape sequence at the climax. Scotland yard raids a storage garage and finds the chemicals that made the bomb.
Closed circuit soundtrack list closed circuit movie 20. A british aristocrat becomes caught up in an era of social upheaval and the onset of world war i in this compelling fivepart hbo miniseries. A terrorist attack in london results in the capture of suspect, and the attorney general appoints claudia simmonshowe as special advocate on his defence team. Aug 30, 20 it all makes for solid entertainment, though the film does suffer from an undercooked finale. The production was shown in over 350 theaters and arenas throughout north america. Alifrazier was on closed circuit in 1971, and was a big success.
A large truck is driven to the centre of the market as vendors yell that it cannot park there. Closed circuit on dvd january 7, 2014 starring eric bana, rebecca hall, ciaran hinds, annemarie duff. Closed circuit is a 20 britishamerican political thriller drama film directed by john crowley and written by steven knight, released on august 28, 20. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing closed circuit near you. The attorney general appoints claudia simmonshowe rebecca hall as special advocate on erdogans legal team. Ending off proceedings in a manner that shows us just what could have been with this story, closed circuit is forgettable yet not regrettable and for topical thrillers that is a refreshing twist. From the producers of tinker, tailor, soldier, spy comes a riveting and suspenseful mystery starring eric bana and rebecca hall. Theres some fighting and a little blood when a woman is attacked and fights back. Her mother, who is american, is of dutch, scottish, sioux, and african american origin.
Circuit is a 2001 gaythemed independent film set in the world of gay circuit parties. The attorney general appoints claudia simmonshowe rebecca hall as. As written by steven knight and directed by john crowley, the characters seem. Closed circuit, a 2001 album by new zealand composer peter. Aug 28, 20 closed circuit is presented as a procedural, with revelation building upon revelation to reveal a conspiracy that those involved are eager to keep under wraps. I go to a lot of movies, and i cant remember the last time i heard a paying audience actually applaud at the end of a film. A terrorist attack in london results in the capture of suspect farroukh erdogan denis moschitto. Aug 28, 20 from the producers of tinker, tailor, soldier, spy comes the new international thriller closed circuit. An open ending is when a film or a show ends with no clues of what is going to happen next. Closed circuit begins with surveillancecamera footage of civilians strolling through londons borough market.
Following a mysterious explosion in a busy london ma. Eric bana, rebeca hall and director john crowley discuss the nature of. Closed circuit definition of closed circuit by the free. Jun 03, 20 from the producers of tinker, tailor, soldier, spy comes the new international thriller, closed circuit. And if theres one thing that francisco and his family know how to do, its move among the same few cities in california, right along with the seasons.
Closed circuit soundtrack list movie 20 tracklist ost list listen to original score, theme music from the motion picture, film score list, song list of all of the songs played in the movie playlist, who sings them, including end credits. Martin and claudia are former lovers, a fact which must remain hidden. The movie has a strong start but a weak finale, and somewhere in the middle looses stream and starts plodding along to its. Always good to see liam neeson in action mode this time of year, but this facetious bit of sadism about a snowplow driver piling up corpses in vengeful pursuit of his sons murderers plays like an. Aug 28, 20 which movie s right for you this weekend. Coming attractions for you 2020s most anticipated movies. Viewers will have to be content with an occasionally taut conspiracy movie thats. Fandango chief correspondent dave karger breaks them down with a little help from ethan hawke and selena gomez. A look back at the 1964 clayliston closedcircuit telecast. There are, of course, worse movies out there right now than closed circuit but i daresay that few are as disappointing. So, misleading title, crappy beginning, crappy ending. Closed circuit 20 stream and watch online moviefone.
With eric bana, rebecca hall, jim broadbent, ciaran hinds. Following a mysterious explosion in a busy london market, the police swoop in, a suspect is. Martin and claudia are former lovers, a fact which must. Closed circuit 20 a terrorist attack in london results in the capture of suspect farroukh erdogan denis moschitto. Closed circuit extreme 2014 cast and crew a couple place hidden cameras inside the home of a man stefano fregni they believe is responsible for their friends disappearance. 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. There was a third film that was supposed to open wide this week, closed circuit, but it is now opening in 800 or so theaters, so it wont be a factor. Closed circuit, a 20 british thriller film an electric circuit is a closed circuit if it contains a complete path between the positive and negative terminals of its power source closed circuit album, a 2001 album by new zealand composer peter jefferies. More than 500,000 cameras look down on its citizens with unblinking consistencya fact of life that closed circuit reminds us of often. The film stars eric bana, rebecca hall, ciaran hinds, jim broadbent, and riz ahmed. A bomb planted in a lorry detonates in london s borough market killing 120 people. The closed circuit 20 rotten tomatoes movie trailers.
Modern times 1936, the first of seven chaplin programs, was sro all weekend, and when i saw it on sunday afternoon, the audience was just about beside itself with delight. Closed circuit featurette the art of surveillance aug 27, 20. After all, a circuit is basically a journey that goes around and aroundand then around some more. This makeweight thriller starring rebecca hall is too shallow to shine any topical light on securitystate machinations. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies.
Beyond the trailer host grace randolph shares her reaction today of this uk terrorism movie starring eric bana and rebecca hall. The new releases this year wont match that, but theres better depth this time around. I didnt get the ending, why did they keep the man as a prisoner. Eric bana, rebeca hall and director john crowley discuss the nature of being watched at all times in this upcoming thriller. The attorney general appoints claudia simmonshowe rebecca hall. Watch closed circuit online stream full movie directv. A feed was sent to the arenatheater showing the event, usually a boxing. Then a terrorist bomb explodes, filling the footage with smoke and rubble. The ending is disappointing and finishes with a thud. 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. State of play is a 2009 political thriller film directed by kevin macdonald.
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. Gradually, even the movies central theme of surveillance falls away as closed circuit becomes a banal chase movie, with the hero and heroine trying to protect an innocent with crucial yet irrelevant to the action of the movie information. 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. The announcers on that telecast were steve ellis and former heavyweight champion joe louis.
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. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing closed circuit 1986 near you. Closed circuit is a paint by the numbers thriller with few thrills. A promising political thriller with a firstrate cast is undermined by a series of outlandish plot twists. As i suspect is the case with most viewers, i could certainly use a smart, adult thriller fueled by realworld concerns after a summer of mindless frivolities and the chance to see the perennially underrated rebecca hall in a lead role is a welcome bonus in my book.
In fact, the reason for this is steven knights script, which tells more than it shows. Rebecca hall was born in london, uk, the daughter of peter hall, a stage director and founder of the royal shakespeare company, and maria ewing, an opera singer. Nevertheless the movie deserves to be seen by anybody interested in film as i think this a movie. A lot of promise, some intriguing sequences, and a strong performance from hall give the movie a good. Number 5 of a group of experimental robots in a lab is. An electric circuit is a closed circuit if it contains a complete path between the positive and negative terminals of its power source. It keeps the audience guessing of what is going to happen next and it can. After months of overlong blockbusters, closed circuit offers a good, swift pace it clocks in at just.
Closed circuit extreme 2014 cast and crew moviefone. Closed circuit isnt so much of a misstep as a missed opportunity to say something noteworthy. Rent closed circuit 20 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. The supporting cast includes rachel mcadams, helen mirren, jason bateman, robin wright and jeff daniels. But by the end, no one really cared, as we all got caught up in the mania. The attorney general appoints claudia simmonshowe rebecca hall as special advocate on erdogan.
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