Closed Circuit
A storyline that couldn't be timelier unfolds with a vintage air of 1970s cynicism in this unusually thoughtful thriller.
Closed Circuit
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. One morning, a busy London market is decimated by an explosion. In the manhunt that follows, only one member of the suspected terrorist cell survives: Farroukh Erdogan, who is arrested and jailed. Preparations begin for what promises to be the trial of the century. But there’s a hitch: the government will use classified evidence to prosecute Erdogan, evidence so secret that neither he nor his lawyers can be allowed to see it. Hence the need for the Attorney General to appoint a Special Advocate, an additional government-approved defense lawyer, Claudia Simmons-Howe. Just as the case is on the eve of going to trial, Erdogan’s lawyer dies suddenly, and a new defense attorney, Martin Rose, quickly steps in. Martin is tenacious, driven, and brilliant, but as he begins to piece the case together, the outlines of a sinister conspiracy emerge, one that will draw him and Claudia dangerously close again.
Genre
Crime,
Mystery,
Drama
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Runtime
96
Language
English
Director
John Crowley
Writer(s)
Steven Knight
Cast
Rebecca Hall,
Eric Bana,
Ciarán Hinds,
Julia Stiles,
Jim Broadbent
FEATURED REVIEW
Marshall Fine, Hollywood & Fine
The paranoia that a terrorist attack – and the resultant media clusterpluck – creates is palpable. Don’t believe it? Hello – the Patriot Act? An overreaching NSA? So John Crowley’s “Closed Circuit,” arriving in the wake of the Bradley Manning decision and the ongoing Edward Snowden affair, is more ...
Played at
Claremont 5 8.28.13 - 9.12.13
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