Closed Circuit Reviews

To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since there was a decent cast involved, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, even though the damned thing definitely had some potential, unfortunately, it was just so poorly developed. The most annoying thing was the fact that, right from the start, they made it clear that there should be a clear separation and no contact whatsoever between the Defense Barrister and the Special Advocate but, not only they had been lovers which did create a massive conflict of interest, they eventually spent half of the movie together. Seriously, it was just a huge mistake and, in my opinion, these 2 lawyers should have been either 2 men or 2 women working completely separately and, yet, coming slowly to the same conclusion. The fact that the two characters might still be attracted to each other was also a massive useless distraction which had nothing to do with the actual story. Concerning the actors, in spite of the rather poor material, I have to admit that Rebecca Hall was not bad and she was even fairly convincing. However, Eric Bana was rather disappointing as he delivered here once again such a bland and borderline bored performance. Seriously, it is hard to believe that he was once upon a time one of the most promising actors in the business. Finally, the ending was pretty lame as well. Indeed, if the outcome was eventually to kill Farroukh Erdogan, why didn’t they do it much earlier, when he was arrested for example or right at beginning of his incarceration? Anyway, to conclude, the more I think about it, the more I believe I should lower my rating for this movie but I guess it might be worth a look, only if you really like the genre though.