Closed Circuit is a 2013 British-American political thriller drama film directed by John Crowley and written by Steven Knight, released on August 28, 2013. The film stars Eric Bana, Rebecca Hall, Ciarán Hinds, Jim Broadbent, and Riz Ahmed.

Plot

A bomb planted in a lorry detonates in London s Borough Market killing 120 people. The London police receive an anonymous tip and arrest Farroukh Erdogan, a Turkish immigrant, as the terror cell leader and mastermind of the attack. Two other members of the cell die in the bombing and the fourth is killed by police in a shoot-out during the raid to apprehend him. When Erdogan s defence barrister commits suicide, Martin Rose is appointed by the Attorney General to replace him, joining special advocate Claudia Simmons-Howe. Due to national security concerns, Erdogan s case follows closed material procedures; Claudia represents Erdogan during closed sessions with a judge ruling what evidence is permissible for Martin to use in the open public trial. MI5 Agent Nazrul Sharma is assigned to provide Claudia with the closed material and monitor her activities.

Martin discovers that despite his extensive criminal record, Erdogan was somehow quickly approved for immigration from his previous residence in Germany to England and within six months was living well beyond his income. He finds proof that Farroukh Erdogan is really Mussi Kartal, a member of a terror cell responsible for bombing a U.S. Air Force base in Munich a few years prior. Kartal cut a deal with prosecutors to avoid prison, agreeing to work as an informant for MI5 by infiltrating the London terror cell and providing MI5 with information to make arrests. Martin suspects that after the Borough Market bombing, MI5 feared their botched operation would be publicly blamed as directly financing terrorism and sought to have Kartal take the fall and suppress any evidence of MI5 involvement. Martin and Claudia discussed the matters discreetly during the England national football team match at the Wembley Stadium.

In the first closed court session, MI5 Agent Melissa Fairbright reveals that Kartal s son Amir had hacked into his father s laptop and had provided valuable information to MI5. The judge orders Amir s testimony in court, deeming it relevant to the case. Amir, who is being monitored by MI5 agents at a safe house with his mother, manages to escape to his aunt s home. He meets with Martin and Claudia, giving them a flash drive detailing his father s involvement with the MI5 terror cell operation. Martin and Claudia realize MI5 will kill Amir to protect themselves and go on the run with him overnight, planning to have him testify in court the next day. Amir testifies in closed session, but Kartal is later murdered in prison and made to look like a suicide by hanging. With Kartal dead, the case collapses and all evidence of the MI5 operation is suppressed from public disclosure. Amir and his mother, however, are allowed to remain in England.

Three months later, as Martin and Claudia rekindle their romance that resulted in Martin s divorce from his wife, information of MI5 s involvement in the Borough Market bombing is anonymously leaked to the media.

Cast

• Riz Ahmed as MI5 Agent Nazrul Sharma
• Doug Allen as Ryan
• Eric Bana as Defense Barrister Martin Rose (named Vickers in earlier versions)
• Barbora Bobuľová as Piccola
• Jim Broadbent as Attorney General of England and Wales
• Kenneth Cranham as Cameron Fischer
• Anne-Marie Duff as MI5 Agent Melissa Fairbright
• Rebecca Hall as Special Advocate Claudia Simmons-Howe
• Isaac Hempstead-Wright as Tom Rose
• Ciarán Hinds as Devlin
• John Humphrys as himself
• Denis Moschitto as Farroukh Erdogan/Mussi Kartal
• Jemma Powell as Elizabeth
• Julia Stiles as Joanna Reece
• Angus Wright as Andrew Altman
• Luing Andrews as Belmarsh Guard

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 43% based on reviews from 135 critics. The site s critical consensus states: Slick and well acted, Closed Circuit unfortunately never quite works up a full head of steam, with a plot that s alternately predictable and full of holes. On Metacritic, the film has a score of 50 out of 100, based on 39 critics.

Peter Debruge of Variety called it a slick, smarter-than-usual conspiracy yarn. Stephen Farber of The Hollywood Reporter wrote: 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.

Closed Circuit is a 2013 British-American political thriller drama film directed by John Crowley and written by Steven Knight, released on August 28, 2013. The film stars Eric Bana, Rebecca Hall, Ciarán Hinds, Jim Broadbent, and Riz Ahmed.

Plot

A bomb planted in a lorry detonates in London s Borough Market killing 120 people. The London police receive an anonymous tip and arrest Farroukh Erdogan, a Turkish immigrant, as the terror cell leader and mastermind of the attack. Two other members of the cell die in the bombing and the fourth is killed by police in a shoot-out during the raid to apprehend him. When Erdogan s defence barrister commits suicide, Martin Rose is appointed by the Attorney General to replace him, joining special advocate Claudia Simmons-Howe. Due to national security concerns, Erdogan s case follows closed material procedures; Claudia represents Erdogan during closed sessions with a judge ruling what evidence is permissible for Martin to use in the open public trial. MI5 Agent Nazrul Sharma is assigned to provide Claudia with the closed material and monitor her activities.

Martin discovers that despite his extensive criminal record, Erdogan was somehow quickly approved for immigration from his previous residence in Germany to England and within six months was living well beyond his income. He finds proof that Farroukh Erdogan is really Mussi Kartal, a member of a terror cell responsible for bombing a U.S. Air Force base in Munich a few years prior. Kartal cut a deal with prosecutors to avoid prison, agreeing to work as an informant for MI5 by infiltrating the London terror cell and providing MI5 with information to make arrests. Martin suspects that after the Borough Market bombing, MI5 feared their botched operation would be publicly blamed as directly financing terrorism and sought to have Kartal take the fall and suppress any evidence of MI5 involvement. Martin and Claudia discussed the matters discreetly during the England national football team match at the Wembley Stadium.

In the first closed court session, MI5 Agent Melissa Fairbright reveals that Kartal s son Amir had hacked into his father s laptop and had provided valuable information to MI5. The judge orders Amir s testimony in court, deeming it relevant to the case. Amir, who is being monitored by MI5 agents at a safe house with his mother, manages to escape to his aunt s home. He meets with Martin and Claudia, giving them a flash drive detailing his father s involvement with the MI5 terror cell operation. Martin and Claudia realize MI5 will kill Amir to protect themselves and go on the run with him overnight, planning to have him testify in court the next day. Amir testifies in closed session, but Kartal is later murdered in prison and made to look like a suicide by hanging. With Kartal dead, the case collapses and all evidence of the MI5 operation is suppressed from public disclosure. Amir and his mother, however, are allowed to remain in England.

Three months later, as Martin and Claudia rekindle their romance that resulted in Martin s divorce from his wife, information of MI5 s involvement in the Borough Market bombing is anonymously leaked to the media.

Cast

• Riz Ahmed as MI5 Agent Nazrul Sharma
• Doug Allen as Ryan
• Eric Bana as Defense Barrister Martin Rose (named Vickers in earlier versions)
• Barbora Bobuľová as Piccola
• Jim Broadbent as Attorney General of England and Wales
• Kenneth Cranham as Cameron Fischer
• Anne-Marie Duff as MI5 Agent Melissa Fairbright
• Rebecca Hall as Special Advocate Claudia Simmons-Howe
• Isaac Hempstead-Wright as Tom Rose
• Ciarán Hinds as Devlin
• John Humphrys as himself
• Denis Moschitto as Farroukh Erdogan/Mussi Kartal
• Jemma Powell as Elizabeth
• Julia Stiles as Joanna Reece
• Angus Wright as Andrew Altman
• Luing Andrews as Belmarsh Guard

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 43% based on reviews from 135 critics. The site s critical consensus states: Slick and well acted, Closed Circuit unfortunately never quite works up a full head of steam, with a plot that s alternately predictable and full of holes. On Metacritic, the film has a score of 50 out of 100, based on 39 critics.

Peter Debruge of Variety called it a slick, smarter-than-usual conspiracy yarn. Stephen Farber of The Hollywood Reporter wrote: 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.

Year	2013
ReleaseDate	2013-08-28
RuntimeMins	96
RuntimeStr	1h 36min
Plot	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.
Directors	John Crowley
Writers	Steven Knight
Stars	Eric Bana, Rebecca Hall, Jim Broadbent
Produced by	Mairi Bett,Tim Bevan,Liza Chasin,Chris Clark,Eric Fellner,Amelia Granger,Tim Owen
Music by	Joby Talbot
Cinematography by	Adriano Goldman
Film Editing by	Lucia Zucchetti
Casting By	Fiona Weir
Production Design by	Jim Clay
Art Direction by	Matthew Gray,Dominic Masters
Costume Design by	Natalie Ward
Makeup Department	Theresa Atkinson,Romaine Bowman,Tahira Herold,Fiona Martin,Kate Medland,Daniel Phillips
Production Management	Jane Nerlinger Evans,Kate Fasulo,Sasha Harris,Ann Lynch,Josh Rappaport,Ben Urquhart
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director	Tom Heaven,Mark Hopkins,Arif Macaco,Andrew Mannion,Phoebe Vale Markham,Barrie McCulloch,Josey McNamara,Thomas Pook,Charlie Reed,Vaughn Stein,Dan Winch
Art Department	Graham Bishop,Temple Clark,Dean Coldham,Paul Duff,Dave Fisher,Dean Fisher,Sam Fisher,Brendan Gillespie,Emma Goodwin,Gavin Gordon,Clare Gosnold,Peter Hallam,Terry Heggarty,Clare Holton,Kate Suzanne Hunter,Josh Jones,Guy Mount,Stephanie Nicolle,John O Connor,Mike Rawlings,Quinn Robinson,Olia Sherlygina,Nick Smith,Molly Sole,Mia Summerville,Chris Tooth,Gary Twine,Toby Browne,Daisy Moseley
Sound Department	David Bowtle-McMillan,Paul Davies,Mark DeSimone,Jim Greenhorn,Max Hilliard,James Hyde,Nick Kray,Alan MacFeely,Ian Morgan,Bernard O Reilly,Keith Partridge,Ric Schnupp,Barnaby Smyth,Andrew Stirk,Sven Taits,Celine Durand Watts,Mark Wyllie
Special Effects by	David Jonathon Amos,Kevin Steven Amos,Paul Clark,David Holt,Karen Holt,Mark Holt,Peter Kersey,Dickon Mitchell,David Woods
Visual Effects by	Fiorenza Bagnariol,Matthew Ball,Jarnail Bhachu,Rory Bryans,Chris Cook,Oz Dolphin,Robert Duncan,Phil Eldridge,James Elster,James D. Fleming,Julien Goldsbrough,Ben Guthrie,Karsten Hecker,Jon Hollis,Nile Hylton,Lorraine Johnson,Dan Kunz,Hannah Lewis,Aron Merritt,Guo Kun Pan,Laura Pavone,Russell Pawson,Jason Phua,Dominic Ridley,Aatesh Shah,Mark Taylor,Dominic Thomson,Sara Trezzi,Mike Tucker,Jonathan Turner,Guido Wilden,Daniel Borg
Stunts	Nick Chopping,Zarene Dallas,Rick English,Grace Franzl,Sarah Franzl,Nazaire Gbolo,James Grogan,Adam Horton,Andy Merchant,Lee Millham,Gareth Milne,Sian Milne,Peter Pedrero,Andrew L Phillips,Greg Powell,Tilly Powell,Charles Ramsay,Douglas Robson,Andy Smart,Rocky Taylor,Roy Taylor,Tony Van Silva
Camera and Electrical Department	Tim Battersby,Alex Bender,Jeremy Braben,Luke Cairns,Lawrence Carter,Chris Cavanagh,Wailoon Chung,Steve Ellingworth,Ian Franklin,Max Glickman,Brian Greenway,Robert Hamilton,Colin Hazell,Rupert Hornstein,Stuart Howell,Gary Hutchings,Paul Keating,Giles Keyte,Ryan King,Aaran Lewis Leach,Andy Long,Jay Maidment,Vlad Martins,David Maund,John McSweeney,Gary Parnham,Maiya Rose,Johnny Smith,Colin Strachan,Iain Struthers,Simon Surtees,Billy Thornhill Jr.,Simon Thorpe,Tom Wade,Martyn Welland,Dave Wells,David Wright
Casting Department	Solomon Artistes,Vanessa Baker,Chuck Douglas,Alice Searby
Costume and Wardrobe Department	Adam Dee,Victoria Finn,Vidya Krishnamurthy,Luan Placks,Charlotte Sewell,Emily Thomson
Editorial Department	Matt Adams,Jason Beffa,Fiona DeSouza,Dan Dolan,Paul Ensby,Jaime Leonard,Begoña Lopez,Steve McGowan,Tom Mitchell,Dan Muscarella,Darren Rae,Robert Scammell,James Slattery,Jonathan Sykes,Lee Twohey
Location Management	Benjamin Bailey,Tom Barnes,Colin Giles,Peter Gray,Danny Gulliver,William Hunter Howell,Pat Karam,Jason Nightingale,Dan Whitty,Michael Stapleton
Music Department	Michael Connell,Dave Foster,Catherine Manners,Hilary Skewes,Vicki Williams,Mark Wyllie,Rachel Bolt
Script and Continuity Department	Sylvia Parker
Transportation Department	Martin Alderdice,Simon Essery,George Kapetanios,James May,Piotr Walczak
Additional Crew	James Adkin,Stephanie Ahlen,John Alfred,Daren Bailey,Maggie Bakir,Philip Ball,Catherine Booton,Christopher M. Boyd,Jeremy Braben,Julie Brinkman,Daniel Budd,Julie Burnham,Liam Byrne,Sarah Clark,Jessica Corlett,Daniel Cox,Jason Devil,Nazmeen Dhansey,Chloe Dorigan,Tina Falcone,Liam Foley,Rebecca Fraser,Sandra Frieze,Chris Hadlock,Anna Hinds,Ashley Holberry,Brady Hood,Laura Jackson,Charlotte Keating,Rachel King,Sarah Lawson,Craig Luck,Ben Maloney,John Maloney,Phoebe Vale Markham,Gemma McLachlan,Gavin Cosmo Mehrtens,Charlotte Amelia Miles,John Miles,Steven M. Morales,Olivia Newhouse,Rosie Owen,Malcolm Pearce,Alex Reid,Charlotte Rutherford,Jack Sidey,Elizabeth Small,Jacob Smith,Deryn Stafford,Edward Taroghion,David Taylor,Louise Van Hamme,Derek Warman,Ben Hope
Genres	Crime, Drama, Mystery
Companies	Focus Features, Working Title Films
Countries	UK, USA
Languages	English
ContentRating	R
ImDbRating	6.2
ImDbRatingVotes	22616
MetacriticRating	50
Keywords	murder of a journalist,murder,female in a shower,woman wrapped in a towel,motor vehicle
Year	2013
ReleaseDate	2013-08-28
RuntimeMins	96
RuntimeStr	1h 36min
Plot	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.
Directors	John Crowley
Writers	Steven Knight
Stars	Eric Bana, Rebecca Hall, Jim Broadbent
Produced by	Mairi Bett,Tim Bevan,Liza Chasin,Chris Clark,Eric Fellner,Amelia Granger,Tim Owen
Music by	Joby Talbot
Cinematography by	Adriano Goldman
Film Editing by	Lucia Zucchetti
Casting By	Fiona Weir
Production Design by	Jim Clay
Art Direction by	Matthew Gray,Dominic Masters
Costume Design by	Natalie Ward
Makeup Department	Theresa Atkinson,Romaine Bowman,Tahira Herold,Fiona Martin,Kate Medland,Daniel Phillips
Production Management	Jane Nerlinger Evans,Kate Fasulo,Sasha Harris,Ann Lynch,Josh Rappaport,Ben Urquhart
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director	Tom Heaven,Mark Hopkins,Arif Macaco,Andrew Mannion,Phoebe Vale Markham,Barrie McCulloch,Josey McNamara,Thomas Pook,Charlie Reed,Vaughn Stein,Dan Winch
Art Department	Graham Bishop,Temple Clark,Dean Coldham,Paul Duff,Dave Fisher,Dean Fisher,Sam Fisher,Brendan Gillespie,Emma Goodwin,Gavin Gordon,Clare Gosnold,Peter Hallam,Terry Heggarty,Clare Holton,Kate Suzanne Hunter,Josh Jones,Guy Mount,Stephanie Nicolle,John O Connor,Mike Rawlings,Quinn Robinson,Olia Sherlygina,Nick Smith,Molly Sole,Mia Summerville,Chris Tooth,Gary Twine,Toby Browne,Daisy Moseley
Sound Department	David Bowtle-McMillan,Paul Davies,Mark DeSimone,Jim Greenhorn,Max Hilliard,James Hyde,Nick Kray,Alan MacFeely,Ian Morgan,Bernard O Reilly,Keith Partridge,Ric Schnupp,Barnaby Smyth,Andrew Stirk,Sven Taits,Celine Durand Watts,Mark Wyllie
Special Effects by	David Jonathon Amos,Kevin Steven Amos,Paul Clark,David Holt,Karen Holt,Mark Holt,Peter Kersey,Dickon Mitchell,David Woods
Visual Effects by	Fiorenza Bagnariol,Matthew Ball,Jarnail Bhachu,Rory Bryans,Chris Cook,Oz Dolphin,Robert Duncan,Phil Eldridge,James Elster,James D. Fleming,Julien Goldsbrough,Ben Guthrie,Karsten Hecker,Jon Hollis,Nile Hylton,Lorraine Johnson,Dan Kunz,Hannah Lewis,Aron Merritt,Guo Kun Pan,Laura Pavone,Russell Pawson,Jason Phua,Dominic Ridley,Aatesh Shah,Mark Taylor,Dominic Thomson,Sara Trezzi,Mike Tucker,Jonathan Turner,Guido Wilden,Daniel Borg
Stunts	Nick Chopping,Zarene Dallas,Rick English,Grace Franzl,Sarah Franzl,Nazaire Gbolo,James Grogan,Adam Horton,Andy Merchant,Lee Millham,Gareth Milne,Sian Milne,Peter Pedrero,Andrew L Phillips,Greg Powell,Tilly Powell,Charles Ramsay,Douglas Robson,Andy Smart,Rocky Taylor,Roy Taylor,Tony Van Silva
Camera and Electrical Department	Tim Battersby,Alex Bender,Jeremy Braben,Luke Cairns,Lawrence Carter,Chris Cavanagh,Wailoon Chung,Steve Ellingworth,Ian Franklin,Max Glickman,Brian Greenway,Robert Hamilton,Colin Hazell,Rupert Hornstein,Stuart Howell,Gary Hutchings,Paul Keating,Giles Keyte,Ryan King,Aaran Lewis Leach,Andy Long,Jay Maidment,Vlad Martins,David Maund,John McSweeney,Gary Parnham,Maiya Rose,Johnny Smith,Colin Strachan,Iain Struthers,Simon Surtees,Billy Thornhill Jr.,Simon Thorpe,Tom Wade,Martyn Welland,Dave Wells,David Wright
Casting Department	Solomon Artistes,Vanessa Baker,Chuck Douglas,Alice Searby
Costume and Wardrobe Department	Adam Dee,Victoria Finn,Vidya Krishnamurthy,Luan Placks,Charlotte Sewell,Emily Thomson
Editorial Department	Matt Adams,Jason Beffa,Fiona DeSouza,Dan Dolan,Paul Ensby,Jaime Leonard,Begoña Lopez,Steve McGowan,Tom Mitchell,Dan Muscarella,Darren Rae,Robert Scammell,James Slattery,Jonathan Sykes,Lee Twohey
Location Management	Benjamin Bailey,Tom Barnes,Colin Giles,Peter Gray,Danny Gulliver,William Hunter Howell,Pat Karam,Jason Nightingale,Dan Whitty,Michael Stapleton
Music Department	Michael Connell,Dave Foster,Catherine Manners,Hilary Skewes,Vicki Williams,Mark Wyllie,Rachel Bolt
Script and Continuity Department	Sylvia Parker
Transportation Department	Martin Alderdice,Simon Essery,George Kapetanios,James May,Piotr Walczak
Additional Crew	James Adkin,Stephanie Ahlen,John Alfred,Daren Bailey,Maggie Bakir,Philip Ball,Catherine Booton,Christopher M. Boyd,Jeremy Braben,Julie Brinkman,Daniel Budd,Julie Burnham,Liam Byrne,Sarah Clark,Jessica Corlett,Daniel Cox,Jason Devil,Nazmeen Dhansey,Chloe Dorigan,Tina Falcone,Liam Foley,Rebecca Fraser,Sandra Frieze,Chris Hadlock,Anna Hinds,Ashley Holberry,Brady Hood,Laura Jackson,Charlotte Keating,Rachel King,Sarah Lawson,Craig Luck,Ben Maloney,John Maloney,Phoebe Vale Markham,Gemma McLachlan,Gavin Cosmo Mehrtens,Charlotte Amelia Miles,John Miles,Steven M. Morales,Olivia Newhouse,Rosie Owen,Malcolm Pearce,Alex Reid,Charlotte Rutherford,Jack Sidey,Elizabeth Small,Jacob Smith,Deryn Stafford,Edward Taroghion,David Taylor,Louise Van Hamme,Derek Warman,Ben Hope
Genres	Crime, Drama, Mystery
Companies	Focus Features, Working Title Films
Countries	UK, USA
Languages	English
ContentRating	R
ImDbRating	6.2
ImDbRatingVotes	22616
MetacriticRating	50
Keywords	murder of a journalist,murder,female in a shower,woman wrapped in a towel,motor vehicle