“Closed Circuit” doesn’t know what type of film it wants to be, and it
bears the marks of editorial indecision, where the original direction of
the story was whittled down to make the picture more palatable to a
wider audience. There are satisfactory elements contained within, with a
gifted ensemble working intently to make their performances stand out
in an increasingly absurd thriller. However, whatever promises of
quality and taste are made in the first half of the feature are
unfulfilled in the second half, where a passably intriguing legal drama
with some procedural heft is turned into a junky network television
pilot, complete with logic leaps and uninspired chases.
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