Closed Circuit vs Primal Fear

Primal Fear has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 5.9/10 for Closed Circuit). Closed Circuit is the shorter watch at 1h 36m compared with 2h 9m. Primal Fear is the older of the two (1996 against 2013). Both are crime, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Closed Circuit posterClosed Circuit2013 VS Primal Fear posterPrimal Fear1996
Closed CircuitPrimal Fear
Audience score★ 5.9/10★ 7.7/10
Year20131996
Length1h 36m2h 9m
GenresCrime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country–United States of America
DirectorJohn CrowleyGregory Hoblit
Main castIsaac Hempstead Wright, Kenneth Cranham, Eric Bana, Ciarán Hinds, Rebecca HallJon Seda, Maura Tierney, Richard Gere, Alfre Woodard, Laura Linney

Synopsis

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.

Primal Fear

An arrogant, high-powered attorney takes on the case of a poor altar boy found running away from the scene of the grisly murder of the bishop who has taken him in. The case gets a lot more complex when the accused reveals that there may or may not have been a third person in the room.

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