A superb movie based-on a real chess event, one of the best made, if not the best, on the 1978 Baguio City World Chess Championship between Anatoly Karpov and Victor Korchnoi.
Recommended of course to all people. Chess lovers and not!
- (+) Wonderful acting by almost all the cast, especially the two rivals who shone unequivocally.
- (+) Very believable atmosphere throughout, being chess-wise or depicting emotions.
- (+) Very true to the real events, from minute one (introduction) up to the last.
- (+) Masterful depiction and development.
- (+) Great VFX combined with classic camera work.
- (+) Loved Anatoly's father (Evgeniy) and love interest (Veronika) acting. Brought tears to my eyes.
- Nothing negative to my eyes, besides wanting it to have a longer runtime, as in a series!
Recommended of course to all people. Chess lovers and not!
- Screenplay/story: 8.5
- Development: 9
- Realism: 9
- Entertainment: 9.5
- Acting: 9
- Filming/cinematography: 8.5
- Visual/special effects: 9
- Music/score: 9
- Depth: 9
- Logic: 8.5
- Flow: 9
- Drama: 9
- Ending/closure: 9.