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Game Over - Kasparov and the Machine (2003)
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Reviews Counted:28
Fresh:21
Rotten:7
Average Rating:6.6/10
Theatrical Release:Dec 3, 2004 Limited
Synopsis: In 1997, amidst much media fanfare about the showdown between artificial and human intelligence, chess grandmaster Gary Kasparov lost a set of matches against IBM's "thinking" computer Deep Blue.... In 1997, amidst much media fanfare about the showdown between artificial and human intelligence, chess grandmaster Gary Kasparov lost a set of matches against IBM's "thinking" computer Deep Blue. The documentary film GAME OVER: KASPAROV AND THE MACHINE revisits that series of chess games from Kasparov's perspective, and explores his idea that there may have been an underhanded scheme at work. Taking the chess master's accusations as a starting point, the film investigates the possibility that IBM might have cheated for financial gain, while also positioning the invention of Deep Blue in the history of game playing machines. Part conspiracy theory and part documentation of a media event, GAME OVER considers the fear and wonderment regarding artificial intelligences. [More]
Starring: Gary Kasparov, Anatoli Karpov, Joel Benjamin
Starring: Gary Kasparov, Anatoli Karpov, Joel Benjamin
Director: Vikram Jayanti
Director: Vikram Jayanti
Studio: ThinkFilm
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Reviews for Game Over - Kasparov and the Machine
interesting on a human level since it doesn't dwell on the strategical and analytical aspects of the game
Kasparov is a sympathetic character and, even as he belabors the outcome years later, we feel for him
What is strongly suggested, and what a casual chess player might not expect, is the degree to which the game involves psychological warfare
Propelled by the edge-of-nerves atmospherics of Robert Lane's music, this is as much a psychological thriller as a historical document.
It should be good fun for chess lovers. For the chess-indifferent, it also has some enjoyable moments.
Although Jayanti creates an absorbing scenario of possible corporate malfeasance engineered by a group of slide-rule wielding thugs and shadowy boardroom bullies, he fails to produce the requisite smoking pawn.
Though it never disguises its sympathies for Kasparov and contempt for a powerful corporation's machinations, docu is finally a speculation on the limits of the human mind and how truth can never be fully known.
In overemphasizing the conspiracy case, Game Over moves from being a compelling documentary to a frankly irritating one.
It's a fascinating story, and mostly because Garry Kasparov is a fascinating subject.
After the interesting chess lesson is done in Game Over, all Jayanti has left is a film with one big question and no visible attempt to find any answers.
If you don't know a knight's gambit from a rook switcheroo -- or if you don't know there's no such thing as a rook switcheroo -- it probably won't interest you.
One of the most exciting, instructive and sheerly entertaining of all chess films.
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