Dangerous Moves

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Leaburn O @RT35452347 05/04/2025 As a chess lover it is decent and mirrors many events in the Fischer Spassky match but this is a fairly insipid thriller. Lacking the tension and drama you’d hope for. Watched on Amazon Prime. See more 08/03/2022 The greatest 01 hour: and 40 minutes ever!!!!!!!!! In French with English subtitles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more 04/08/2017 Obviously inspired by Fischer vs. Spassky, this is a well-acted, well-directed, and quite absorbing movie See more 07/22/2014 A Soviet exile and a Soviet citizen are pitted in a high-pressure chess match. While some of the events, like the witch doctor in the audience, are funny and interesting, as a whole, this film is about as exciting and entertaining as you'd think a film about chess would be. What the film fails to do is get into the heads of these players to the point that their machinations raise to the level of compelling drama. Overall, I balk at calling a film boring, but honesty compels me to say that Dangerous Moves is kinda boring. See more 03/08/2014 The premise is simple - Two chess players, one Grand Champion and one former protégé battle over the course of several days for the title of World Champion. Conceptually, the film is set up as a thriller and it's ambitious. Although it delivers on intrigue, it sacrifices on adequate character development. Characters are more representative of ideas than they are actual believable people. Background information is given only in pieces, so it's a difficult film to sink one's teeth into. That said, as a viewer, you definitely find yourself wanting to know who wins. See more 05/31/2013 Taut, well acted Cold War type political thriller in which the battlefield is the world championship chess match between a Soviet and a Soviet defector. Won the Best Foreign Language Oscar. Excellent movie. See more Read all reviews

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