Knight Moves

Knight Moves

1992 · 116 min · EN · R · 5.9 (187 votes)
Dir. Carl Schenkel · Starring Christopher Lambert, Diane Lane, Tom Skerritt, Daniel Baldwin, Ferdy Mayne, Don Thompson · Music Anne Dudley

In a game of life and death... one wrong move could be his last...

MysteryThriller

A chess grandmaster is in a big tournament, and when his lover is found painted up and the blood drained out of her body he becomes a chief suspect. After he gets a call from the killer urging him to try and figure out the game, he cooperates with police and a psychologist to try and catch the killer, but doubts linger about the grandmaster's innocence as the string of grisly murders continues.

VIBE

A chilling chess game of cat and mouse unfolds, where every move feels calculated and dangerous. The atmosphere is thick with suspicion, drawing you into a psychological labyrinth where trust is a luxury no one can afford.

tensesuspensefulunsettlingdarksteadyneo-noirpsychological thrillercharacter-drivenobsessionparanoiaidentitymanipulation
chesschess champion
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