The Coldest Game
Taste attributes: dramathrillerhistoricalsportsespionagetried & testedunsavouryheavyrealisticintricatelinearbig & variedall consuming questcomplex relationshipgame/competitionrescue/escape/jeopardyunderdog triumphs
"Times change. The stakes remain the same"
Boxlist takeSerious and expansive: an intricate thriller, grounded rather than fantastical. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.
Taste details
Pace: balanced · Originality: tried and tested · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: intricate · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
Quality rating
6.2 /10
TMDB · 193 votes
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What lines up
- Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
- Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
- Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Originality: Tried & tested, where this profile leans fresh / original
- Setting / scale: Big / varied, where this profile leans small / confined
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Synopsis
Warsaw, Poland, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962. Josh Mansky, a troubled math genius and former US chess champion, is recruited to hold a dangerous public match against the Soviet champion, while playing the deadly game of espionage hidden in the darkest shadows of a hostile territory.
Synopsis: TMDB
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Details
- Genre
- Drama
- Year
- 2019
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- ITI Neovision
- Taste scores
- How we score
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Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.
