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Overview

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Writer (WGA):
Brad Mirman (written by)
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Release Date:
22 January 1993 (USA) more
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Tagline:
In a game of life and death... one wrong move could be his last... more
Plot:
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... more | add synopsis
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1 win more
User Comments:
Excellent Suspense Thriller more (25 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Christopher Lambert ... Peter Sanderson

Diane Lane ... Kathy Sheppard

Tom Skerritt ... Capt. Frank Sedman

Daniel Baldwin ... Det. Andy Wagner
Codie Lucas Wilbee ... David, 9 Years Old
Joshua Murray ... Peter, 14 Years Old (as Josh Murray)

Frank C. Turner ... Doctor

Don Thompson ... Father
Megan Leitch ... Mother
Alex Diakun ... Grandmaster Lutz
Ferdy Mayne ... Jeremy Edmonds (as Ferdinand Mayne)

Katharine Isabelle ... Erica Sanderson (as Katherine Isobel)

Mark Wilson ... Newscaster

Kehli O'Byrne ... Debi Rutlege
Blu Mankuma ... Steve Nolan
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Also Known As:
Face to Face
Knight Moves (Germany)
Knight Moves - Ein mörderisches Spiel (Germany)
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Runtime:
108 min | Spain:113 min | Argentina:116 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: Midway through the film Peter Sanderson and Frank Sedman are conferring with a computer whiz. When we see a full view of the table that the men are standing around it's not Sedman but Tom Skerritt's stand-in - his face is in full view. more
Quotes:
Kathy Sheppard: You couldn't find your dick in a windstorm. more
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Features Super Mario Bros. (1985) (VG) more
Soundtrack:
Fool That I Am more

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6 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
Excellent Suspense Thriller, 1 April 2004
7/10
Author: Lechuguilla from Dallas, Texas

A psychopath uses the game of chess as a blueprint for a series of brutal murders, in this stylish 1992 film directed by Carl Schenkel. Cinematography, sound effects, scary music, and sparse dialogue combine to create an atmosphere of terror, suggestive of the "giallos" of Dario Argento.

We see the killer's black gloved hands; we see the flashlight shining in the darkened room of the next victim; we hear the killer's breathing through a mask. And in these scenes, absence of dialogue amplifies the surreal, menacing presence of the killer.

Suspense scenes alternate with scenes of mundane normalcy, which gives the viewer a chance to select the murderer from a pool of suspects whose behavior appear more or less normal. But beware; there are plenty of plot twists and false clues. The whodunit element kept me guessing and unsure; the film's suspense kept me fully engaged.

Acting quality is average. Diane Lane gives perhaps the most convincing performance of the bunch. My main criticism is the screenplay. In any murder mystery, the viewer needs enough information to have a fair chance at solving the whodunit puzzle. But in "Knight Moves", crucial details are left out. Also, several characters are poorly defined; we know almost nothing about them. Moreover, in several key scenes, the behavior of one of the main characters is not credible, given the story's underlying premise.

As a result, it's going to be almost impossible for the viewer to identify the killer, based solely on the plot. A script re-write, with more emphasis on character development, combined with the deletion of superfluous scenes would, I think, have made for a more satisfying whodunit puzzle.

Even so, I recommend "Knight Moves" as a most frightening and spine-tingling suspense thriller. For maximum effect, try watching it alone, in a mansion, at night with the lights turned out, during a thunderstorm.

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