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Actors: Christopher Lambert, Diane Lane, Tom Skerritt, Daniel Baldwin
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Knight Moves |
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KNIGHT MOVES is a German-American production directed by Carl Schenkel in 1992.
Peter Sanderson is currently taking part in an important chess tournament. When his girlfriend is found dead, apparently killed by a psychopath, Peter must answer the questions of the local police and the psychologist assigned to the case. The killer will then contact Peter by phone everyday and give him clues that could help him prevent the next scheduled murder. After four murders, Peter understands that his adversary is playing a chess game with him but the police is more and more convinced that Peter could be the man they are all looking for.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Knight Moves |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50%
How difficult to spot villain?
- Difficult, but some clues given
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Murder Mystery?
Yes
What % of story relates directly
to the mystery, not the subplot?
- 70%
Misc. Plotlets
- local police have IQ of houseplant
Special suspect?
- lover
Kind of mystery?
- police procedural
Romance
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- muscular (man)
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn, straight
Body type
- ample bosom & buttocks (woman)
Unclothed?
- chest
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- muscular (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Dumb
Physique
- very athletic
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Pacific NW
Misc setting
- prison
- resort/hotel
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 4-8
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- actual description of sex
- seeing breasts
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
- guns
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--swords/knives
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
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