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5.8A 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.
Released: 1992-01-14116 minDir: Carl SchenkelMystery, ThrillerBudget: $9.0MBox office: $923,418
Cast
- Christopher Lambert as Peter Sanderson
- Diane Lane as Kathy Sheppard
- Tom Skerritt as Frank Sedman
- Daniel Baldwin as Andy Wagner
- Ferdy Mayne as Jeremy Edmonds
- Don Thompson as Father
Themes
- suicide
- chess
- chess champion
- serial killer
- grandmaster
- polaroid camera
- police psychologist
- traumatic childhood
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