The Imitation Game [2014]

Language - English
Director - Morten Tyldum
Run Time - 1 hour, 54 minutes
Genre - Drama/Thriller
Starring - Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley and Mark Strong

One would say that they have watched one too many movies based on the second World War, but none as intriguing and as brilliantly made as The Imitation Game. The Imitation Game is as good as a historical movie could get. Its constant shift between the three time periods makes it even more interesting.

Benedict Cumberbatch stars as Alan Turing, a young, yet cocky genius who is called on to help crack Enigma, which is the Nazis' encryption machine. Turing can be called narcissistic, rude and impossible to work with. Until he meets Joan Clarke [Kiera Knightley] who makes him understand the need to work with others. From thereon, all of them work on to crack the encryption code and help Britain win the war.

Someone who did not know about this extraordinary man - Alan Turing gets a solid introduction to this complex individual and his extraordinary work which led to the first model of the modern computer. The fact that Alan Turing's cracking of Enigma was kept a secret for 50 years is also astonishing.

Hugh Alexander is an interesting character played by Matthew Goode, who was earlier against Turing, but finally got around to crack the 'Enigma' together. Goode shows promise and is capable of having lead roles in the future. Adding to that, even Mark Strong played a small, yet fine role as Major General Stewart Menzies

Cumberbatch has now proven himself to be among the Grade-A actors in Hollywood with a plethora of brilliant performances to his name now, be it in film, television or the theater.

Well made movie, with some brilliant acting and good background score, The Imitation Game is a must watch.

My Rating - 8.9/10