The imitation game

 

Alan Turing's story was a fascinating one I remember. A British mathematician who unravelled the German Nazi code and hastened the end of WWII - while his heroics could not be told to the public, he was found legally guilty many years later of being a homosexual - a tragedy in many ways.

The film, despite the Cumberbatch effectiveness, could have done with more of the David Fincher sharpness. Cheesy in most parts, it could have been much more. The support cast doesn't help - Keira Knightly while she means well, does nothing to enhance the story telling. Blame the director. 

The + is for Alan Turing.

Rating: * * +

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The Jacket

An ex-marine from the Operation Desert Storm lands up home having died the first time. Miraculously he emerges, with no destination in mind - but unwittingly lands up as a part of a science experiment in a mental asylum. Through the experiment, Adrien Brody manages to crack the code and begins to get to the bottom of the problem. A fairly interesting plot, but does not manage to grip you the way it probably should have. Adrien Brody does a fair job, but Keira Knightley shows that being a pirate's pretty beau is what shes best at.

Rating: * *