Review of King's Game (2004) by David W — 13 Nov 2013

King's Game takes its time to ensure it delivers one message to you; there are hunters, and there are prey.

For the rest of the hunt you'll be watching both trying to figure out which they are. If you can tell then you're doing well!

With a level of acting seamless enough to make you forget it's acting, a score that's replaced its strings section with tension & tease and cinematography that understands how to revel in the subtleties of a character, it stands out as a film with direction, confidence and merit earned on its own terms.

If you're bored by good-guy / bad-guy political showpieces eager to explore burning moral dilemmas (yuk!) then this is the antidote you've been looking for. I almost don't want to recommend it, because then I might run into someone and say "hey have you seen Kongekabale? It's ab--- oh you've seen it?... Damn.".