Two independent stories involving chess wizards are interwoven to satirize the politics of the Chinese Cultural Revolution as well as Taiwan's capitalist boom of the 1970's.
King of Chess has generally received positive reviews.
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King of Chess was released in 1991 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 1 reviews, giving King of Chess (1991) an average rating of 64%.
Overall, cinema-goers much prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 60%, compared to film critics, who gave it a considerably lower average score of 0%. Amateur reviewers enjoyed King of Chess a lot more than professional critics.
With a score of 64%, King of Chess is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1991, which stands at 60%.
Other movies from 1991 with similar scores include films like Not Without My Daughter, The People Under the Stairs and Dying Young.
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