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The King Hunt

Jan 1, 2004

0h 19m

★ 0.0

Overview

A world-famous chess grandmaster is led into a game of psychological cat and mouse when he accepts a challenge from an overzealous fan.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Newfound Films Inc.

The King Hunt Trailers

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Cast

Sir Robert Nelson

Philip Dinn

Shane

Stephen Lush

Vivian

Elizabeth Pickard

Bartender

Craig Borwick

The Dreyev Question

Steve Cochrane

Cab Driver

Rick Denine

Bar Patron

Noah Hansen

Waitress

Krissy Holmes

Hotel Employee

Kerri MacDonald

Yannick moves to a small, quiet town to study cinema. One day when he fell off his bike, he knocked at the door of the Beaulieu residence so he could clean the blood off his hands. But Jacques Beaulieu and his family had other plans for Yannick. Beaulieu is a righteous psychopath and fanatic chess player who wants to rid the world of evil. And even though Ian has done nothing wrong, he is beaten, tortured and tormented before Beaulieu makes him an offer: win at chess and he is free to go. And so Ian is now a pawn in Beaulieu 's game. A game in which he will either lose his mind or his life.

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