Pawn Sacrifice 2014 Watch Free in HD

In a gripping true story set during the height of the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer finds himself caught between two superpowers when he challenges the Soviet Empire and its greatest player, Boris Spassky, for the 1972 World Chess Championship.

Genre:

Drama, Biography

Actors:

Tobey Maguire, Liev Schreiber, Michael Stuhlbarg, Peter Sarsgaard, Edward Zinoviev, Alexandre Gorchkov, Lily Rabe, Robin Weigert, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, Aiden Lovekamp, Sophie Nélisse, ...»

Director:

Edward Zwick

Country:

United States

Release:

2014

IMDb:

7.0

Quality:

Duration:

115 min

Toronto Star

Archived news reports and a Dick Cavett interview fit seamlessly into the dramatic recreations, as do era-specific rock tunes.

September 24, 2015

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Cinemixtape

Its desire to tell a small part of a historical firebrand's story is undermined by its reluctance - or inability - to get inside his mind.

April 16, 2016

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El antepenúltimo mohicano

There's no better metaphor for the film's plot than this sport. [Full review in Spanish]

August 29, 2016

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Globe and Mail

Fine-looking but safe ...

September 25, 2015

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Flavorwire

'Pawn Sacrifice' takes all of those tropes and cranks them up to 11, far past the barometers of either believable human behavior or credible filmmaking.

May 03, 2016

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Salon.com

Features a showboat performance from Tobey Maguire as the increasingly disturbed Fischer, along with a more composed one from Liev Schreiber as the taciturn Spassky.

September 23, 2015

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The Straits Times (Singapore)

[Zwick] makes the historic matches come to life, such that even non-players will appreciate the gripping excitement and intellectual rigour to be found in the battle of wits that is chess.

May 24, 2016

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Boston Globe

Despite his best emoting, Maguire ultimately comes across as Peter Parker with a mole and a bad haircut.

September 24, 2015

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Arizona Republic

Genius is fascinating, particularly when it is complicated, as it always seems to be.

September 24, 2015

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Sensacine

A film that works because of the great performances by the two leads. [Full review in Spanish]

August 12, 2016

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The Atlantic

Like all of Zwick's works, it's perfectly watchable fare, but it's often infuriating for its refusal to dig deeper into its incredibly compelling subject.

October 14, 2015

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