Benedict Cumberbatch gives possibly the performance of his career

Rating: 9/10 (23 December 2015)

The Imitation Game is a historical thriller starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley, based on the life of code-breaker Alan Turing. I found it very suspenseful and the subject matter was fascinating too. Benedict Cumberbatch gives possibly the performance of his career.
Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch) is a brilliant but socially awkward mathematician recruited by British Top Secret Intelligence to help crack Enigma, an extremely cryptic code created by the Nazi military during World War II. Enigma is considered impossible to decipher but Alan, along with his team of code-breakers, believe it can be solved, not necessarily by a lone human, but with a machine.
Benedict Cumberbatch was fantastic in this movie. He really channels the way he plays Sherlock Holmes from Sherlock into his portrayal of Alan Turing. Keira Knightly was great as well as one of Turing's code-breakers Joan Clarke.
I rate it 8.5/10.