Great movie, worth a watch

Rating: 7/10 (4 December 2014)

"The Imitation Game" is based on the true story of a mathematician and genius, Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch). This story catches your attention from the very start, in intriguing circumstances we meet Turing. We are led to the past to the start of the war, Turing is brought before Commander Dennison (Charles Dance) for an interview for a secret group of intelligence. Intelligence being the most important thing, they are to solve Enigma; the Germans unique encryption device with 159 million million possibilities of settings that changes daily. Throughout this superb thriller we see the struggle against the clock, one day to crack it before it resets all while people die at the hands of the enemy. This movie is gripping and will have your attention from the off.
There is a reason why Benedict Cumberbatch is constantly on demand and is one of the best actors in Britain and perhaps the business. He is brilliant, he captures Turing so magnificently. Turing intelligence and social dispositions as well as his calculating and cold character. Benedict is very good, but one actor alone does not make a good movie, his role is well supported by Keira Knightly, Matthew Goode, Mark Strong and Allen Leech (Downton Abbey), who all put in great performances to compliment and emphasise the main messages in this movie.
For me this movie heavily shows people breaking the moulds to which they are supposedly bound and we see a true insight into the social workings of mid 20th century Britain, and in particular Alan Turing who was in fact a homosexual. This movie leads to an emotional end but with lessons for us all. The Imitation Game is a great movie and if you like movies to think about, then this is one for you.
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