"i don't like sandwiches"

Rating: 8/10 (25 January 2015)

First off, let me address the elephant in the room, for the people who scored this movie based on its absolute historical accuracy.
shame on you.
Yes, there is some artistic license involved, but if movies are scored on how closely they followed a story, and/or historical event, well, The last Hobbit movie would get 2/10, and "Where Eagles Dare", would get 0/10. You're here to remark on, and review the movie, not score it for accuracy.
This is a story based around Alan Turing, who headed up the team during the war, to decode the German enigma machine. It follows the story "loosely", and has some events changed, to make the story fit into the time frame, and to change the pace of the story for the silver screen.
The palette of emotions delivered by the actors involved, is nothing short of stunning, Cumberbatch as the quirky, almost autistic genius is fantastic, and manages to portray a character with a complete lack of social skills, that strangely enough, is extremely easy to warm to, and to empathise with, The other cast members, namely Keira Knightley, Mark Strong, and Charles dance carry off some great performances with a wonderful stoicism and British "stiff upper lip", that makes their sometimes cold characters, absolutely compelling to watch. The script is marvelous, and hand in hand with some great editing, the movie hits the ground running, with a frenetic pace, that's akin to a big budget action movie. The soundtrack and locations are also well above par, and just adds to the other great components, to make a great story.
Cumberbatch steals the show, with the script/movie twisting around his genius, and his moral dilemmas, and social attitudes of the time, which woven into the story by some of the UK's best talent, means that you really cant take your eyes of the screen.
Do yourself a favour, and go see this, its one of the rare gems in cinema nowadays, a story that is gripping, compelling, emotional, and doesn't rely on eye candy and CGI to blow your mind.
If this doesn't win an academy award, then there really is no justice.