Your dad's a chess genius. The killer's playing 4D chess. You're just trying not to get checkmated.
A detective teams up with her estranged father, a chess master, to stop a serial killer who uses the game to select his victims.
Acting
Dorien Wilson playing serious chess genius against type.
Writing
Killer's chess metaphor victims actually sort of track? Unhinged but committed.
Production
Giant decorative chess pieces everywhere, subtlety is dead.
Director
Jamal Hill
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Dorien Wilson spent three weeks learning chess notation and opening theory to sell the master role, then the script used maybe 10% of it.
Part of a micro-wave of 2024-2025 'competency porn' thrillers where niche skills (chess, cooking, crossword puzzles) become murder weapons — speaks to our anxiety about useless expertise.
US
