A chess grandmaster is in a big tournament, and when his lover is found painted up and the blood drained out of her body he becomes a chief suspect. After he gets a call from the killer urging him to try and figure out the game, he cooperates with police and a psychologist to try and catch the killer, but doubts linger about the grandmaster's innocence as the string of grisly murders continues.

• DirectorCarl Schenkel
• Release14 January 1992
• Genre
  Mystery / Thriller
• Duration1h 56m
• Budget$9,000,000
• Revenue$923,418
• Rate
  

  5.769
  234 reviews
• Productions

  Cineplex Odeon Films, Cinevox Filmproduktion, Ink Slinger Productions, Knight Moves Productions, Lamb Bear Entertainment, Interstar