Based on the true story of mathematician Alan Turing, who together with a small team of the finest code breakers attempt to crack the German Enigma Code during WW2. Directed by Morten Tyldum (who i had never heard of before), this is a cracker of a film.
Credited with influencing the creation of the modern computer, Alan is fascinatingly strange - a remote, quirky genius - so out of place, so uncomfortable in his own skin.
Benedict Cumberbatch plays Alan Turing, and he is so great in this, and i am such a fan. He is completely "fit for purpose", strange and remote, but warm and personable at the same time.
The people portrayed in this film did very important and yet uncredited work to break the unbreakable code and help bring about the defeat of the Germans. And yet they remained uncredited and unrecognised - enigmas - like the code they tried to break.
And afterwards, the humiliation and victimisation that Turing had to endure because of his sexual preferences - i could hardly believe that such a great man was treated so disgracefully. So disgracefully in fact that he simply could not go on living.
The film was incredibly stressful and tense for a non-action film. I sat on the edge of my seat waiting for them to break the code, wondering when they would, if they would. Even having read a little bit about the story prior to seeing the film did not diminish the suspense.
Really well done. Solid.
4/5
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