Kaufman's Game
(2017)
★ 4.5 IMDb · 4 votes
Year: 2017
Runtime: 90 мин
Director: Helier Bissell-Thomas
Cast: Jye Frasca, Tor Andreas Fagerland, Amy Louise Pemberton, Rupert Shelbourne, Toby Osmond, Jonny Lessani, Jo Diamond
Plot
Kaufman's Game follows Stanley, an unemployed young man with a passion for boxing, who is keen to improve his strength and stamina. When a stranger approaches him outside the gym with the offer of a specially produced steroid, Stanley is drawn into the ever more violent operations of a powerful organisation, unwittingly entering into a series of tests designed to prove his mettle. This is a film about power, determination and being your own worst enemy. It celebrates the archetypes of classic Film Noir, and the dark, conspiratorial storytelling technique of Franz Kafka, but with a contemporary minimalist aesthetic.