在这部冷酷游戏惊悚片中,在华沙，正在举办一场国际象棋大赛，Josh Mansky这位前世界冠军被卷入了世界上最强的两股军事力量的冲突之中，而这场国际象棋大赛正在变得越发的重要。
Playing a major chess match in Warsaw against the Russian champion, brilliant but forgotten former US champion, and alcoholic, Josh Mansky is sucked into the world of espionage and conflict between the world's superpowers. As the military crisis escalates the chess match takes on unimaginable importance. The Americans are in danger of losing both games - the chess game and the one for world domination.
