The Dark Horse
One-time Maori speed-chess champ, Genesis Potini, lives with a bi-polar disorder and must overcome prejudice and violence in the battle to save his struggling chess club, his family and ultimately, himself.
At a glance
Countries
New Zealand
Ratings
TMDB users
6.3/10
145 votes
Rating consensus
63/100 blend
Sources: TMDB
Moderate-to-positive blended read — weighted ~63/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.
Cast
Cliff Curtis
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James Rolleston
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Kirk Torrance
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Sia Trokenheim
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Andrew Grainger
Clive
Xavier Horan
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Roseanne Liang
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Miriama McDowell
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Rachel House
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Wayne Hapi
Ariki
Lionel Wellington
Rip
Niwa Whatuira
Michael
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The Dark Horse (2014)
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