The Dark Horse Page #2

Synopsis: A brilliant but troubled New Zealand chess champion finds purpose by teaching underprivileged children about the rules of chess and life.
Genre: Biography, Drama
Production: Southern Light Films
  24 wins & 15 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.5
Metacritic:
77
Rotten Tomatoes:
97%
R
Year:
2014
124 min
Website
2,738 Views


like he wasn't even

taking his eye off of me.

And I was like, "True."

So, I just barged straight over,

jumped off my bike,

went straight up to him...

You just what, bro?

Come on, bro. Share it with the boys.

- Nothing.

- Yeah.

Hey, where you going, mate?

Come and sit down, bro.

Have a beer with the boys. Come on.

Hey, you too, bro.

Sit down, mate.

Whereabouts is the old man?

F***ed if I know, bro.

F***ed if I care, eh?

Fill the pipe up too, bro.

Got some new sunnies there, bro?

No, leave it on, bro. It's a good look.

- Like a f***in' real gangster, eh?

- Real gangster, eh, boy?

Mean, all right.

What, you scared or something, boy?

Scared of 0l' scary Mutt, eh?

No.

Best you look at someone

when they're talking to you, eh, boy?

Show you ain't afraid.

F***ing hell.

Go on, boy. Get us a beer, boy.

You all right there, bro?

You keep staring, cuz, you're gonna

lose those f***in' eyes in a sec.

Better me than a little kid, eh, bro?

I ain't a f***in' kid!

I don't need your f***in' help!

I didn't f***in' ask for it, did I?

- Yeah.

- See ya, man.

F*** off.

Are you still here, bro?

F***, he's gone, bro.

Nobes.

Yeah.

The f***?

- Nobes.

- Genesis.

How are you, bro?

Shush, man! How am I?

Got bloody neighbours, man.

What the f*** are you doing here?

Do you know what time it is?

We need to talk. I got this idea.

Listen, I like this area.

I don't want to piss anybody off.

- All right? What do you want?

- Yes. This.

I want to join it. I want

to be a part of this.

Eastern Knights.

It's for kids, Gen!

Well, that's fine.

- That's fine?

- Yeah.

How are you doing at

the moment, my male?

Good. Really good.

- I'm better.

- You're better?

You're banging on my bedroom window

at 4:
30 in the morning

'cause you want to join

a kids' chess club

and that's better?

These kids are f***ed

up enough as it is.

I can't rock their boat.

Sorry, Gen.

Glad you're feeling better.

Hey, look, I could help. I can help.

It's not even a real chess club, Gen.

It's just someplace for them to go.

Stability. Look at me. Stability.

Now, I'm going back to bed

'cause I got to be at work

in two f***in' hours, bro.

All right, I'll blend in.

You won't even know I'm there.

Stability. I got n.

Gen, no! No!

I'll help organise, do

the dishes, make teas.

We don't have tea.

I don't care. I'm...

No boat-rocking. I will

not rock the boat.

If I agree to this,

will you get off my bloody doorstep?

6:
00 p.m. tomorrow.

All right, my bro.

Good night, Gen.

Eastern Knights!

Gen! Shut up!

ATM'?

ATM'?

What are you doing?

I got to O-

You were once a chess champ, eh?

The Dark Horse?

You know you shouldn't really

go through other people's things.

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James Napier Robertson

James William Napier Robertson (born 24 March 1982) is a New Zealand writer, film director and producer, who wrote and directed 2009 film I'm Not Harry Jenson, and 2014 film The Dark Horse, for which he won Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Film at the 2014 New Zealand Film Awards, and which was declared by New Zealand critics "One of the greatest New Zealand films ever made". He has also appeared earlier in his career as an actor in Shakespearean theater and several television productions including The Tribe and Being Eve, and has described how acting work "funded his early filmmaking". more…

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