Digital Release Date: July 12, 2016, DVD Release Date: July 12, 2016
Price: DVD $13.87
Studio: Broadgreen
The 2014 drama The Dark Horse tells a true story based on the life of charismatic and brilliant New Zealand chess champion Genesis Potini, who finds purpose by teaching underprivileged children about the rules of chess and life.
Cliff Curtis in The Dark Horse
Cliff Curtis (TV’s Fear the Walking Dead) is Genesis “Gen” Potini who, after years in and out of mental institutions, is released into the care of his estranged brother Ariki (Wayne Hapi) and thrust into his volatile gang lifestyle. Seeking to escape this toxic environment, Genesis finds solace by volunteering at the Eastern Knights chess club and sharing his gift with the disadvantaged Maori children of his community. But his teaching puts him at odds with his brother when Ariki’s son Mana (James Rolleston) shows an interest in the game – and chess is considered a distraction from the teen’s imminent initiation into his father’s gang. Genesis’s conflict with his brother and the violent gang, along with his ongoing battle with illness, threaten to ruin the hopeful progress Gen has made for himself and the young Eastern Knights. But Genesis’s positivity leads him to always search for light, even when the world seems at its darkest.
Written and directed by New Zealander James Napier Robertson (I’m Not Harry Jenson.), the drama opened to very positive reviews during its limited U.S. rollout this past April, garnering a 97% positive rating at review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes based on 52 published reviews.
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