TV series

Rematch

2024 · 1 season

A tense, cerebral slow-burn that traps you in the claustrophobic pressure of a high-stakes chess match against a machine.

Overview: 1997. Garry Kasparov, the greatest chess player of all time, faces Deep Blue, IBM's supercomputer. Two brains, face to face; one man against an empire; a battle of humans against machines that forever changed the perception of artificial intelligence.
How it feels: Tense, dark, earnest and melancholic. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Obsession, technology, identity, power
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Full breakdown

Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: obsession
technology
identity
power
isolation
Places: big city
workplace
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild