Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.
Benedict Cumberbatch and Mark Strong have anuntied connection with each other through the character of Sherlock Holmes. First, Mark Strong played Lord Blackwood in Sherlock Holmes (2009) who was Sherlock's enemy. Then, Benedict Cumberbatch played Sherlock Holmes in the TV series Sherlock (2010). And, here in The Imitation Game we find the two actors finally connecting in the same film as sort of antagonists.