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WarGames

United States of America

PG
1983-06-03(US)
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Thriller,
Science Fiction,
Drama
▪ 1h-54m

71^%

User
Score

Is it a game, or is it real?

Overview

High school student David Lightman has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Department of Defense's war computer and initiates a confrontation of global proportions. Together with his friend and a wizardly computer genius, David must race against time to outwit his opponent and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.

William A. FrakerDirector of Photography
Barry DelaneyCostume Design
Richard HashimotoProducer
Jerry WunderlichSet Decoration
Tom RolfEditor
James J. MurakamiArt Direction

Top Billed Cast

Matthew Broderick

David Lightman

Dabney Coleman

McKittrick

John Wood

Stephen Falken

Ally Sheedy

Jennifer

Barry Corbin

General Beringer

Juanin Clay

Pat Healy

Kent Williams

Cabot

Dennis Lipscomb

Watson

Joe Dorsey

Conley

Full Cast & Crew

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A review by John Chard

7.0

Written by John Chard on 2024-05-16

Wanna play Global Thermonuclear War? It was with much interest to me to revisit this early 80s hacker piece armed with the knowledge of just how the advent of change in the computer world had evolved. With that in mind the film could quite easily be classed as a bit clunky due to the now almost Neanderthal toys, gam...

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