WarGames (1983)
heavy dark high_energy full_attention acquired_taste
76
GoodScore
Directed by John Badham
Starring Matthew Broderick, Ally Sheedy, John Wood
Synopsis
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.
Ratings Breakdown
IMDb
7.1
RT Critics
93
Metacritic
77
TMDB
7.1
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