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WarGames (1983)

1983 · 1h 54m · English · Movie
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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