1983 | Sci-Fi
114 mins United States
A high school computer hacker unwittingly comes to the brink of World War III when he accesses a supercomputer operated by the United States military, programmed to predict the outcomes of nuclear war.
| Produced by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / United Artists |
| Director | John Badham |
| Writer | Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes |
| Cast | Matthew Broderick, Ally Sheedy, Dabney Coleman, John Wood, Barry Corbin, Juanin Clay, Dennis Lipscomb as Watson, Joe Dorsey, Michael Ensign, William Bogert, John Spencer, Michael Madsen, Alan Blumenfeld, Maury Chaykin, Eddie Deezen, Art LaFleur, Stack Pierce, Stephen Lee, Jesse D. Goins and James Ackerman |
War Games
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If you can look past the cluncky and very old hardware and the story in isolation there is a very tense and enjoyable us versus them government conspiracy chess game that moves at pace towards a satisfying but typical 80s conclusion.
Broderick and Sheedy make great protagonists and were great cast choices, it's rather cheesy now but for me a great look back at 80s cold war paranoia.
Barry Newman (204 KP) rated
Feb 29, 2020
