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Wargames [1983]
from MGM Entertainment
starring Matthew Broderick, Ally Sheedy, John Wood, Dabney Coleman, Barry Corbin
directed by John Badham

Features:

• Anamorphic
• Dubbed
• Full Screen
• PAL

Editorial Review:

Cute but silly, this 1983 cautionary fantasy stars Matthew Broderick as a teenage computer genius who hacks into the Pentagon's defence system and sets World War III into motion. All the fun is in the film's set-up, as Broderick befriends Ally Sheedy and starts the international crisis by pretending while online to be the Soviet Union. After that, it's not hard to predict what's going to happen: government agents swoop in, but the story ends up in the "hands" of machines talking to one another. Thus we're stuck with flashing lights, etc. John Badham (Saturday Night Fever) directs in strict potboiler mode. Children still like this movie, though. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• One of the most memorable films of the 80s
  Looking back on my formative years, several theatrical releases stand out above all others, films such as the Star Wars trilogy (of course), E.T., Grease, and - yes - Wargames. Back in 1983, this film was incredible. Home computers were still mysterious contraptions I knew little about (I doubt I even had my Commodore 64 yet), and here was a guy hacking into other computers to change his grades, play cool new games, and who knew what else. And if that weren't enough, his computer actually talked. Looking... more info

• NEARLY WW3
  Computer geek, Mathew Broderick (aged 7) accesses a top US military program and converses with a super computer, tasked with the nuclear defence of the USA.
  The computer learns from it's activity and decides to launch a full nuclear war against the USSR (bearded men with vodka breath). Only Broderick and the computer's creator can save mankind from a fate worse than Dale Winton.

• enjoyable thriller
  When reading the description I wasn't too sure but this 1983 Sci-Fi thriller turned out to be an enjoyable watch.
  Broderick (Ferris Bueller) stars along side breakfast club star Sheedy and the two are juxtaposed in an engaging plot about a teenager who is caught up in a very realistic game of war and destruction.
  Apart from the beginning the film justifies the genre perfectly by being fats, flowing and consistent throughout with many ideologies of social and government security encoded to justify... more info

• A bit average
  War Games is a film starring a very young Matthew Broderick as a computer geek in the early '80's when computers were not the every day item that we see today. His obsession with computers and the latest technology lead him to try and hack into the network of a computer company who have been advertising their new never before seen games. The only thing is there is a wait for it to be released and he doesn't want to wait.
  Unfortunately, he manages to inadvertently hack into the wrong system ending up... more info

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